Affiliated Researchers: Ecology

Affiliates are Penn Staters who have a connection to or an interest in the work of the Institute of Energy and the Environment.

Displaying 128 search result(s) for Ecology.

Peter Hudson


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

Francisco Dini-Andreote


Assistant Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Soil, Microbiota, Rhizosphere, Ecosystem, Microbiome

Nita Bharti


Associate Professor And Lloyd Huck Early Career Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Niger, Measles, Disease Outbreaks, SARS Virus, Satellite Imagery

Gui Becker


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

Jennifer Wagner-Lawlor


Professor, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Top research keywords: Utopian, Utopia, Utopian Literature, Genre, Susan Sontag

Kurt Vandegrift


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

Stephanie Buechler



Top research keywords: Livelihood, Mexico, Global Change, Environmental Policy, Water

Jesse Lasky


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

Liana Burghardt


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

Jamison Colburn


Professor, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Environmental Policy Act, Climate Change, Politics, Habitat, Legal System

Tanya Renner


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

Jared Ali


Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Herbivores, Herbivory, Herbivore, Nematode, Entomopathogenic Nematodes

Ángel Ferrero-Serrano


Assistant Research Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Oryza, Heterotrimeric GTP-binding Proteins, Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins, Droughts, Arabidopsis

Thomas Litzinger


Assistant Dean for Educational Innovation and Accreditation, College of Engineering
Top research keywords: Soot, Fuel, Students, Flame, Flames

Mary K. Shenk


Associate Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Marriage, Bangladesh, Kinship, Fertility, Population Dynamics

Sharifa Crandall


Assistant Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Blueberry Mosaic Associated Virus, Spore, Vitis, Pseudoperonospora Humuli, Mosaic Viruses

Mark E. Patzkowsky


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

Esther Obonyo


Associate Professor, School of Engineering Design and Innovation
Top research keywords: Earth (planet), Brick, Fibers, Construction Industry, Students

Tyler Wagner



Top research keywords: Salvelinus Fontinalis, Brook, Fish, Lakes, Lake

Christina Grozinger


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

Michael Gannon


Professor, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Chiroptera, Puerto Rico, Experimental Forests, Hurricanes, Habitat Selection

Timothy Michael Murtha Jr.


Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Lidar, Conservation, Planning, Land Use, Resource

Theodore R. Alter


Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Community Development, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Tax Capitalization, Performance Evaluation

Jennifer Baka


Associate Professor and John T. Ryan, Jr. Faculty Fellow, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences
Top research keywords: Biofuel, Energy, Wasteland, Biofuels, Energy Security

Harland Patch


Assistant Research Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Bees, Bee, Honey, Bombus, Pollen

José M. Capriles


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

Andrew Read


Interim Senior Vice President for Research, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research
Top research keywords: Malaria, Parasites, Parasite, Plasmodium Chabaudi, Culicidae

Rudolf Schilder


Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Alternative Splicing, RNA Precursors, Odonata, Troponin T, Muscles

Justin Brown


Assistant Teaching Professor, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Top research keywords: Influenza In Birds, Orthomyxoviridae, Influenza A Virus, Birds, Virus

Christopher Uhl


Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Amazonia, Logging, Pasture, Ranching, Rain Forest

Sarah Allen



Top research keywords: Eocene, Fossils, Fossil, Paleoecology, Paleoclimate

Dave Biddinger


Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Bees, Bee, Malus, Orchards, Orchard

Erica Smithwick


Distinguished Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Forests, Ecosystem, Ecosystems, Nitrogen, Pinus Contorta Var. Latifolia

Seogchan Kang


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

Jesse Kreye


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

Brian Black


Division Head and Distinguished Professor, History, Division of Arts & Humanities (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Oil, Petroleum, Oil Boom, Economic Planning, World War I

Trevor Birkenholtz


Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: India, Farmer, Irrigation, Groundwater, Water

Brian King


Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Republic Of South Africa, Africa, Livelihood, Health, Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Larry Gorenflo


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

Jonathan Duncan


Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Watershed, Catchment, Nitrate, Hillslope, Nitrogen