Lab Personnel and Students

Dr. Cathy Whitlock, Professor and MSU Paleoecology Lab Director

Dr. David McWethy, Assistant Research Professor

Pico Alt, Lab Manager

Dr. Gabriel Yospin, Postdoctoral Fellow

Buzz Nanavati, PhD Student


Nick Kichas, PhD Student

Barbara Ulrich, MS Student

Peter Billman, MS Student

Dave Firmage, MS Student





Alumni and Friends of the Lab

Laurie Stahle, Alum PhD Student
Teresa Krause, Alum PhD Student
James Benes, Alum MS Student 
Caitlyn Florentine, Alum MS Student
Bryan Swindell, Alum MS Student
Ali White, Alum MS Student
Rod Benson, Murdock Foundation Fellow
Paul Bodalski, Lab Assistant
Jen Giskaas, Lab Assistant
Charles Shama, Lab Assistant

Recent Visitors

Eric Grimm, University Of Illinois
Julio Betancourt, U.S. Geological Survey
Roberta Pini, University of Milano 
Elena Argiriadis, University of Venice
Jasmine Saros, University of Maine
Christy Briles, University of Colorado at Denver
Phil Higuera, University of Idaho
Dominique Marguerie, University of Rennes
Sakonvan Chawchai, University of Stockholm
Donna Hawthorne, Global Paleofire Working Group
Tom Swetnam, University of Arizona
Penny Morgan, University of Idaho
Pat Bartlein, University of Oregon
George Perry, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Maria Martha Bianchi, CONICET, Bariloche, Argentina
Simon Haberle, Australian National University
Sheri Fritz, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
David Bowman, University of Tasmania
Vera Markgraf, University of Colorado
Tom Veblen, University of Colorado
Chris Moy, Stanford University
Diego Navarro, Universidad de Mar del Plata
Ignacio Jara, Oscar Pesce, and Marcela Valenzuela, Universidad de Chile
Joanne Ballard, University of Cincinatti