Affiliated Researchers: Biology

Matthew Jones

Research Assistant, Biology
Top research keywords: Culicidae, West Nile Virus, Wolbachia, Aedes, Parasites

Stephen Schaeffer

Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Drosophila, Gene Order, Drosophila Pseudoobscura, Chromosome Inversion, Chromosomes

Gui Becker

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

Tanya Renner

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Carnivorous Plants, Caryophyllales, Coleoptera, Carnivory, Harpalus

Ashley Shay

Assistant Research Professor, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
Top research keywords: Selenoproteins, Macrophages, Selenium, Inflammation, Protectin D1

John Golbeck

Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Photosystem I Protein Complex, Electrons, Sulfur, Iron, Phylloquinone

Ottar Bjornstad

Distinguished Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Synchrony, Epidemics, Population Dynamics, Disease Outbreaks, Arvicolinae

Zachary Bitzer

Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Top research keywords: Tobacco Products, Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems, Free Radicals, Smoke, Free Radical

Isabella Cattadori

Associate Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Helminths, Parasites, Myxoma Virus, Rabbits, Infections

Roberto Iglesias-Prieto

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

Jason Keagy

Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Mating Success, Gasterosteidae, Gasterosteus Aculeatus, Smegmamorpha, Sexual Selection

Tracy Langkilde

Interim Executive Vice President and Provost, Eberly College of Science
Top research keywords: Lizard, Lizards, Sceloporus Undulatus, Fire Ants, Ant

Deb Kelly

Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Top research keywords: Electron Microscopy, Cryoelectron Microscopy, Single Molecule Imaging, Imaging Techniques, Liquids

Peter Hudson

Verne M. Willaman Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Lagopus Lagopus Scoticus, Parasites, Parasite, Infection, Grouse

Andrew Warner

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

Christina Grozinger

Distinguished Professor and Publius Vergilius Maro Professor of Entomology, Entomology
Top research keywords: Bees, Honey, Bee, Honey Bees, Apis Mellifera

Susan Perrine

Research Assistant, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Acrocephalosyndactylia, Craniofacial Dysostosis, Skull, Craniosynostoses, Mutation

Seogchan Kang

Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Fusarium, Magnaporthe, Fungi, Oryza, Verticillium

Adam Glick

Associate Professor, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Top research keywords: Keratinocytes, Transforming Growth Factors, Skin, Carcinogenesis, Papilloma

Troy Ott

Professor, Animal Science
Top research keywords: Sheep, Trophoblastin, Interferons, Pregnancy, Endometrium

Yuka Imamura

Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology
Top research keywords: Genes, Brain, Gene Expression Profiling, Gene Expression, RNA-Seq

Todd LaJeunesse

Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Symbiodinium, Dinoflagellida, Symbiont, Anthozoa, Corals

Rebecca Bliege Bird

Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Hunting, Hunters, Foraging, Desert, Deserts

Liana Burghardt

Assistant Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Rhizobium, Symbiosis, Plant Dormancy, Fabaceae, Phenology

James Adair

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Nanoparticles, Powders, Micelles, Lead Titanate, Barium Titanate

Nina Jablonski

Evan Pugh University Professor of Anthropology, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Skin Pigmentation, Hominidae, Theropithecus, Vitamin D, Ultraviolet Rays

Carolyn Mahan

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

Jill Hamilton

Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Picea, Hybrid Zone, Pinus Torreyana, Picea Glauca, Climate

Yingwei Mao

Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Schizophrenia, Crystallins, Lenses, Apoptosis, Genes

Sjoerd W. Duiker

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: No-tillage, Cover Crops, Tillage, Corn, Soil

Jill Felker

Lecturer of Biochemistry & Lab Manager, Penn State Berks

Ming Tien

Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Phanerochaete, Lignin Peroxidase, Manganese Peroxidase, Peroxidase, Lignin

Jason Kaye

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Soil, Cover Crops, Cover Crop, Nitrogen, Pinus Ponderosa

John Vanden Heuvel

Professor of Veterinary Science, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Top research keywords: Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors, Conjugated Linoleic Acids, Perfluorodecanoic Acid, Peroxisome Proliferator, Peroxisome Proliferators

Squire Booker

Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: S-Adenosylmethionine, Enzymes, Sulfur, Molecular Cluster, Catalysis

Keith Cheng

Distinguished Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Top research keywords: Zebrafish, Histology, Skin Pigmentation, Pigmentation, Mutation

Sally Mackenzie

Lloyd and Dottie Huck Chair for Functional Genomics and Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Mitochondrial Genome, Arabidopsis, Fertility, Plastids, Male Infertility

Darla Lindberg

Professor of Architecture, Architecture
Top research keywords: Farm To Fork, Glycemic Index, Public Policy, Poultry Housing, Video Games

Abebayehu N. Yilma

Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Top research keywords: Chlamydia Trachomatis, Macrophages, Cytokines, Nanoparticles, Silver Nanoparticles

Sarah Princiotta

Assistant Professor, Biology, Penn State Schuylkill
Top research keywords: Lakes, Lake, Cryptophyta, Dinobryon, Phototrophic Processes