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Trainees
Core Faculty
![Michael Willig](https://terra-biorisk.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3192/2021/06/Willig.lg_.jpg)
Michael Willig
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, Executive Director Institute of Environment
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Affiliated Faculty
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Ashley Helton
Associate Professor
Natural Resources & the Environment Center for Environmental Sciences & Engineering
![Kent Holsinger](https://terra-biorisk.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3192/2021/06/Holsinger170608a029-web-1-e1623207959816.jpg)
Kent Holsinger
Vice Provost for Graduate Education & Dean of Graduate School, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor
![Gene Likens](https://terra-biorisk.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3192/2021/06/Likens2-e1623209607732.jpg)
Gene Likens
Founder, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies. Distinguished Research Professor, Special Advisor to the UCONN President on Environmental Affairs
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Leslie Shor
Associate Professor, Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Education
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
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Junbo Zhao
Assistant Professor and Associate Director, Eversource Energy Center
Electrical Engineering