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Jennifer Pechal

Jennifer Pechal

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Assistant Professor
Department of Entomology

Phone:
517-355-6514

Email:
pechalje@msu.edu

Degrees:
PhD - Texas A&M University (2012)
MS - Texas A&M University (2008)
BS - Sam Houston State University (2006)

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  • Jen Pechal discusses necrobiome on Public Radio International’s Science Friday, April 24, 2018
  • Pechal and Benbow study postmortem microbiome to inform criminal investigations and improve public health, April 11, 2018
  • Farming insects for feed, food and health, April 2, 2018

Articles Featuring

  • Rewilding death: The plan to restore the necrobiome, August 19, 2021
  • Small organisms, epic possibilities, March 3, 2021
  • Studying how an infectious disease-causing pathogen thrives in the environment, February 1, 2021
  • Down on the Body Farm: Unlocking the Forensic Secrets of Decaying Corpses, November 11, 2019
  • MSU entomologists receive $2.5 million from National Science Foundation to study infectious disease, July 2, 2019
  • Jen Pechal discusses necrobiome on Public Radio International’s Science Friday, April 24, 2018
  • Pechal and Benbow study postmortem microbiome to inform criminal investigations and improve public health, April 11, 2018
  • Farming insects for feed, food and health, April 2, 2018
  • After You Die, Your “Necrobiome” Lives On, March 23, 2018

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  • Feeding the World: Small Organisms, Epic Possibilities

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