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 31 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

Seth Bordenstein


Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Wolbachia, Cytoplasmic Incompatibility, Bacteriophage, Microorganism, Nasonia

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, Disease Ecology, Primates, Red-capped Mangabeys, Biodiversity

Rick Bates


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

Ted Toadvine


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

Peter Wilf


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

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, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: Observatory, Paleosol, Critical Zone Observatory, Eocene, United States Of America

Hannah Wiseman


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

Roberto Iglesias-Prieto


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

Hayden Bock


Assistant Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Urban Soils, Animal Community, Urbanization, Urban Soil, Lawn Management

Margaret C. Hoffman


Associate 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

Harland Patch


Assistant Research Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Pollinator, Apoidea, Honey Bees, Apis Mellifera, Honey Bee

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, Infectious Agent

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, Rodents, COVID-19, White-tailed Deer

Jon Sweetman


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

John Majoris


Assistant Professor, Biology

Mary Barbercheck



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

Mark E. Patzkowsky


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

Ida Djenontin


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

Carolyn Mahan


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

Sarah Ivory


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