Affiliated Researchers: Ecosystem Change

Patrick Drohan

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Soil, Appalachian Region, Shale Gas, Charcoal, Hydric Soils

Natasha Miles

Associate Research Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Fluxes, Methane, Greenhouse Gases, Greenhouse Gas, Atmospheric Inversion

Chaopeng Shen

Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Learning, Streamflow, Soil Moisture, Hydrology, Land Surface

Tamie L. Veith

Agricultural Engineer, USDA-ARS-Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit
Top research keywords: Watershed, Watersheds, Soil And Water Assessment Tool Model, Soil And Water Assessment Tool, Phosphorus

Isabella Cattadori

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

Carolyn Mahan

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

Wangda Zuo

Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Modelica, Fluid Dynamics, Buildings, Office Buildings, HVAC

Luke Trusel

Assistant Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Ice Shelf, Ice Sheet, Antarctica, Melt, Meltwater

Tim White

Associate Research Professor, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS)
Top research keywords: Paleosol, Cretaceous, Observatory, Shale, Siderite

Matthew Gustafson

Professor, Finance
Top research keywords: Loan Spread, Friction, Seasoned Equity Offerings, Equity, Business Start-up

Margarita López-Uribe

Lorenzo L. Langstroth Early Career Professor and Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Bees, Bee, Hymenoptera, Apidae, Pollinating Insects

Karl Zimmerer

Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Agrobiodiversity, Bolivia, Food, Peasant, Livelihood

Vivek Srikrishnan

Assistant Research Professor, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: Uncertainty, Sea Level Rise, Climate, Risk Management, Flood Hazard

Timothy Bralower

Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Paleocene, Nanofossil, Eocene, Cretaceous, Nanoplankton

Roberto Iglesias-Prieto

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

Bernd J. Haupt

Senior Research Associate, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: Ocean Circulation, Global Ocean, Ocean, Oceans, Conveyors

Anthony Foyle

Associate Professor, School of Science (Behrend)
Top research keywords: Lake Erie, Lakes, Coastal Zones, Lake, Sediments

Lee Kump

Department Head, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Carbon Isotope, Mass Extinction, Ocean, Permian, Paleocene

Brian Thiede

Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Climate, Poverty, Household, Human Migration, Indigenous Forest

Etya Amsalem

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Bees, Bee, Bombus, Impatiens, Bombus Impatiens

Gopal Bhatt

Assistant Research Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Penn State
Top research keywords: hydrology, open-source, watershed, watershed modeling, geographical information systems

Emily Southard

PhD Candidate, Rural Sociology & Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Top research keywords: Food-systems, Climate change, International development, Women's empowerment, agriculture

Paul Patterson

Professor, Animal Science
Top research keywords: Hens, Poultry, Ammonia, Laying Hens, Diet

Andrew Carleton

Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Southern Hemisphere, Climate, Sea Ice, Cold Air, Vortex

Ruairidh Sawers

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

Ed Rajotte

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Bees, Malus, Orchard, Orchards, Apples

Denice Wardrop

Research Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Wetlands, Wetland, Headwater, Watershed, Mid-Atlantic Region

Jason Kaye

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

Jose D. Fuentes

Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Isoprene, Ozone, Canopy, Boundary Layer, Deciduous Forest

David Bice

Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Stratotype, Eocene-Oligocene Boundary, Oligocene, Eccentricity, Eocene

Melissa Kreye

Assistant Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Private Forest, Private Land, Landowner, Private Forestry, Private Lands

Katherine Freeman

Evan Pugh University Professor of Geosciences, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Biomarker, Lipid, Carbon Isotope, Biological Marker, Alkane

James Shortle

Distinguished Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Nonpoint Pollution, Water Quality, Nonpoint Source Pollution, Pollution Control, Cost

Peter Wilf

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

Francisco Dini-Andreote

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

Harland Patch

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

Jesse Kreye

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

Gui Becker

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

Meetpal Kukal

Assistant Research Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Maize, Crop, Corn, Evapotranspiration, Growing Season

Estelle Couradeau

Assistant Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Cyanobacteria, Lakes, Carbonates, Soil, Soil Crust