Made of more than 400 scientists, students and staff, representing a wide array of disciplines from microbiology to economics and engineering, the GLBRC’s collaborative spirit illustrates how cooperation among academic, federal and private sector researchers can generate impactful translational research with commercial impact.

A closer Look: GLBRC @ MSU (PDF)

Below, find a list of the current and past MSU GLBRC research labs and departments. 

A - H

Charles Anderson, Ph.D., Department of Teacher Education

Venkatesh Balan, Ph.D., Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science | Available technologies

Christoph Benning, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Available technologies

Federica Brandizzi, Ph.D., Department of Plant Biology | Available technologies

Robin Buell, Ph.D., Department of Plant Biology

Jiquan Chen, Ph.D., Department of Geography, Environment and Spatial Sciences

Bruce Dale, Ph.D., Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science | Available technologies

Shi-You Ding, Ph.D., Department of Plant Biology 

Stuart Grandy, Ph. D., Department of Natural Resources and the Environment  

Katherine Gross, Ph. D., Department of Plant Biology 

Bjoern Hamberger, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Stephen Hamilton, Ph.D., Department of Zoology

Kyung-Hwan Han, Ph.D., Department of Horticulture | Available technologies

Robert Hausinger, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Eric Hegg, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

David Hodge, Ph.D., Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

I - P

Rufus Isaacs, Ph.D., Department of Entomology\

James (Ned) Jackson, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry | Available technologies

Arthur (Dan) Jones III, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 

Kazem Kashefi, Ph.D., Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics 

Kenneth Keegstra, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Available technologies

Seungdo Kim, Ph.D., Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

Alexandra Kravchenko, Ph.D., Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences 

Douglas Landis, Ph.D., Department of Entomology

David Lowry, Ph.D., Department of Plant Biology 

Carolyn Malmstrom, Ph.D., Department of Plant Biology 

John Ohlrogge, Ph.D., Department of Plant Biology | Available technologies

Nathaniel Ostrom, Ph.D., Department of Integrative Biology 

Margaret (Peggy) Ostrom, Ph.D., Department of Integrative Biology

Joyce Parker, Ph.D., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences 

Markus Pauly, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Q - Z

Gemma Reguera Ph.D., Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics | Available technologies 

G. Philip Robertson, Ph.D., Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences

David Rothstein, Ph.D., Department of Forestry 

Christopher Saffron, Ph.D., Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering | Available technologies

Douglas Schemske, Ph.D., Department of Plant Biology 

Thomas Schmidt, Ph.D., Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics 

Yair Shachar-Hill, Ph.D., Department of Plant Biology 

Ashley Shade, Ph.D., Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

Thomas Sharkey, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Available technologies

Scott Swinton, Ph.D., Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics

Michaela TerAvest, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Kurt Thelen, Ph.D., Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences 

James Tiedje, Ph.D., Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences

Claire Vieille, Ph.D., Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics | Available technologies 

Jonathan Walton, Ph.D., Department of Plant Biology | Available technologies

Curtis Wilkerson, Ph.D., Department of Plant Biology | Available technologies

Peter Wolk, Ph.D., Department of Plant Biology