Affiliated Researchers: Biology

Tanya Renner

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

Stephen Schaeffer

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

Squire Booker

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

Gui Becker

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

Zachary Bitzer

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

John Golbeck

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

Jason Keagy

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

Deb Kelly

Professor and Huck Chair in Molecular Biophysics, Biomedical Engineering
Top research keywords: Electron Microscopy, Cryoelectron Microscopy, Single Molecule Imaging, Imaging Techniques, Liquids

Tracy Langkilde

Verne M. Willaman Dean, Eberly College of Science
Top research keywords: Lizard, Lizards, Sceloporus Undulatus, Fire Ants, Ant

Roberto Iglesias-Prieto

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

Adam Glick

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

James Freihaut

Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Electric Lamps, Heating, Air, Tar, Coal

Xiaojun "Lance" Lian

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Top research keywords: Pluripotent Stem Cells, Stem Cells, Cardiac Myocytes, Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, Catenins

Andrew Warner

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

Susan Perrine

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

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

James Adair

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

Seogchan Kang

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

Jill Hamilton

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

Liana Burghardt

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

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

Katriona Shea

Alumni Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Carduus Nutans, Carduus, Carduus Acanthoides, Invasive Species, Seed

Jason Kaye

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

Yingwei Mao

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

Andrew Patterson

Professor, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Top research keywords: Metabolomics, Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Microbiota, Pharmacological Metabolism, Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptors

Sjoerd W. Duiker

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

Ruairidh Sawers

Assistant Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Zea Mays, Corn, Zea Mays Subsp. Mays, Symbiosis, Fungi

Ming Tien

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

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

Sarah Assmann

Waller Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Arabidopsis, Abscisic Acid, Guard Cells, Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins, GTP-Binding Proteins

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

Jesse Lasky

Associate Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Arabidopsis, Genomics, Climate, Local Adaptation, Forests

Tracy Nixon

Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Sinorhizobium Meliloti, ATPases Associated With Diverse Cellular Activities, Cellulose Synthase, DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases, Adenosine Triphosphate