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 30 search result(s) for Biodiversity.

Larry Gorenflo


Eleanor R. Stuckeman Chair in Design and Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Mexico, Biodiversity, Settlement Pattern, Micronesia, World Heritage Site

Bradley Cardinale


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

Daniel Allen


Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Rivers, Ecosystem, River, Mussels, Biodiversity

Sagan Friant


Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Parasites, Cercocebus, Bushmeat, Rivers, Food Supply

Ted Toadvine


Nancy Tuana Director of the Rock Ethics Institute and Associate Professor, Philosophy
Top research keywords: Phenomenology, Naturalism, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Nature, Philosophy Of Nature

Laura Weyrich


Associate Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Microbiota, Ancient DNA, Soil, Dental Calculus, Microbiome

Rick Bates


Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Abies Fraseri, Fans (equipment), Ammonia, Farms, Phytophthora Drechsleri

Hannah Wiseman


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

Jesse Kreye


Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Fire Behavior, Flammability, Litter, Forest Litter, Fuels (fire Ecology)

Mark Brennan


Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Community Development, Ireland, Youth, Social Support, Art

Peter Wilf


Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Fossils, Argentina, Fossil, Eocene, Rainforest

Jacqueline McLaughlin


Professor of Biology, Penn State Lehigh Valley
Top research keywords: College Students, Biology, Students, Biological Sciences, Teachers

Molly Bletz


Assistant Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Microbiota, Microbiome, Immune System, Amphibians, Climate

Roberto Iglesias-Prieto


Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Anthozoa, Corals, Coral, Coral Reefs, Symbiodinium

Gui Becker


Associate Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Chytridiomycota, Amphibian, Amphibians, Batrachochytrium Dendrobatidis, Ecosystem

Andrew Deans


Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Hymenoptera, Wasps, Wasp, Evaniidae, Megaspilidae

Julian D. Avery


Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Bird, Sialia Sialis, Nestling, Lizard, Nestlings

Sarah Ivory


Associate Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Holocene, Vegetation, Lakes, Pollen, Climate

Bronwen Powell


Associate Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Forests, Food, Diet, Morocco, Tanzania

Carter Hunt


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

Mary Ann Smith


Lecturer, Biology

Kurt Vandegrift


Associate Research Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Peromyscus, Ecology, Deer, SARS Virus, Peromyscus Leucopus

Jon Sweetman


Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management

Matt Marshall



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

José M. Capriles


Associate Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Bolivia, Andes, Atacama Desert, Camelid, Northern Chile

Mary Barbercheck


Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Cover Crops, Entomopathogenic Nematodes, Soil, Tillage, Zea Mays

Andrew Warner



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

Ida Djenontin


Assistant Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Malawi, Restoration, Sustainable Agricultural Intensification, Forest Restoration, Burkina Faso

Mark E. Patzkowsky


Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Ordovician, Extinction, Brachiopod, Mass Extinction, Biofacies

Carolyn Mahan


Professor, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Tamias Striatus, Sciuridae, National Parks, Flying Squirrels, Glaucomys Sabrinus