Affiliated Researchers: Microbiology

Thomas Wood

Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Biofilms, Escherichia Coli, Quorum Sensing, Toxin-Antitoxin Systems, Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

Nita Bharti

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

Prem Kandel

Postdoctoral Scholar Hockett Lab

Peter Hudson

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

David M. Geiser

Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Fusarium, Fungi, Phylogeny, Peptide Elongation Factor 1, Phylogenetics

Carolee Bull

Department Head and Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Pseudomonas Syringae, Lettuce, Xanthomonas, Leaf Spot, Xanthomonas Campestris

David Craft

Professor Emeritus, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Top research keywords: Acinetobacter Baumannii, Military Facilities, Iraq, Microbiology, Acinetobacter

Jennifer Macalady

Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Sulfur, Caves, Sulfides, Lakes, Cave

Linghao Zhong

Professor of Chemistry, Penn State Mont Alto
Top research keywords: Cellulose, Soil, Simulation, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Trichoderma

Jasna Kovac

Lester Earl And Veronica Casida Career Development Professor Of Food Safety And Associate Professor Of Food Science, Food Science
Top research keywords: Bacillus Cereus, Campylobacter, Campylobacter Jejuni, Milk, Genome

Gregory Ferry

Stanley Person Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Methanosarcina, Archaea, Acetates, Carbonic Anhydrases, Methane

Edward Dudley

Professor, Food Science
Top research keywords: Serogroup, Escherichia Coli O157, Escherichia Coli, Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, Virulence

Louis Bengyella

Assistant Research Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Ascomycota, Solanum Tuberosum, Bambusa, Fungal Spores, Germination

Timothy W. McNellis

Associate Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Erwinia Amylovora, Malus, Arabidopsis, Apples, Seedlings

Kevin Hockett

Associate Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Pseudomonas Syringae, Bacteriocins, Bacteriophages, Bacteria, Agricultural Inoculants

Luke LaBorde

Professor, Food Science
Top research keywords: Agaricales, Listeria Monocytogenes, Malus, Mushrooms, Food Safety

Jordan Bisanz

Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Microbiota, Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Probiotics, Microbiome, Yogurt

Megan Marshall

Research Assistant, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Composting, Soil, Biomass, Biofuels, Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis

Laura Weyrich

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

Molly Bletz

Assistant Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Microbiota, Microbiome, Immune System, Amphibians, Climate

Seogchan Kang

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

John A. Pecchia

Associate Research Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Mushrooms, Agaricus Bisporus, Mushroom, Agaricus, Composting

Liana Burghardt

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

Juliana Vasco-Correa

Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Anaerobic Digestion, Fungi, Biomass, Methane, Enzymatic Hydrolysis

Manuel Llinás

Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Parasites, Plasmodium Falciparum, Malaria, Antimalarials, Plasmodium

Catherine Nettles Cutter

Professor, Food Science
Top research keywords: Red Meat, Beef Carcasses, Listeria Monocytogenes, Beef, Escherichia Coli O157

Josephine Wee

Assistant Professor, Food Science
Top research keywords: Aflatoxins, Aspergillus, Aflatoxin, Secondary Metabolism, Oxidative Stress

Francisco Dini-Andreote

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

Estelle Couradeau

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

Donald Davis

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

Beth Gugino

Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Phytophthora Infestans, Fungicides, Lycopersicon Esculentum, Northeastern United States, Soil Quality

Tami Mysliwiec

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

Jacqueline McLaughlin

Professor of Biology, Penn State Lehigh Valley
Top research keywords: College Students, Biology, Students, Biological Sciences, Teachers

Paul Esker

Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Soybeans, Zea Mays, Fungicides, Triticum, Chaetocnema Pulicaria

Troy Sutton

Associate Professor, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Top research keywords: Orthomyxoviridae, Ferrets, Viruses, Pandemics, Influenza A Virus

Donald Bryant

Ernest C. Pollard Professor of Biotechnology and Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Synechococcus, Cyanobacteria, Photosystem I Protein Complex, Chlorobi, Light

William Burgos

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Ferric Oxide, Hematite, Iron, Mine Drainage, Oxidation

Justin Silverman

Assistant Professor in Data Sciences, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Microbiota, Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Microbiome, Datasets , Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Anastasia Piliouras

Assistant Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Rivers, Permafrost, Sediments, River, Planforms

Wayne Curtis

Professor of Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Hyoscyamus, Bioreactors, Solavetivone, Suspensions, Growth