Partnering Programs and Departments

Before gaining acceptance into the EITS program, you must be accepted into one of our 17 cooperating Ph.D. programs that suits your interests. To help decide which partnering program is best for you, check out the individual websites of our partnering programs and departments below. Please contact their graduate program director or secretary for more information about the individual departments/programs.

• Animal Science

  https://www.canr.msu.edu/ans/

  Kathy Ernst and Dale Roseboom, Interim Co-Chairs
  Anthony Hall, 474 S. Shaw Lane, Room 1290F 

  Karla Macelli, Graduate Secretary 
  Anthony Hall, 474 S. Shaw Lane, Room 1290G | 517.355.8417 | macellik@msu.edu

  Cathy Ernst,  Academic Program Coordinator
  Anthony Hall, 474 S. Shaw Lane, Room 1205H | 517.432.1941 | ernstc@msu.edu

• Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

  https://bmb.natsci.msu.edu/

  Erich Grotewold, Chairperson
  Biochemistry Building, 603 Wilson Rd., Room 201A | 517.353.0804 | grotewol@msu.edu

  Jessica Lawrence, Graduate Secretary
  Biochemistry Building, 603 Wilson Rd., Room 212 | 517.353.0807 | jesslaw@cns.msu.edu

  David Arnosti, Graduate Director
  Biochemistry Building, 603 Wilson Rd., Room 413A | 517.432.5504 | arnosti@msu.edu

• Cell & Molecular Biology

  https://www.cmb.msu.edu/

  Margaret Petroff, Chairperson & Graduate Director
  Anthony Hall, 474 S. Shaw Lane, Room 1230D | 517.432.1385 | petrof10@msu.edu

  Alaina Burghardt, Academic Program Coordinator
  BPS Building, 567 Wilson Rd., Room 2240A | 517.884.5299 | mannieal@msu.edu

• Chemistry

  https://www.chemistry.msu.edu/

  Robert Maleczka, Chairperson
  Chemistry Building, 578 S. Shaw Lane, Room 540 | 517.355.9715x124 | maleczka@msu.edu

  Anna Osborn, Graduate Secretary
  Chemistry Building, 578 S. Shaw Lane, Room 320 | 517.353.1092 | osborna3@msu.edu

  Gary John Blanchard, Graduate Director
  Chemistry Building, 578 S. Shaw Lane, Room 328 | 517.355.9715x224 | blanchard@chemistry.msu.edu

• Comparative Medicine & Integrative Biology

  https://cvm.msu.edu/future-students/graduate-programs/cmib

  Colleen Hegg, Chairperson & Graduate Director
  Life Science Building, 1355 Bogue St., Room B439B | 517.432.2339 | hegg@msu.edu

  Dimity Palazzola, Graduate Secretary
  Veterinary Medical Center, 784 Wilson Road, Room G326 | 517.353.3118 | palazz39@msu.edu

• Earth & Environmental Sciences

  https://ees.natsci.msu.edu/

  Jeff Freymueller, Interim Chairperson
  Natural Sciences Building, 288 Farm Lane Rd., Room 206 | 517.355.4626 | freymuel@msu.edu

  Pam Robinson, Graduate Secretary
  Natural Sciences Building, 288 Farm Lane Rd., Room 206 | 517.353.3263 | robin433@cns.msu.edu

  Mike Gottfried, Graduate Director
  Natural Sciences Building, 288 Farm Lane Rd., Room 206 | gottfrie@msu.edu

• Fisheries & Wildlife

  https://www.canr.msu.edu/fw/

  Gary Roloff, Chairperson
  Natural Resources Building, 480 Wilson Rd., Room 7 | roloff@msu.edu

  Jill Cruth, Graduate Secretary
  Natural Resources Building, 480 Wilson Rd., Room 40 | 517.353.9091 | cruth@msu.edu

  Mary Tate Bremigan, Graduate Director
  Natural Resources Building, 480 Wilson Rd., Room 13A | 517.432.3831 | bremigan@msu.edu

• Food Science & Human Nutrition

  https://www.canr.msu.edu/fshn/

  Leslie Bourquin, Interim Chairperson
  G.M.Trout Building, 469 Wilson Rd., Room 204 | 517.355.8474 | bourqui1@msu.edu

  Marcia Hardaker, Graduate Secretary
  G.M.Trout Building, 469 Wilson Rd., Room 106 | 517.353.3323 | hardake1@msu.edu

  Elizabeth M. Gardner, Graduate Director
  G.M.Trout Building, 469 Wilson Rd., Room 236A | 517.353.3354 | egardner@msu.edu

• Forestry

  https://www.canr.msu.edu/for/

  Richard Kobe, Chairperson
  Natural Resources Building, 480 Wilson Rd., Room 109 | 517.355.0092 | kobe@msu.edu

  Katie James, Graduate Secretary
  Natural Resources Building, 480 Wilson Rd., Room 120 | 517.353.5199 | katjames@msu.edu

  David Rothstein, Graduate Director
  Natural Resources Building, 480 Wilson Rd., Room 210D | 517.432.3353 | rothste2@msu.edu

• Genetics & Genome Sciences

  https://ggs.natsci.msu.edu/

  Cathy Ernst, Chairperson & Graduate Director
  Anthony Hall, 474 S. Shaw Lane, Room 1205H | 517.432.1941 | ernstc@msu.edu

  Alaina Burghardt, Academic Program Coordinator
  BPS Building, 567 Wilson Rd., Room 2240A | 517.884.5299 | mannieal@msu.edu

• Integrative Biology

  https://integrativebiology.natsci.msu.edu/

  Thomas Getty, Chairperson
  Natural Sciences Bulidng, 288 Farm Lane, Room 203 | 517.353.9864 | getty@msu.edu

  Lisa Craft, Graduate Secretary
  Natural Sciences Bulidng, 288 Farm Lane, Room 203 | 517.353.4642 | craftl@msu.edu

  Danielle Whitaker, Graduate Director
  Kellogg Biological Station, 3700 E. Gull Lake Dr., Hickory Corners, MI 49060 | 269.671.2160 | looseno1@msu.edu

• Microbiology & Molecular Genetics

  https://www.mmg.msu.edu/

  Victor DiRita, Chairperson
  BPS Building, 567 Wilson Rd., Room 2215C / 5112A | 517.884.5292 | diritavi@msu.edu

  Rose Ann Bills, Graduate Secretary
  BPS Building, 567 Wilson Rd., Room 2209 | 517.884.5288 | marshro3@msu.edu

  Donna Koslowsky, Graduate Director
  BPS Building, 567 Wilson Rd., Room 5174 | 517.884.5353 | koslowsk@msu.edu

• Neuroscience

  https://www.neuroscience.msu.edu/

  Jim Galligan, Chairperson
  Giltner Hall, 293 Farm Lane, Room 108 | 517.355.8947 | galliga1@msu.edu

  Eleri Thomas, Academic Program Coordinator
  Giltner Hall, 293 Farm Lane, Room 108 | 517.884.9523 | thom1625@msu.edu

  Greg Swain, Graduate Director
  Chemistry Building, 578 S. Shaw Lane, Room 314 | 
  517.355.9715 x229 | swain@chemistry.msu.edu

• Pharmacology & Toxicology

  https://www.phmtox.msu.edu/

  Anne Dorrance, Interim Chairperson
  Life Sciences Building, 1355 Bogue St., Room B432 | 517.432.7403 | dorranc3@msu.edu

  Jake Wier, Academic Program Coordinator
  Life Sciences Building, 1355 Bogue St., Room B442 | 517.353.9619 | wierjake@msu.edu

  Karen Liby, Graduate Director
  Life Sciences Building, 1355 Bogue St., Room B430 | 517.884.8955 | libykare@msu.edu

• Physiology

  https://physiology.natsci.msu.edu/

  Charles "Lee" Cox, Chairperson
  Biomedical Physical Sciences Building, 567 Wilson Rd., Room 2201E | 517.884.5059 | coxclee@msu.edu

  Jasmine Jackson, Academic Coordinator
  Biomedical Physical Sciences Building, 567 Wilson Rd., Room 2201G | 517.884.5075 | herna578@msu.edu

  Andrea Doseff, Graduate Director
  Biomedical Physical Sciences Building, 567 Wilson Rd., Room 4173 | 517.884.5155 | doseffan@msu.edu

• Plant, Soil & Microbial Sciences

  https://www.canr.msu.edu/psm/

  Brian Horgan, Chairperson
  Plant and Soil Sciences Building, 1066 Bogue St., Room 286 | 517.353.0121 | horganb@msu.edu

  Linda Colon, Graduate Secretary for PSS Students
  Integrated Plant Systems Center, 578 Wilson Rd., Room 107 | 517.353.8645 | colon@msu.edu

  Mackenzie Graham, Graduate Secretary for PBGB & CSS Students
  Plant and Soil Sciences Building, 1066 Bogue St., Room A278 | 517.353.0111 | mart1708@msu.edu

  Karen Renner, Graduate Director
  Plant and Soil Sciences Building, 1066 Bogue St., Room 468 | 517.353.0233 | renner@msu.edu