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 34 search result(s) for Biodiversity.

Larry Gorenflo


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

Seth Bordenstein


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

Bradley Cardinale


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

Daniel Allen


Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: United States Of America, Freshwater, Non-perennial, Streamflow, Stream Network

Rick Bates


Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Fir, Cambodia, Vegetative Buffers, Dust, Foliar Nitrogen

Sagan Friant


Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Zoonotic Disease, Nigerians, Rodents, Infectious Diseases, Disease Ecology

Ted Toadvine


Nancy Tuana Director of the Rock Ethics Institute and Associate Professor, Philosophy
Top research keywords: Merleau-Ponty, Phenomenology, Eco-phenomenology, Limits, Naturalism

Tim White


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

Jesse Kreye


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

Bronwen Powell


Associate Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Nutrition, Wild Food, Dietary Diversity, Food Security, Morocco

Peter Wilf


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

Gui Becker


Associate Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Batrachochytrium Dendrobatidis, Amphibian, Amphibians, Infectious Disease, Infection

Hannah Wiseman


Associate Professor, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: USA, United States, Energy Law, Economic And Social Development, Federalism

Roberto Iglesias-Prieto


Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Coral, Coral Reef, Symbiodinium, Caribbean, Coral Reefs

Hong Wu


Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Green Stormwater Infrastructure, China, Chinese, Public Perception, Green Infrastructure

Molly Bletz


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

Margaret C. Hoffman


Associate Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Stormwater, Aesthetics, Biodiversity, Water Quality, Mean Radiant Temperature

Carolyn Mahan


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

Julian D. Avery


Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Eastern Bluebird, Protected Areas, Protected Area, Nestling, Biodiversity

Laura Weyrich


Associate Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Microbiome, Microflora, Ancient DNA, Oral Microbiome, Oral Microbiota

David A.W. Miller


Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Amphibian, Amphibians, Life History, Species Distribution, Occupancy

Jesse Lasky


Associate Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Genomics, Arabidopsis Thaliana, Local Adaptation, Genetics, Genetic Divergence

Carter Hunt


Associate Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Tourism, Ecotourism, Economic And Social Development, Ecuador, Costa Rica

Andrew Deans


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

Mary Ann Smith


Lecturer, Biology

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

Mary Barbercheck



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

Hayden Bock


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

Ida Djenontin


Assistant Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Malawi, Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Forest Landscape Restoration, Central Malawi

Sarah Ivory


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

John Majoris


Assistant Professor, Biology

Mark E. Patzkowsky


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

Jon Sweetman


Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Wetlands, Ponds, Canada, Grassland, Cladocera