Affiliated Researchers: Forests

Margot Kaye

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Fire History, Deciduous Forests, Pinus Ponderosa, Climate, Pine

Allyson Muth

Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Landowner, Private Forest, Natural Resources, Marketing Efficiency, Silviculture

Autumn Sabo

Assistant Professor of Biology, Penn State Beaver
Top research keywords: Deer, Temperate Forests, Herbivory, Temperate Forest, Understory

Bronwen Powell

Associate Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Forests, Food, Diet, Morocco, Tanzania

Laura Leites

Associate Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Climate, Pseudotsuga Menziesii, Oak, Quercus, Pinus Ponderosa

Alan Taylor

Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Fire Regime, Fire Severity, Coniferous Forests, Mixed Forests, Wildfires

Marc E. McDill

Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Harvest, Forest Management, Planning, Oak, Quercus

Jason Kaye

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

Peter Wilf

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

Erica Smithwick

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

Tyler Wagner

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

Judd Michael

Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Wood, Human Resources, Personnel, Wood Products, Wood Product

William F. Elmendorf

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Urban Forests, Arborists, Urban Forestry, Urban Parks, Land Use Planning

Jonathan Duncan

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

Mahmut Kandemir

Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Data Storage Equipment, Cache, Energy Utilization, Computer Hardware, Network-on-chip

Seogchan Kang

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

Christina Grozinger

Distinguished Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Bees, Honey, Bee, Honey Bees, Apis Mellifera

Nita Bharti

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

Kenneth Davis

Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Boundary Layer, Carbon, Carbon Dioxide, Troposphere, Net Ecosystem Exchange

Jesse Lasky

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

Jose D. Fuentes

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

Lisa Emili

Associate Professor, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Peatland, Peatlands, Non-Point Source Pollution, British Columbia, Groundwater Flow

Christopher Uhl

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

Michael G. Jacobson

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Landowners, Landowner, Sustainable Forestry, Economic Incentives, Agroforestry

Michael Gannon

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

Soundar Kumara

Allen E. Pearce and Allen M. Pearce Professor, Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Top research keywords: Planning, Neural Networks, Supply Chains, Multi Agent Systems, Manufacturing

Jeremy Gernand

Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Nanostructured Materials, Toxicity, Nanoparticles, Carbon Nanotubes, Particulate Matter

Sagan Friant

Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Parasites, Cercocebus, Bushmeat, Rivers, Food Supply

Gui Becker

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

Sarah Ivory

Assistant Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Holocene, Vegetation, Lakes, Pollen, Climate

Alexander Thames

Research Assistant, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Dimethyl Sulfide, Troposphere, Tomography, Atmosphere, Hydroxyl Radical

Melissa Kreye

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

Kim Steiner

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Oak, Quercus, Seedling, Quercus Rubra, Acer Rubrum

Donald Davis

Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Ozone, Ailanthus Altissima, Ailanthus, Oak, Prunus Avium

Eric Zenner

Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Man-made Trails, Overstory, Traffic, Harvest, Regeneration

Duane Diefenbach

Adjunct Professor of Wildlife Ecology
Top research keywords: Deer, Odocoileus Virginianus, Harvest, Lynx Rufus, Hunters

Kostas Papakonstantinou

Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Markov Processes, Inspection, Life Cycle, Dynamic Programming, Partially Observable Markov Decision Process

John E. Carlson

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

Mary Ann Bruns

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

Jesse Kreye

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