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INSITE

The INstitute for Symbiotic Interactions, Teaching, and Education in the Face of a Changing Climate

A multi-disciplinary team from UC Merced, Michigan State University, and Resilient Oceans researching how climate change will impact ecosystems through a symbiotic lens. INSITE is a $12.5 million grant, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), to develop the Biology Integration Institute (BII): INSITE — the INstitute for Symbiotic Interactions, Training and Education — a research collaborative that aims to expand the fundamental knowledge of symbioses and inform immediate and long-term conservation strategies in the face of climate change.

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INSITE Team

INSITE Leadership

Michele K. Nishiguchi (Nish)

INSITE Director

Professor
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
University of California, Merced

Gordon Bennett

INSITE Associate Director

Associate Professor
Department of Life and Environmental Sciences
University of California, Merced

Research Theme Leads

Maggie Sogin

Theme I Lead

Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology.
University of California, Merced

Elizabeth Heath-Heckman

Theme II Lead

Michigan State University

Erica Rutter

Theme III Co- Lead

University of California, Merced

Shilpa Khatri

Theme III Co- Lead

University of California, Merced

Graduate Training and Education Team

Chris Amemiya

Graduate Training and Education Team​

Professor
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
University of California, Merced

Marcos E. Garcia-Ojeda

Graduate Training and Education Team​

University of California, Merced

Research Theme Associates

Annick Cros

Research Theme Associate

Scientist
Resilient Oceans
Monterey, California.

Juris Grasis

Senior Research Personnel

University of California, Merced

Michael Dawson

Senior Research Personnel

University of California, Merced​

Kevin Liu

Senior Research Personnel

Michigan State University

Michael Thompson

Senior Research Personnel

University of California, Merced​

Suzanne Sindi

Senior Research Personnel

University of California, Merced

Postdoctoral Scholars

Younghwan Kwak

University of California, Merced

Kaden Muffett

University of California, Merced

Stephen Williams

University of California, Merced

Graduate Students

Lacey Bishop-Schouster

Michigan State University

Daravuth (Dar) Cheam

University of California, Merced

Pablo Curiel

University of California, Merced

Miguel Estrada Caballero

University of California, Merced

Andrea Fusco

University of California, Merced

Luisa Garcia Michel

University of California, Merced

Perla Gonzalez Moreno

University of California, Merced

Morgan Lavenstein Bendall

University of California, Merced

Joaquin Lucero

University of California, Merced

Emily Neff

University of California, Merced

Yuya Nishida

Michigan State University

Mara Schwiesow

University of California, Merced

Heather Stever

University of California, Merced

Malcom (Cole) Thieme

University of California, Merced

Yibing Wang

University of California, Merced

Julia Zheng

Michigan State University

Admin

Bobbi Henderson

Program Manager

Brenda Ortiz

Outreach Coordinator

Patricia Campbell

External Consultant