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INSITE

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

We are in an era of rapidly changing climate, threatening animal species that form complex relationships with microbes for essential benefits. To understand how these interactions will respond to certain climate futures from molecular to ecological scales, we have established the NSF Biological Integration Institute, INSITE — The INstitute for Symbiotic Interactions, Training, and Education in the Face of a Changing Climate. INSITE brings together a multi-disciplinary team at the University of California Merced and Michigan State University.

 

To learn more about Biology Integration Institutes visit www.nsf.gov.

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

Graduate Students

Daravuth Cheam

Graduate Student

University of California, Merced

John Espinosa

Graduate Student

University of California, Merced

Luisa Garcia Michel

Graduate Student

University of California, Merced

Morgan Lavenstein Bendall

Graduate Student

University of California, Merced

Yuya Nishida

Graduate Student

Michigan State University

Heather Stever

Graduate Student

University of California, Merced

Korenna Estes

Graduate Student

University of California, Merced

Miguel Estrada Caballero

Graduate Student

University of California, Merced

Joaquin Lucero

Graduate Student

University of California, Merced

Antonia Peters

Graduate Student

University of California, Merced

Mara Schwiesow

Graduate Student

University of California, Merced

Cole Thieme

Graduate Student

University of California, Merced

Postdoctoral Scholars

Younghwan Kwak

University of California, Merced

Kaden Muffett

University of California, Merced

Stephen Williams

University of California, Merced

Assessment

Patricia Campbell

University of California, Merced