Affiliated Researchers: Biodiversity

Affiliates are Penn Staters who have a connection to or an interest in the work of the Institute of Energy and the Environment.

Displaying 29 search result(s) for Biodiversity.

Larry Gorenflo


Eleanor R. Stuckeman Chair in Design and Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Mexico, Basin Of Mexico, Settlement Patterns, Biodiversity Conservation, Pre-Hispanic

Bradley Cardinale


Department Head and Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Biodiversity, Species Richness, Species Diversity, Ecosystem Function, Biomass Production

Daniel Allen


Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Mussels, Terrestrial Ecosystem, United States, Biodiversity, Streamflow

Sagan Friant


Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Infectious Diseases, Primates, Red-capped Mangabeys, Biodiversity, Bushmeat

Peter Wilf


Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Patagonia, Paleocene, Eocene, South America, Patagonia Argentina

Ted Toadvine


Nancy Tuana Director of the Rock Ethics Institute and Associate Professor, Philosophy
Top research keywords: Merleau-Ponty, Phenomenology, Limits, Ecological, Environmental Theory

Rick Bates


Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Horticulture, Vegetative Buffers, Dust, Christmas Trees, Foliar Nitrogen

Jesse Kreye


Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Fire Behavior, Quercus, Flammability, Pinus, Fuel Bed

Molly Bletz


Assistant Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Amphibians, Batrachochytrium Dendrobatidis, Infectious Agent, Anura, Batrachochytrium Salamandrivorans

Tim White


Associate Research Professor, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS)
Top research keywords: Observatory, Paleosol, Critical Zone Observatory, Eocene, United States Of America

Hannah Wiseman


Professor of Law, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Legislation, Energy Law, Federalism, Energy Governance, Law

Roberto Iglesias-Prieto


Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Coral, Symbiodinium, Symbiont, Coral Reefs, Reef-building Corals

Laura Weyrich


Associate Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Microbiome, Microflora, Microorganism, Oral Microbiota, Mouth Flora

Margaret C. Hoffman


Assistant Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Biodiversity, Mean Radiant Temperature, Water Storage, Natural Swimming Pool, Stormwater Bioretention

Melissa Kreye


Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Landowner, Forest Owners, Landowners, Florida, Private Forests

Julian D. Avery


Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Sexual Ornament, Protected Areas, Lizard, Biodiversity, Body Condition

Carter Hunt


Associate Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Tourism, Ecotourism, Nature-based Tourism, Tourism Development, Costa Rica

Mary Ann Smith


Lecturer, Biology

Gui Becker


Associate Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Batrachochytrium Dendrobatidis, Amphibians, Anura, Chytridiomycosis, Microbiome

Andrew Deans


Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Hymenoptera, Ceraphronoidea, Gall Wasp, Cynipidae, Evaniidae

Matt Marshall



Top research keywords: Songbird, Bird, Nest, Birds, Caterpillar

Kurt Vandegrift


Associate Research Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Virus, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, COVID-19, White-tailed Deer, Rodents

Jon Sweetman


Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Wetlands, Canada, Cladocerans, Prairie Wetlands, Ponds

Mary Barbercheck



Top research keywords: Cover Crops, Cover Crop, Entomopathogenic Nematodes, Entomopathogenic Nematode, Tillage

Andrew Warner



Top research keywords: River, Rivers, Prescription, Freshwater Conservation, Planning

Mark E. Patzkowsky


Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Late Ordovician, Middle Ordovician, Ordovician, Mass Extinction, Brachiopod

Carolyn Mahan


Professor, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Eastern Chipmunk, Tamias, Pennsylvania, Tamias Striatus, National Parks

Ida Djenontin


Assistant Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Malawi, Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Decision Making, Southern Burkina Faso

Sarah Ivory


Associate Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Vegetation, Holocene, Climate Change, Africa, Vegetation Change