Affiliated Researchers: Evolutionary

Mark E. Patzkowsky

Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Late Ordovician, Middle Ordovician, Ordovician, Mass Extinction, Brachiopod

George Perry

Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Evolution, Genomics, Primates, Lemur, Copy-Number Variation

Sarah Bordenstein

Associate Research Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Wolbachia, Bacteriophage, Phage WO, Phage, Cytoplasmic Incompatibility

Rebecca Bliege Bird

Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Martu, Australia, Western Desert, Foragers, Hunters

Mary K. Shenk

Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Kinship, Wealth, Bangladesh, India, Evolution

John E. Carlson

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Genome, Magnoliopsida, Populus, Genes, Coleoptera

Stephen Schaeffer

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

Timothy Ryan

Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Trabecular Bone, Primates, Hominin, Bone Volume Fraction, Locomotor

Anne Pisor

Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Climate Change Adaptation, Moral Judgment, Long-distance Relationships, Evolutionary, Long Distance

Claude dePamphilis

Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Angiosperm, Angiosperms, Parasitic Plant, Parasitic Plants, Cladistics

Jill Hamilton

Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Genetic Divergence, Genetics, Hybrid Zone, Seeds, Evolution

Sohail Anwar

Professor, Division of Business, Engineering, and Information Sciences & Technology (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Engineering Technology, Engineering, Penn State, Baccalaureate Degree, Electromechanical Engineering

Teh-hui Kao

Distinguished Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Petunia, Self Incompatibility, Self-incompatibility, Petunia Inflata, Ribonuclease

Peter Wilf

Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Patagonia, Eocene, South America, Paleocene, Early Eocene

Liana Burghardt

Assistant Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Rhizobiaceae, Rhizobium, Nodule, Phenology, Dormancy

Sarah Ivory

Associate Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Vegetation, Holocene, Climate Change, Africa, Vegetation Change

Sagan Friant

Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Infectious Diseases, Disease Ecology, Primates, Red-capped Mangabeys, Biodiversity

Gary Felton

Department Head and Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Caterpillar, Helicoverpa Zea, Plant Defense, Herbivore, Host Plant

Seth Bordenstein

Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Wolbachia, Cytoplasmic Incompatibility, Bacteriophage, Microorganism, Nasonia

Christian Huber

Assistant Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Evolution, Genetic Divergence, Genomics, Population Genetics, Genetic Variation

Andrew Read

Senior Vice President for Research, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research
Top research keywords: Plasmodium, Plasmodium Chabaudi, Infectious Agent, Malaria Parasite, Virulence

Laura Weyrich

Associate Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Microbiome, Microflora, Microorganism, Ancient DNA, Oral Microbiome

Isabella Cattadori

Associate Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Helminth, Dynamics, Leporidae, Helminths, Infectious Agent

Seogchan Kang

Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Infectious Agent, Fusarium Oxysporum, Magnaporthe Grisea, Magnaporthe Oryzae, Pathogenicity

Robersy Sanchez

Associate Research Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Genetic Code, Amino Acids, Epigenome, DNA Methylation, Arabidopsis

David Macauley

Associate Professor, Penn State Brandywine
Top research keywords: Philosophy, Empedocles, Aristotle, Pre-Socratics, Flowering

Jesse Lasky

Associate Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Genomics, Arabidopsis Thaliana, Genetics, Local Adaptation, Arabidopsis

Guido Cervone

Professor of Geography and Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, Geography
Top research keywords: Atmospherics, Remote Sensing, Analog Ensemble, Machine Learning, Earthquake

Carolee Bull

Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Pseudomonas Syringae, Infectious Agent, Leaf Spot, Bacterial Leaf Spot, Lettuce

Tracy Langkilde

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

Jason Keagy

Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Stickleback, Satin Bowerbird, Limnetic, Threespine Stickleback, Speciation

Tanya Renner

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Carnivorous Plants, Carabidae, Evolution, Genomics, Chemical Defense

Timothy Bralower

Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Paleocene, Eocene, Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, Nannofossil, Nannofossils

David Toews

Associate Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Warbler, Genomics, Hybrid Zone, Genetics, Setophaga

Jennifer Macalady

Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Biofilm, Microorganism, Microbial Community, Sulfide, Frasassi Caves

Ruairidh Sawers

Associate Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Maize, Zea Mays, Zea, Allele, Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi

Hong Ma

Top research keywords: Arabidopsis, Angiosperm, Meiosis, Cladistics, Angiosperms

Todd LaJeunesse

Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Symbiodinium, Dinoflagellate, Symbiont, Coral, Reef-building Corals

Cooduvalli Shashikant

Associate Professor, Animal Science
Top research keywords: Homeobox Genes, Neural Tube, Transgenic Mice, Genes, Mesoderm

Antonia Hadjimichael

Assistant Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Vulnerability, Exploratory Modelling, Water Scarcity, River Basin, Urban Heat Island