PhD Advisors at Michigan State University 密歇根州立大学 US
Quick answer: Michigan State University in the US has 927 faculty profiles in phd-match’s database, of which 8 currently show active PhD hiring signals (as of 2026-10-19). phd-match covers 174 universities across the US, the UK, Australia, China, Hong Kong, Canada, and Singapore, not just one country.
Research-focused faculty at Michigan State University, listed for PhD / Master's applicants. Find professors whose research matches your interests, and check hiring signals before you reach out.
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⭐ Currently Hiring PhD Students (8)
Professors at Michigan State University with active hiring signals for PhD students — reach out if your research matches.
Chen Chen
Professor · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
⭐ Graduate student and postdoc positions are available.
Molecular mechanisms underlying mammalian spermatogenesis and infertility; genes and pathways influencing germ/stem cell self-renewal, differentiation and fertility; function of Tudor domain proteins and other Piwi-piRNA pathway associated factors in gene silencing, genome stabil…
Diane Fischer
Professor · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
⭐ Postdoctoral Fellow
Business of Nutrition Services
Elise Zipkin
Red Ceder Distinguished Professor · College of Natural Science
⭐ The Zipkin Lab strives to provide a productive, fulfilling, and fun environment for our members and collaborators. We work together, treating science as a team sport. Individuals can join as undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers. Check out our lab policies to learn more abo…
Quantitative Ecology, Conservation Biology, Population Dynamics, Community Modeling
Elliot Rylder
Ph.D. of Elliot Rylder · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
⭐ Hiring Opportunities | MSU Research Horizons | School of Food Science and Human Nutrition | Job Title: Postdoctoral Researcher or Research Assistant Professor | Institution: Michigan State University | Location: East Lansing, Michigan | Description: MSU is an equal opportunity employer and is not di…
Plant Health and Microbial Load Safety, Fungal Species in Food Processing, Food Science and Human Nutrition, Plant-Microorganism Interactions, Microbial Safety and Quality, Microbiology Research, Extended Abstracts in Food Science and Human Nutrition, Microbiology and Hygiene, Mi…
Han Zhang
Assistant Professor · The Eli Broad College of Business
⭐ Dr. Zhang welcomes applications from prospective Ph.D. students with strong training in mathematics. In particular, applicants are expected to have completed at least one semester each of linear algebra and multivariate calculus. Strong candidates will have also completed coursework in real analysis…
Sustainability, Buyer-Supplier Relationships, Risk and Resilience, Supply Management & Procurement
Jenny Bond
Professor · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
⭐ Hiring opportunities in the field of Food Science and Human Nutrition
Community nutrition, Dietetic education, and Extension food programs
Stanley Lim
Associate Professor · The Eli Broad College of Business
⭐ I am actively looking for post-docs/visiting PhDs/research assistants to work with me across causal inference, structural estimation, optimization, and advanced machine learning with applications in retail, logistics, and food supply chains. Please contact me if you are interested.
AI & Machine Learning, Consumer Behavior & Trends, Retail Strategy & Systems, Logistics, Managing Services
Wei Peng
Professor · College of Communication Arts and Sciences
⭐ She is currently seeking motivated students who can work on projects related to AI and persuasive technology in the area of health misinformation.
Media Effects/Media Psychology
Psychological impacts of interactive media (mediators and moderators)
Utilizing technologies for health communication (persuasive technology)
Behavior change enabled by conversational agent and AI
Mobile apps for disease self-management and health p…
All Faculty at Michigan State University (192)
Aaron McKim
Associate Professor and Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources Education Program Lead · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
The interaction of individual teachers and the broader agricultural education system, boundaries, work-life balance, educator margin, leadership for sustainability, complexity, and sustainability.
Aathmaja Anandhi Rangarajan
Faculty · College of Osteopathic Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Abhi Bhattacharya
Asssistant Professor · The Eli Broad College of Business
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Adam Roy
Dr. Lewis J. & Mrs. Ruth E. Minor Chef-Professor of Culinary Management; Fixed-Term Faculty · The Eli Broad College of Business
Entrepreneurship, Event & Meeting Management, Food Safety, Foodservice & Restaurant Management, Hospitality & Service Leadership, Hospitality Operations & Management, Leadership & Motivation, Managerial Decision Making, Strategic Management
Adam Storts
Faculty · College of Osteopathic Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Adam Zwickle
Associate Professor, Graduate Program Director · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
sustainable natural resource management, decision science, behavioral change, risk perception, risk communication, changing the way predictive models are made and used to increase public trust, integrating solar energy into rural landscapes, working with communities affected by e…
Addie M. Thompson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor - Maize genetics and genomics; quantitative genetics; plant morphology; drought stress; high-throughput phenotyping. · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Maize genetics and genomics; quantitative genetics; plant morphology; drought stress; high-throughput phenotyping.
Ade Olomu, MD, MS
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs; Blanch B. & Frederick C. Swartz Endowed Professor of Medicine · College of Human Medicine
Behavioral Interventions and Implementation Research; developing and testing innovative interventions that incorporate evidence-based behavioral theories to help adults prevent and manage chronic diseases
Adrian Choo
Associate Professor · The Eli Broad College of Business
Innovation, Managing Services, Operations Strategy
Adrienne Skelding
Assistant Professor of Anesthesia · College of Veterinary Medicine
Cardiovascular support of anesthetized veterinary species
Cardiac output evaluation in anesthetized animals
Sympathomimetics and blood pressure monitoring in animals
Equine recovery from inhalant anesthesia
Balanced anesthetic techniques in horses and cattle Locoregional anesthe…
Ahmed Abdelhamid
Ahmed Abdelhamid, Ph.D., M.S., B.S. · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Protein Folding and Misfolding, Viral Protein Delivery Systems, Microbial Genomes
Ahmet Kirca
Associate Professor · The Eli Broad College of Business
International Marketing & Strategy, Marketing Research, Marketing Strategy
Aileen Torrance
Assistant Professor · College of Communication Arts and Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Al Booren
Retired Faculty · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Aldas Kriauciunas
Assistant Director, Open Enrollment & Custom Progr · The Eli Broad College of Business
Strategic Management
Alden Booren
Professor · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Meat and muscle science
Alejandro Rojas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor - Ecology and biology of soil microbes, management of plant pathogens. · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Mycology
Plant Pathology
Fungal Ecology
Phytobiomes
Population genetics/genomics
Alex Hauser
Business Librarian · The Eli Broad College of Business
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alexander Chinco
A.J Pasant Associate Professor of Finance · The Eli Broad College of Business
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alexandra Kravchenko
Professor - Soil spatial variability at scales from micro-aggregates to landscapes; statistical and geostatistical methods of data analysis. · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Soil spatial variability at scales from micro-aggregates to landscapes; statistical and geostatistical methods of data analysis.
Ali Saeed
Neurology and Ophthalmology · College of Osteopathic Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alicia Alonzo
Professor · College of Education
Curriculum Instruction and Teacher Education, Teaching and Teacher Education
Aline Godfroid
Red Cedar Distinguished Professor · College of Arts and Letters
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alison Bernstein
Assistant Professor of Translational Neuroscience · Michigan State University
Interaction of genetics and environmental exposure, how some pesticides alter neurons in the brain that produce dopamine, a chemical that declines in Parkinson’s patients
Alla Sikorskii
Faculty
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Allison Dellapelle
Fixed-Term Faculty · The Eli Broad College of Business
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alon Kalay
Associate Professor · The Eli Broad College of Business
The role of information processing costs, corporate disclosure, and earnings information in capital markets.
Alvin Smucker
University Distinguished Professor; Soil biophysics; soil water and ion fluxes within aggregates & macropores; soil water quality; soil carbon sequestration. · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Aman Yadav
Lappan-Phillips Professor of Computing Education · College of Education; College of Natural Science; College of Engineering
computer science education, computational thinking, K-12 computer science education equity and access, computational thinking in elementary education, CSforALL initiatives
Amanda Cote
Associate Professor and Director of the Serious Games Certificate · College of Communication Arts and Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Amanda Holmstrom
Professor · College of Communication Arts and Sciences
Social support, interpersonal communication, health communication
Amanda Sorensen
Outreach and Communications Specialist · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Amara Ezeamama
Associate Professor · College of Osteopathic Medicine
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Amber Heard-Booth, PhD
Assistant Dean of Admissions · College of Human Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Amit Sachdev
Neurology and Ophthalmology · College of Osteopathic Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Amy Broglin
Fixed-Term Faculty · The Eli Broad College of Business
AI & Machine Learning, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Sustainability, Leadership & Motivation, Managerial Decision Making, Negotiation, Strategic Management, Teams, Business-to-Business Marketing, International Marketing & Strategy, Marketing Strategy, Sales & Sales Management, Bu…
Amy Iezzoni
Professor · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Sour Cherry Breeding, Cherry Genetics (Self-incompatibility, Fruit Quality Traits, Bloom time, Cherry leaf spot), Sweet cherry rootstock selection
Andre Benard
Professor · College of Engineering
Sustainable Manufacturing and Materials Processing
Multiphase Flow and Heat Transfer in Liquid/Liquid and Solid/Liquid Mixtures
Design and Modeling of New Separation and Processing Equipment
Clean Energy
Sorting and Recycling of Plastics
Metals
Glass
Chemical Recycling of Plastic…
Andrea Amalfitano
Faculty · College of Osteopathic Medicine
Determining the feasibility of cutting-edge therapeutics, including gene transfer, to treat both acquired and genetic diseases and then translating that knowledge into the clinical realm. Scholarly efforts in both clinical medicine and applied genetics have led to the development…
Andrea Doseff, Ph.D.
Faculty · College of Osteopathic Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Andrea Freidus Turner
Associate Director, Global Health Studies · College of Osteopathic Medicine
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Andrea Wendling
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs · College of Human Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Andrey Guber
Professor - Soil physics, soil hydrology and modeling water flow, solute and microbial transport in soils. · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Our research focus on spatial soil heterogeneity at scales from soil cores to landscapes, and its effects on water, chemical and microbial transport. We develop and introduce new method (including software) to quantify spatial distribution of enzyme activity on soil surface (Time…
Angela K. Wilson
John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor of Chemistry · College of Natural Science
development and understanding of computational methodologies and studies in transition metals and heavy element chemistry, catalysis, protein modeling, drug design/understanding of disease, and environmental/green chemistry
Angela T. Hall
Associate Professor · Michigan State University
Employee accountability, employee legal claiming, building representative and inclusive workplaces, building the STEM pipeline of workers, workplace politics, impression management, technology at work, leadership development, coworking
Angela Tenney
Nematode Diagnostician · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Anil Jain
University Distinguished Professor and Douglas E. Zongker Endowed Professor · College of Engineering
pattern recognition, devising algorithms to classify and cluster high-dimensional data, fingerprint and facial identification, machine learning, pattern recognition for his work devising algorithms to classify and cluster high-dimensional data, enhancing fingerprint image quality…
Anil Jain
University Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Engineering · Michigan State University
Biometrics, pattern recognition, machine learning, computer vision
Ann E. Austin
University Distinguished Professor · College of Education
Curriculum Instruction and Teacher Education, Higher Adult and Lifelong Education, International and Comparative Education, Teaching and Teacher Education
Anna Maria Santiago
Professor of Social Work, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies · College of Social Science
Influence of place on the health and well-being, opportunities and life chances of Latinx and African American families and children; conditions in urban communities; social policies impact on opportunities, risks, and social structures
Anna Moore
Professor in the Departments of Radiology and Physiology · College of Human Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Anne Bronikowski
Professor of Integrative Biology · College of Natural Science
Evolutionary biology, aging, longevity
Anne Dohmen
Assistant Professor · The Eli Broad College of Business
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Anne Dorrance
Faculty · College of Osteopathic Medicine
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Anne Dorrance
Chair, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology · College of Human Medicine
The effects of hypertension and obesity on the cerebral vasculature, with a particular interest in how vascular dysfunction contributes to the development and exacerbation of dementia.
Annette O'Connor
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Administrative Affairs · College of Veterinary Medicine
epidemiology, food safety, one health, animal welfare, animal health, veterinary clinical practice
Annick Anctil
Assistant Professor · College of Engineering
Lifecycle assessment of solar technologies; environmental impacts of renewable energy systems; sustainable infrastructure; resource use and hazardous chemical leaching in photovoltaics; location-specific performance and benefits of solar panels.
Anuradha Singh
Research Associate · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
My research interests are crop ecophysiology, photosynthesis, sugar homeostasis, source-sink partitioning, leaf senescence, plant – aphids interactions, and chemical ecology. As part of Plant, Soil and Microbial department (Dr. Addie Thompson Lab), my research is focused on genom…
April Baker-Bell
Associate Professor
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April Yuki
Faculty · College of Osteopathic Medicine
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Ariana Abaries Farhad
Graduate Program Director & Professor of Practice · College of Communication Arts and Sciences
Speech, language, and literacy development in children with congenital or childhood-onset hearing loss
Aural (re)habilitation and Listening and Spoken Language intervention
Hearing assistive technology (e.g., cochlear implants, hearing aids, osseointegrated devices, remote mic te…
Ariel Backus
Fixed-Term Faculty · The Eli Broad College of Business
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Arjun Krishnan
computational biologist · College of Natural Science
machine learning, omics data annotation, biology and human health
Arpon Shahed
Assistant Professor · College of Osteopathic Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Artem Rogovskyy
Associate Professor · College of Veterinary Medicine
Vector-borne diseases: Lyme disease, louse-borne relapsing fever, host-pathogen interaction, bacterial pathogenesis, immune evasion of bacterial pathogens, development of animal models, tick microbiota, surveillance of vector-borne pathogens, development of vaccine, diagnostic as…
Artemis Spyrou
Professor of Physics · College of Natural Science
Nuclear physics, nuclear astrophysics, how stars work, nuclear reactions that forge atoms
Asgi Fazleabas
University Distinguished Professor and Associate Chair of Research · College of Human Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Asgi Fazleabas
University Distinguished Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology · College of Human Medicine
endometriosis, NOTCH1 gene, normal cell survival, reproduction
Ashley Anderson
Faculty · College of Osteopathic Medicine
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Ashley Frost
Learning and Assessment Center · College of Osteopathic Medicine
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Ashley VanderBroek
Assistant Professor of Large Animal Surgery · College of Veterinary Medicine
Gastrointestinal motility
Intestinal ischemia and reperfusion injury
Small ruminant surgery
Ashten Stambersky
Faculty · College of Osteopathic Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Asif Zaman
Faculty · College of Osteopathic Medicine
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Autumn Converse Williams
Extension Educator - 4-H Livestock and Veterinary Science · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Ayalla Ruvio
Associate Dean for MBA and MS Programs; Associate Professor · The Eli Broad College of Business
Consumer Behavior & Trends, Marketing Research, Marketing Strategy, Retail Strategy & Systems
Babatope Akinyemi
Research Associate · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Bailey Walters
Faculty · College of Osteopathic Medicine
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Barbara Zajdel
Faculty · College of Osteopathic Medicine
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Bardees Foda
Pharmacology and Toxicology · College of Osteopathic Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Barret Wessel
Assistant Professor - Pedology · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Barry J Bradford
Professor, C. E. Meadows Endowed Chair in Dairy Management and Nutrition · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Research: Dairy Cattle Metabolic Physiology
Our aims are to better understand the metabolic physiology of dairy cattle to identify strategies that will improve the economic and environmental sustainability of dairy production. We focus on three primary areas of interest.
Dairy Me…
Bartolomeo Gorgoglione
Assistant Professor (tenure track) · College of Veterinary Medicine
Fish pathobiology and immunology, host-pathogen interactions, heterogenous infections in fish, fish virology and parasitology, polymicrobial infections, emerging health issues in farmed and wild fishes, diagnostic innovation for sustainable veterinary approaches.
Bei Fan
Assistant Professor · College of Engineering
Thermofluids, Interface Engineering, Electrokinetics, Micro and Nanofluidics, Fluid Mechanics, Multiphase Flow, Energy Conversion and Storage, Colloid Science, Thermal Transport, Desalination, Biomedical Devices, Droplet Dynamics
Bekah Galang
Partnership Specialist, Center for Regional Food Systems · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Benjamin Movsas
Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology; Professor · College of Human Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Beronda Montgomery
MSU Foundation Professor · College of Natural Science
Understanding how individuals perceive, respond to and are affected by the environments in which they exist; responses of photosynthetic organisms to external light cues; photomorphogenetic changes in response to light signals; dynamic molecular processes utilized by photosynthet…
Beronda Montgomery
Michigan State University Foundation Professor · College of Natural Science
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Beronda Montgomery
Assistant Vice President for Research and Innovation and MSU Foundation Professor · Michigan State University
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Beth Hammond
Managing Director · The Eli Broad College of Business
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Beth Richey
Faculty · College of Osteopathic Medicine
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Bharadhwaj Ranganathan
Assistant Professor of Soft Tissue Surgery · College of Veterinary Medicine
Surgical oncology and cardiothoracic procedures
Bill Widdicombe
Research Assistant I · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Birgit Puschner
Professor of Toxicology · College of Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Puschner has a national and international reputation as a diagnostic and research toxicologist who studies the pathophysiologic mechanisms, detection methodology, and public health significance of toxicoses in animals. Her key investigations of new and novel toxicants, poison…
Bob Cook
Retired Faculty · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Bob Gould
Broadcast Journalism Professor of Practice · College of Communication Arts and Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Bobbie Rathjens
Fixed-Term Faculty · The Eli Broad College of Business
Analytics; Marketing Research
Bonnie Knutson
Professor · The Eli Broad College of Business
Innovation, Hospitality & Service Leadership, Consumer Behavior & Trends, Sales & Sales Management
Bradley Marks
Professor and Chairperson · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Food engineering. The overall goal is to improve food safety for immunocompromised people and foodborne pathogens
Bradley Marks
professor and chair
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Bradley P. Marks
Professor and Chair · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and College of Engineering
Improved methods for design and operation of manufacturing systems for ready-to-eat food products, with a primary emphasis on improved microbial safety
Brayton Goebel
Faculty · College of Osteopathic Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Bree Holtz
Professor · College of Communication Arts and Sciences
Development, adoption and utilization of information communication technologies(mobile health, mhealth, electronic medical records, telemedicine/telehealth, etc.) in health care
Thematic Research Areas
Health & Risk, Environment & Science Communication
Human Centered Technology …
Bret Bielawski
Faculty · College of Osteopathic Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Brett Gerstner
Faculty · College of Osteopathic Medicine
Current academic interests focus on optimizing the transition from medical school to residency.
Brian Pentland
Main Street Capital Corporation Intellectual Capital Professor · The Eli Broad College of Business
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Brian Schutte, Ph.D.
Associate Professor · College of Osteopathic Medicine
common complex diseases; identify genetic factors that cause and contribute risk for orofacial clefting; measure and mitigate the impact of hearing loss using a community-based participatory approach in rural mid-Michigan
Brian Smith
Faculty
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Brian Teppen
Professor - Soil chem., molecular simulation, atomic-scale mechanisms, thermodynamics, kinetics of sorption reactions at mineral surfaces. · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Surface structures of environmentally relevant colloidal materials
Adsorption mechanisms for gaseous and solution species interacting with solid phases in soils and sediments; implications for geochemical transport and fate
Anthropogenic modification of natural surfaces to optimi…
Bridget K. Behe
Professor · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
consumer preferences, perceptions, and purchases of horticultural crops, both edible and ornamental; value of bee-friendly pest management strategies; branded transplants; sustainable/local/organic products; perceived value of good landscaping; market for a hypothetical blue gera…
Bronlyn Wassink
Fixed-Term Faculty · The Eli Broad College of Business
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Brooke Ingersoll
professor of clinical psychology · Michigan State University
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Brooke-Lynn Vij
Faculty · College of Osteopathic Medicine
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Bruce Bettinghaus
Assistant Professor · The Eli Broad College of Business
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Bruce Dobey
Assistant Professor · College of Osteopathic Medicine
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Bruce Wolf
Associate Dean and Associate Professor · College of Osteopathic Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Bruno Basso
John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
My research falls broadly in the area of sustainable agriculture. My approach is to integrate diverse disciplines such as Biophysics, Climatology, Hydrology, Genetics, Agronomy, and Soil Science to understand the overall agricultural systems and to improve decision-making across …
Bruno Basso
Ecosystems Scientist · Michigan State University
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Bryan Vonasek
Assistant Professor, Director of the Clinical Tropical Medicine Clerkship Elective · College of Osteopathic Medicine
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Bryce Furman
Learning and Assessment Center · College of Osteopathic Medicine
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Cal Flegal
Retired Faculty · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Cara Poland
Associate Professor · Michigan State University
Addiction medicine, advocacy, stigma elimination
Carina Dillivan
Faculty · College of Osteopathic Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Carlo Barnaba
Faculty · College of Osteopathic Medicine
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Carmen Gamlin
Assistant Director of Admissions · College of Osteopathic Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Carol Parker, PhD, MPH
Associate Dean for Administration · College of Human Medicine
assessing student progress, health professions workforce policy, patient safety training for medical residents, stroke quality metrics, and health information exchange organizations and their role in clinical research including the ability to inform transitions of care for stroke…
Carol Wilkins
Faculty · College of Osteopathic Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Carolina de Aguiar Ferreira, PhD
Assistant Professor · Colleges of Human Medicine and Engineering
promising new therapies that hunt down cancer cells and kill them with radioactive isotopes
Caroline Genc
Finance Faculty · The Eli Broad College of Business
Entrepreneurship, Behavioral Finance, Venture Capital
Casey Burge
Registrar · College of Osteopathic Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Catherine Donahue
Faculty · College of Osteopathic Medicine
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Catherine Ernst
Chairperson, Department of Animal Science · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Identifying genes and genetic markers associated with genetic improvement of production traits in pigs. Functional genomics approaches including transcriptome sequencing and assessment of DNA methylation patterns in various tissues to determine underlying molecular mechanisms. Ev…
Catherine Grosso
Professor · College of Law
the role of race and other extralegal factors in criminal investigations, trials and the administration of capital punishment
Cecil Roberson
Fixed-Term Faculty · The Eli Broad College of Business
Entrepreneurship, Franchising, Healthcare Management, Innovation, Real Estate, Regulation & Public Policy, Business Law & Ethics, Attitudes, Emotions & Personality, Human Resource Management, Leadership & Motivation, Managerial Decision Making, Negotiation, Organizational Behavio…
Cedric Gondro
Professor · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Evolutionary Computation and Artificial Life for optimization of biological problems
Computational methods and statistical analysis of high-throughput genomic data
Evolution, diversity and population genetics
Chandu Manchiraju
Assistant Professor · The Eli Broad College of Business
revenue management with a focus on developing efficient and provably-effective algorithms for multiproduct dynamic pricing problems that are inspired by practice. He also works on studying flight delays in airline operations using empirical methods.
Charles "Lee" Cox
Professor
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Charles C. Hong, MD, PhD, FAHA
Chair, Department of Medicine · College of Human Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Charles Cavanagh
Fixed-Term Faculty · The Eli Broad College of Business
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Charles Hasemann
Associate VP for Innovation & Economic Development
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Charles Nathanson
A.J Pasant Associate Professor of Finance · The Eli Broad College of Business
Real Estate, Behavioral Finance
Charlie Horton-Anderson
Assistant Director, MS Supply Chain Management · The Eli Broad College of Business
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Che Peterson
Fixed-Term Faculty · The Eli Broad College of Business
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Chengcheng Fang
Assistant Professor · College of Engineering
Lithium metal batteries, high-energy-density battery technology, electrified transportation, climate change mitigation
Cheri DeClercq
Assistant Dean - Graduate Initiatives & Academic Innovation · The Eli Broad College of Business
Leadership & Motivation, Managerial Decision Making, Organizational Behavior, Strategic Management
Cheryl Murphy
Professor · Center for PFAS Research
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Cheryl Murphy
Director of the Center for PFAS Research · Michigan State University
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Cheryl Rice
Assistant Professor (HP) of Endocrinology · College of Veterinary Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Cheryl Sisk
Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience and Psychology, MSU Distinguished Professor, Associate Dean for Faculty Development · College of Natural Science
Neural development during puberty and adolescence; how pubertal hormones such as testosterone and estrogen influence the maturation of motivated behaviors; permanent organizational effects of pubertal hormones on neural circuits controlling sex-typical social behaviors; adolescen…
Cheryl Swenson
Associate Professor · College of Veterinary Medicine
Retroviral diseases
Urinary disorders
Neoplasia
Chinyere Tobias
Faculty · College of Osteopathic Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Cholani K. Weebadde, Ph.D.
Associate Professor - Plant Breeder for International Programs · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Chris Baines
Faculty · College of Veterinary Medicine
Role of mitochondria in pathobiology
Molecular mechanisms of programmed cell death
Chris Blackwood
Professor - Ecology of plant and microbial communities; root traits and mycorrhizae; soil biogeochemistry. · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Community ecology of plants and microorganisms; Plant-fungal interactions; Root traits; Soil biogeochemistry and carbon dynamics
Chris Hogan
Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting and Information Systems · The Eli Broad College of Business
Auditing
Chris Long, M.S.
Potato Extension Specialist · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Chris leads the Potato Outreach Program, a collaboration between Michigan State University and the Michigan Potato Industry Commission. This program supports Michigan potato growers by conducting on-farm research and demonstration trials that apply to all aspects of potato produc…
Chris Surian
Director of Development · College of Osteopathic Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Christina Dokter, Ph.D.
Faculty · College of Osteopathic Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Christine Sims
Faculty · College of Osteopathic Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Christine Sprunger
Associate Professor · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Her research focuses on the intersection of agriculture and the environment, where she investigates how various agricultural management practices impacts soil health and ecosystem services. In addition, Dr. Sprunger is interested in understanding how nematode communities can serv…
Christoph Benning
Director of the MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory · Michigan State University
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Christopher Czapp, D.O.
Faculty · College of Osteopathic Medicine
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Christopher Waters
Faculty · College of Osteopathic Medicine
Bacteria utilize chemical signals to adapt to an ever-changing environment. In bacterial pathogens, chemical signaling plays an important role in the initiation, maintenance, and termination of infection. My laboratory studies chemical signaling in the human pathogen Vibrio chole…
Christos Sidiropoulos, M.D.
Faculty · College of Osteopathic Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Christy Sprague
Professor, Crops and Soils Sciences Program Director and Extension Specialist · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Dr. Sprague's research and extension program focuses on integrated weed management, biology, ecology, and management of emerging problematic weeds, and understanding the interactions with weeds and other pests and pest/crop management practices. Her program emphasizes weed manage…
Chunqi Qian
Professor · College of Osteopathic Medicine
Developing a compact wireless multi-modal detector array for remote sensing and imaging; implantable Self-Oscillation Encoding Telemeter (SET) sensors for simultaneous encoding of neuronal voltages and MRI images; high-resolution mapping of micro-vessel distribution along the bra…
Claudia Finkelstein, MDCM
Associate Professor · College of Human Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Colleen Hegg
Professor · College of Veterinary Medicine
A neurotoxicologist, Hegg joined the MSU faculty in 2006 and earned her PhD in environmental toxicology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her research focuses on the role of purinergic signaling in the neuroregeneration of olfactory receptor neurons, advancing understandi…
Colleen Matts
Assistant Director for Strategy · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
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Courtney Carignan
Professor of Practice, Department of Public Health · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Exposure Science, Environmental Epidemiology, Diet lynx, Perfluoroxygens, Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS), PFAS contamination in surface water, Assessing contamination via biological methods, Holding onto name, Labeling, Education, Professional development, Grant award…
Courtney E. Venker
Assistant Professor
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Language Development, Child Language Disorders, Visual Attention, Parent Language Input, Word Processing and Word Learning
Craig G. Rogers, MD, FACS
Chair, Department of Urology; professor · College of Human Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Crystal Eustice
Professor of Practice, Academic Advisor · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
As an interdisciplinary researcher, her interests and projects span applied research in parks and recreation, sustainable tourism, local and regional food systems, as well as research focused on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). Her SoTL work largely aims to addres…
Cynthia Lucidi
Assistant Professor · College of Veterinary Medicine
Immune-mediated cytopenias, Blood and bone marrow disorders, Flow cytometry, Teaching and learning, Resident training/mentoring, Wellbeing and work-life balance/integration
D. Ryan
Gast Business Librarian · The Eli Broad College of Business
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Dalen Agnew
Professor · College of Veterinary Medicine
To understand and document the reproductive pathology of free-ranging and captive wildlife, particularly when contracepted pharmacologically, hormonally, or by husbandry and management. Particular species of interest include: Elephants, polar bears, large carnivores, and amphibia…
Dalton Hardisty
Assistant Professor · College of Natural Science
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Dan McCole
Associate Professor · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Ecology and Recreation/Tourism, Wine Tourism, Miscellaneous Recreation and Tourism, International Program Evaluation, Method Studies
Dana Infante
Professor and Chair · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Effects of landscape-scale factors (i.e., geology, land cover, climate) on physical and biological features of river systems, River catchment hydrology and stream channel geomorphology, Ecological assessment, Sustainable management of aquatic systems
Daniel Buskirk
Professor / Beef Extension Specialist · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Enhancement of beef quality, refinement of beef x dairy systems, and applications of beef identification and traceability.
Daniel Lake
Fixed-Term Faculty · The Eli Broad College of Business
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Daniel Vener
Assistant Professor Health Programs · College of Osteopathic Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Danielle K. Brown
1855 Community & Urban Journalism Professorship, Associate Professor · College of Communication Arts and Sciences
narrative change; media ethics; race, identity and media; visual journalism; political communication; technology and policy
Dante Chinni
Research Specialist · College of Communication Arts and Sciences
Data and demographics
- Community identities
- Politics
Darline K. El Reda, DrPH, MPH
Director of the Master of Public Health Program; Associate Chair of Education · College of Human Medicine
infectious disease outbreaks, maternal and child health, patient-centered medical homes, immunization, obesity, and cancer; current research focused on menstrual health and hygiene in Ghana
Darrell King
Associate Director for Multicultural Business Programs/Specialist - Advisor · The Eli Broad College of Business
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
David Barondess
Professor of epidemiology and biostatistics · College of Human Medicine
Current research interests for Barondess centered on the intersection of drug dependence and skeletal health epidemiology.
David Beede
C.E. Meadows Endowed Chair and Professor, Dairy Cattle Management; Dairy Cattle Nutrition and Metabolism; Environmental Nutrient Management; Transition Cow Management and Nutrition · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Dairy Cattle Management; Dairy Cattle Nutrition and Metabolism; Environmental Nutrient Management; Transition Cow Management and Nutrition
David Boes
Associate Professor in the Department of Osteopathic Surgical Specialties · College of Osteopathic Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
David Douches
Professor; Director of: MSU Potato Breeding & Genetics, Plant Breeding Genetics & Biotech, and USAID Feed the Future Global Biotech Partnership · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
David Douches
Director of the Michigan State University Potato Breeding and Genetics Program · Michigan State University
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
David Ewoldsen
Professor · College of Communication Arts and Sciences
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