| Jianping Hu | | MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory | | | Joanne Chory (post-doc) |
| Patrick Edger | | | | | |
| William James Hooker | potato diseases | | | | |
| Chad Niederhuth | | | | | |
| Sunil K. Kenchanmane Raju | Comparative Epigenomics | Plant Biology | 2018 | | Chad Niederhuth (post-doc) |
| James J. Smith | | | | 1985 | Derek T. A. Lamport (grad student) |
| Derek T. A. Lamport | plant cell walls | | | | |
| Sybil Myers | | | | | |
| Curtis G. Wilkerson | | | | | |
| Thomas Girke | Bioinformatics | | | | John Beyer Ohlrogge (post-doc) |
| Christine T Stephens | | | | | |
| Fred G. Teubner | | | | | |
| Anton Earl Erickson | | | | | |
| William F. Meggitt | Weed Control in Field Crops | | | | |
| Pamela J. Green | | | | | |
| Kevin L Childs | | | | | |
| Peter S Carlson | Crop Genetics | | | | |
| Philip Filner | | | | | |
| Michael F. Thomashow | Botany Biology, Systematic Biology | | | | |
| Carol Robin Buell | Genome biology, bioinformatics, plant biology | | | | |
| Bibin Paulose | Plant molecular biology, Biotechnology, metabolism | Plant Biology | 2016 | | Danny J. Schnell (post-doc) |
| Rajneesh Singhal | plant biology | Plant Biology | 2017 | | Danny J. Schnell (post-doc) |
| Hesham Abdullah | | Plant Biology | 2018 | | Danny J. Schnell (post-doc) |
| Kenneth L. Poff | | | | | |
| F. Lyle Wynd | | | | | |
| Norman E Good | photosynthesis | | | | |
| Wajid Waheed Bhat | Terpenoids, metabolic engineering | Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 2017 | 2021 | Bjoern Hamberger (post-doc) |
| Harry Haruo Murakishi | Plant Sciences | | | | |
| Joseph Hirschberg | | | | | Lee McIntosh (post-doc) |
| Gregory Alan Lang | | | | | |
| Robert Paul Scheffer | plant pathology | | | | |
| Jiming Jiang | | | | | |
| Charles Leonard Hamner | | | | | |
| Steven Glenn Pueppke | | | | | |
| G. Donald Sherman | | | | 1940 | Paul M. Harmer (grad student), Charles Ernest Millar (grad student) |
| Charles Ernest Millar | | | | | |
| Paul M. Harmer | | | | | |
| Howard G. Applegate | | | | 1956 | Charles Leonard Hamner (grad student) |
| Jane Shen-Miller | Plant physiology | Horticulture | 1956 | 1959 | Fred G. Teubner (grad student) |
| Russell L Jones | | PRL | 1965 | 1966 | Anton Lang (post-doc) |
| Maarten J. Chrispeels | Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences | | 1964 | 1967 | Joseph E Varner (post-doc) |
| Marvin Kenneth Beute | | Botany and Plant Pathology | | 1967 | John L. Lockwood (grad student) |
| Charles F. Cleland | physiology and biochemistry of flowering | | 1966 | 1968 | Jan A. D. Zeevaart (post-doc) |
| Man Mohan Johri | | | 1965 | 1968 | Joseph E Varner (post-doc) |
| Norton G Miller | bryology, quaternary paleobotany | | | 1969 | Aureal T Cross (grad student) |
| John Vincent Leary | genetics of phytopathogens | Botany and Plant Pathology | | 1969 | Albert H. Ellingboe (grad student) |
| Murray Nabors | | | | 1970 | Anton Lang (grad student) |
| Peter H. Quail | | | 1968 | 1971 | Joseph E Varner (post-doc) |
| Alvin Smucker | Soil Biophysics | Crop and Soil Sciences | | 1971 | Anton Earl Erickson (grad student) |
| Olen C Yoder | | | | 1971 | Robert Paul Scheffer (grad student) |
| Joseph E Varner | | | | | |
| Roger N. Beachy | | Botany and Plant Pathology | | 1973 | Harry Haruo Murakishi (grad student) |
| Donald L. Wyse | Agricultural Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Soil Science Agriculture | | | 1974 | William F. Meggitt (grad student), Donald Penner (grad student) |
| Seikichi Izawa | photosynthesis | | | 1968 | Norman E Good (research scientist) |
| Maureen Meinert | | | | | |
| Ray A. Bressan | Entomology Biology, Molecular Biology, Genetics | PRL | 1975 | 1978 | Philip Filner (post-doc) |
| Thomas Peter Boller | | | 1977 | 1978 | Hans Kende (post-doc) |
| Richard David Vierstra | Genetics, Plant Physiology, Microbiology Biology | | | 1981 | Kenneth L. Poff (grad student) |
| Ming Tien | | | | 1981 | Steven D. Aust (grad student) |
| Deborah P. Delmer | Structure and synthesis of plant cell wall; cellulose and glycoprotein synthesis in plants | | | | |
| Anton Lang | | | | | |
| Steven P. Briggs | Computer Science, Bioinformatics Biology, Analytical Chemistry | | | 1983 | Robert Paul Scheffer (grad student) |
| Mark Estelle | | | 1983 | 1985 | Christopher R. Somerville (post-doc) |
| Aureal T Cross | coal geology, palynology, paleobotany | | | | |
| Erin Bell | | | | 1986 | Lee McIntosh (grad student) |
| Robert A Creelman | | | 1979 | 1986 | Jan A. D. Zeevaart (grad student) |
| C. Robertson McClung | plant circadian rhythms | Microbiology and Public Health | 1981 | 1986 | Barry Kingston Chelm (grad student) |
| Nancy N. Artus | | PRL | 1983 | 1987 | Christopher R. Somerville (grad student) |
| Tim Caspar | | PRL | 1983 | 1988 | Christopher R. Somerville (grad student) |
| Hong Zhang | | PRL | 1983 | 1988 | Christopher R. Somerville (grad student) |
| Micha Volokita | | PRL | 1984 | 1988 | Christopher R. Somerville (post-doc) |
| Kathryne Everts | Agronomy Agriculture, Plant Pathology Agriculture | Botany and Plant Pathology | | 1989 | Melvyn Leroy Lacy (grad student) |
| Michael A Mansfield | | Michigan State University-Department of Energy, Plant Research Laboratory | 1986 | 1989 | Natasha V. Raikhel (post-doc) |
| Barbara Moffatt | | PRL | 1986 | 1989 | Christopher R. Somerville (post-doc) |
| Suzanne Hugly | | PRL | 1987 | 1989 | Christopher R. Somerville (post-doc) |
| John L. Lockwood | | | | | |
| Jose-Miguel Martinez-Zapater | | | 1989 | 1992 | Christopher R. Somerville (post-doc) |
| Martin Schroeder | | | | | |
| Sharon Thoma | | PRL | 1987 | 1992 | Christopher R. Somerville (grad student) |
| Clint Chapple | lignin, Arabidopsis, secondary metabolism | | 1990 | 1993 | Christopher R. Somerville (post-doc) |
| Crispin B Taylor | | Genetics | 1988 | 1993 | Pamela J. Green (grad student) |
| Ursula Hecht | | PRL | 1992 | 1993 | Christopher R. Somerville (post-doc) |
| Koh Iba | | PRL | 1992 | 1993 | Christopher R. Somerville (post-doc) |
| Jose Botella | | PRL | 1992 | 1993 | Christopher R. Somerville (post-doc) |
| Frank J. van de Loo | | PRL | 1991 | 1995 | Christopher R. Somerville (grad student) |
| Steven R. Reiser | | | 1991 | 1995 | Christopher R. Somerville (grad student) |
| Melvyn Leroy Lacy | plant pathology | | | | |
| Esther van der Knaap | plant genetics, molecular biology | PRL | | 1998 | Hans Kende (grad student) |
| Kathleen M. Kelley | Botany Biology, Plant Culture Agriculture | | | 2000 | Kenneth L. Poff (grad student) |
| Mark Johnson | | | | 2000 | Pamela J. Green (grad student) |
| Jan Zouhar | | | | | |
| Tanya Wagner | | | | | |
| Lawrence B. Smart | Plant Physiology, Molecular Biology | Plant Research Lab | 1987 | 2002 | Lee McIntosh (grad student) |
| Natasha V. Raikhel | Biochemistry, Genetics, Cell Biology | | | | |
| Rodrigo Gutierrez | | | 1997 | 2003 | Pamela J. Green (grad student) |
| Jan A. D. Zeevaart | | | | | |
| Lee McIntosh | control of energy and carbon flow in plants | | | | |
| Li Tian | | Biochemistry | 2000 | 2004 | Dean DellaPenna (grad student) |
| Marlene Ayala | Agronomy Agriculture, Plant Physiology | | | 2004 | Gregory Alan Lang (grad student) |
| Colleen J. Doherty | Molecular Biology, Plant Physiology | | | 2008 | Michael F. Thomashow (grad student) |
| Xinchun Zhang | Genetics, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology | | | 2009 | Jianping Hu (grad student) |
| Christine Shyu | Botany Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology | Plant Biology | | 2012 | Gregg A. Howe (grad student) |
| Navneet Kaur | Cell Biology | Cell and Molecular Biology | | 2013 | Jianping Hu (grad student) |
| Ronghui Pan | Botany Biology, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | | 2014 | Jianping Hu (grad student) |
| Dennis W Fulbright | Plant Pathology | | | | |
| Ruthie Angelovici | Plant Culture Agriculture | Biochemistry | 2010 | 2015 | Dean DellaPenna (post-doc) |
| Joseph P Evans | | | 2012 | 2016 | Carol Robin Buell (research scientist) |
| Lynn G. L. Richardson | molecular biology, protein targeting, plant cell biology, organelle biology, chloroplast biogenesis | Plant Biology | 2014 | 2019 | Danny J. Schnell (grad student) |
| Sheng-Yang He | Molecular biology of host-microbe interactions, microbial pathogenesis, and hormone signaling in disease. | | | | |
| Guilherme Tomaz Braz | | | 2018 | 2020 | Jiming Jiang (post-doc) |