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Ellis Adams
adamsel8@msu.edu

Photo: Ellis AdamsPh.D.

Area of Interest:
Water Policy, Watershed Management, Sustainable Development, Africa

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Kristin Adams
adamskr6@msu.edu

Photo: Kristin AdamsM.S. in Geography

Area of Interest:
Nature-Society Studies

Chad Babcock
babcoc76@msu.edu

Photo: Chad BabcockM.S. in Geography

Area of Interest:
Remote Sensing and Geostatistics

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David Baylis
baylisda@msu.edu

Photo: David BaylisPh.D.

Area of Interest:
Historical Geography, Cultural Geography, Critical Cartography, Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Central Asia

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Eric Butvidas
butvida1@msu.edu

Photo:Eric ButvidasM.S. in Geography

Area of Interest:
Nature-Society Studies / Medical / Africa

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Williams Castro
castrow2@msu.edu

Photo:Williams CastroPh.D.

Area of Interest:
Nature-Society Studies / GIS/ Amazon

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Chih-Cheng (Eric) Chang
changc69@msu.edu

Photo:Mark DeVisserMS-GIS

Area of Interest:
MS-GIS

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Saul Ddumba
ddumbasa@msu.edu

Photo:Saul DdumbaPh.D.

Area of Interest:
Climate

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Paul Delamater
delamate@msu.edu

Photo:Paul DelamaterPh.D.

Area of Interest:
Medical Geography

Mark DeVisser
devisse6@msu.edu

Photo:Mark DeVisserPh.D.

Area of Interest:
Spatial Modeling

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Dana Doubler
doublerd@msu.edu

Photo: Dana DoublerM.S. in Geography

Area of Interest:
Climate and Low-Level Jet Streams

Helen Enander
enander@msu.edu

Photo: Helen EnanderPh.D.

Area of Interest:
Spatial Analysis

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Jia Feng
fengjia@msu.edu

Photo:Jia Feng Ph.D.

Area of Interest:
Urban and Economic Geography and GIS

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Cadi Fung
fungcadi@msu.edu

Photo:Cadi Fung Ph.D.

Area of Interest:
Nature-Society Studies, Anthropocene Geography

Courtney Gallaher
gallahe3@msu.edu

Photo:Courtney GallaherPh.D.

Area of Interest:
Nature-Society Studies and Physical Geography

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Yankuic Galvan
galvanmi@msu.edu

Photo:Yankuic GalvanPh.D.

Area of Interest:
Land Change / Political / Economic / Latin America

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Jenna Goins
goinsjen@msu.edu

Photo:Jenna GoinsM.S. in Geography

Area of Interest:
Cultural

Ted Grevstad-Nordbrock
grevsta1@msu.edu

Photo:Ted Grevstad-NordbrockPh.D.

Area of Interest:
Urban Geography and Historic Preservation

Jordan Howell
howell29@msu.edu

Photo:Jordan HowellPh.D.

Area of Interest:
Nature-Society Studies / Energy / North America / European Union

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Huang Huiqing
huiqingh@msu.edu

Photo:Huang HuiqingPh.D.

Area of Interest:
China Land Use / Cover

Laura Johnson
john3418@msu.edu

Photo:Laura JohnsonPh.D.

Area of Interest:
Human-Environment Interaction / International Development / Gender / Sub-Saharan Africa

Alison Keener
keenera2@msu.edu

Photo:Allison Keener M.S. in Geography

Area of Interest:
Physical Geography and Natural Resource Management

Peter Koh
peter.koh37@gmail.com

Photo:Peter KohPh.D.

Area of Interest:
Urban-Economic

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Robert Kopack
kopackro@msu.edu

Photo:Robert KopackM.S. in Geography

Area of Interest:
Geopolitics, Post-Soviet Landscape, Medical Geography

Zeenat Kotval
kotvalze@msu.edu

Photo:Zeenat KotvalPh.D.

Area of Interest:
Urban

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Dan Kowalski
kowal121@msu.edu

Photo:Dan KowalskiM.S. in Geography

Area of Interest:
Physical Geography, Geomorphology, Population Migration

Libbey Kutch
kutchlib@msu.edu

Photo:Libbey KutchPh.D.

Area of Interest:
Medical Geography

Shaun Langley
langleys@msu.edu

Photo:Shaun LangleyPh.D.

Area of Interest:
GIS and Remote Sensing

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Siam Lawawirojwong
lawawiro@msu.edu

Photo:Siam LawawirojwongPh.D.

Area of Interest:
Remote Sensing

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Tim LeDoux
ledouxti@msu.edu

Photo:Tim LeDouxPh.D.

Area of Interest:
Urban and Economic Geography, Food Security, Critical Social Theory, Quantitative Methods

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Jieun Lee
leejieu7@msu.edu

Photo:Jieun LeePh.D.

Area of Interest:
Urban and Social Geography, Urban Economy, Gender

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Cristina Leuca
leucacri@msu.edu

Photo:Cristina LeucaPh.D.

Area of Interest:
Urban Geography

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Puyang Li
lipuyang@msu.edu

Photo:Xue (Michelle) LiPh.D.

Area of Interest:
Urban Migration / Poverty

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Xue (Michelle) Li
lixue@msu.edu

Photo:Xue (Michelle) LiPh.D.

Area of Interest:
GIS and LUCC

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Michael Linacre
linacrem@msu.edu

Photo:Michael LinacreM.S. in Geography

Michael Luehmann
luehmann@msu.edu

Photo:Michael LuehmannPh.D.

Area of Interest:
Soil and Glacial Geomorphology

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Jeremy McWhorter
mcwor11@msu.edu

Photo:Jeremy McWhorterM.S. in Geography

Area of Interest:
Urban, Economic, Social Geography, Urban Form

Brad Miller
mill2108@msu.edu

Photo:Brad MillerPh.D.

Area of Interest:
Soil and Glacial Geomorphology

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Nick Molen
molennic@msu.edu

Photo:Nick MolenM.S. in Geography

Area of Interest:
Land Use / Human-Environmental Interaction

Heather Moody
moody@msu.edu

Photo:Heather MoodyPh.D.

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John Nelson
nelso503@msu.edu

Photo:John NelsonPh.D.

Area of Interest:
Cartographic Technique / Cognition

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Jovanka Nikolic
nikolicj@msu.edu

Photo:Jovanka NikolicM.S. in Geography

Area of Interest:
Climatology

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Perdinan
perdinan@msu.edu

Photo:Perdinan PerdinanPh.D.

Area of Interest:
Climate Change, Energy/Carbon, Economics

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Nick Perdue
perduen3@msu.edu

Photo:Nick PerdueM.S. in Geography

Area of Interest:
Cartography / Geo-Visualization / Design

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Ritaumaria Pereira
pereir14@msu.edu

Photo:Ritaumaria PereiraPh.D.

Area of Interest:
Nature-Society Studies and Amazon

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Aaron Pollyea
pollyeaa@msu.edu

Photo:Aaron PollyeaM.S. in Geography

Area of Interest:
Climate

Ivan J. Ramirez
ijr2105@msu.edu

Photo:Ivan J. RamirezPh.D.

Area of Interest:
Climate Change and Health

 

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Pete Richards
richa641@msu.edu

Photo:Pete RichardsPh.D.

Area of Interest:
Land Cover Change, Agriculture/ Amazon/ Economic Geography

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Ishara Rijal
rijalis@msu.edu

Photo:Ishara RijalPh.D.

Area of Interest:
Climate

Gary Schnakenberg
schnake2@msu.edu

Photo:Steve SchultzePh.D.

Area of Interest:
Nature-Society Studies, Political Ecology; Globalization and Smallholder Agriculture in Jamaica

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Steve Schultze
schul452@msu.edu

Photo:Steve SchultzePh.D.

Area of Interest:
Climate, Hydrology

Nicole Smith
smithn78@msu.edu

Photo:Nicole SmithM.S. in Geography

Area of Interest:
Remote Sensing / Ecology / Natural Resource Management

Jay Strahan
strahan3@msu.edu

Photo:Jay StrahanM.S. in Geography

Area of Interest:
Physical geography, Geomorphology

Tanita Suepa
suepatan@msu.edu

Photo:Tanita SuepaPh.D.

Area of Interest:
Remote Sensing, GIS, and Cartography

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Ying Tang
tangying@msu.edu

Photo:Ying TangPh.D.

Area of Interest:
GIS

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Katie VanDorn
vandornk@msu.edu

Photo:Katie VanDornM.S. GIS

Area of Interest:
GIS

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Jaimen Waha
wahajaim@msu.edu

Photo:Jaimen WahaM.S. in Geography

Area of Interest:
Michigan Coastal Geomorphology

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Phil Wernette
wernett9@msu.edu

Photo:Phil WernetteM.S. in Geography

Area of Interest:
Physical geography, Geomorphology

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Minting Ye
yemintin@msu.edu

Photo:Minting YePh.D.

Area of Interest:
Urban Geography and China

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David Young
youngd22@msu.edu

Photo:David YoungM.S. in Geography

Area of Interest:
Climatology

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