Affiliated Researchers: Food

Charles Anderson

Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Arabidopsis, Cell Wall, Pectins, Plant Cells, Cellulose

Tami Mysliwiec

Associate Professor of Biology, Division of Science (Berks)
Top research keywords: Src Homology Domains, Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, Abl Genes, Catabolite Repression, Proline

Douglas Wrenn

Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Zoning, Purchase, Shale Gas, Land Use, Duration Models

Surinder Chopra

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Zea Mays, Sorghum, Corn, Sorghum (Poaceae), Alleles

Cibin Raj

Associate Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Soil And Water Assessment Tool Model, Soil And Water Assessment Tool, Watersheds, Watershed, Water Quality

Elsa Sánchez

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Cultivars, Muskmelons, Students, Bacterial Wilt, Winter Squashes

Heather Karsten

Associate Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Corn, No-tillage, Dairies, Forage, Manure

Heather Preisendanz

Associate Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Drug Products, Wastewater, Nutrients, Impurities, Runoff

Mary Ann Bruns

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Soil, Manure, Dairy Manure, Odorants, Bacteria

Patrick Drohan

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

Yimin Zhu

Associate Professor, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Lignin, Monolignol, Protein Footprinting, Cell Wall, Plant Cells

Mark Brennan

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Community Development, Ireland, Youth, Social Support, Art

Kathleen Brown

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Zea Mays, Ethylene, Soil, Phosphorus, Corn

Carolyn Lowry

Assistant Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Cover Crops, Rye, Weeds, Vicia, Tillage

Mary Barbercheck

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Cover Crops, Entomopathogenic Nematodes, Soil, Tillage, Zea Mays

Francisco Dini-Andreote

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

Siela Maximova

Research Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Cacao, Theobroma Cacao, Somatic Embryos, Arabidopsis, Somatic Embryogenesis

Mark J. Guiltinan

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Cacao, Theobroma Cacao, Zea Mays, Genes, Endosperm

Jason Kaye

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

Katie Chriest

Coordinator, Sustainable Food Systems Program

Kelsey Fredericks

Undergraduate Researcher

Edouard Mensah

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics

Tania Slawecki

Research Associate, Materials Research Institute (MRI)
Top research keywords: Microwaves, Microwave, Shear, Shearing, Magnetrons

Andrew Patterson

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

Noel Habashy

Assistant Teaching Professor, Office of International Programs
Top research keywords: Service Learning, Community Development, Domestic Service, Travel, Residents

Ida Djenontin

Assistant Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Malawi, Restoration, Sustainable Agricultural Intensification, Forest Restoration, Burkina Faso

Lauren Greenlee

Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Nanoparticles, Iron, Struvite, Magnesium, Wastewater

Gamini Mendis

Assistant Professor of Engineering, School of Engineering (Behrend)
Top research keywords: Machining, Bauxite, Recovery, Lignin, Energy Utilization

Laura Weyrich

Associate Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Microbiota, Ancient DNA, Soil, Dental Calculus, Microbiome

Vasant Honavar

Professor and Edward Frymoyer Chair of Information Sciences and Technology, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Classifiers, Proteins, Ontology, Learning Algorithms, Classifier

José M. Capriles

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

Gregory Jenkins

Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: West Africa, Climate Modeling, Ozone, Tropospheric Ozone, Climate Models

Tong Qiu

Assistant Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Phenology, Climate Change, Urbanization, Climate, Fecundity

Gretchen A. Kuldau

Associate Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Fusarium, Zea Mays, Mycotoxins, Deoxynivalenol, Fusarium Verticillioides