Affiliated Researchers: Mid-Atlantic

Margot Kaye

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Pinus, Quercus, Fire Regime, Climate Change, Populus

Kathy Kelley

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Wine, Pennsylvania, Consumer Preferences, Edible Flower, Edible Flowers

Katherine Zipp

Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: United States, Prescribed Fire, Park Visitors, Bioenergy, Marginal Land

Erica Smithwick

Distinguished Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Pinus, Carbon Sink, Pennsylvania, Prescribed Fire

Denice Wardrop

Research Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Wetlands, Pennsylvania, United States Of America, Wetland Condition, Headwater

Robert Crane

Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: General Circulation Model, Sea Ice, Downscaling, Climate, Ice

Jeffrey Hyde

Director of Extension and Associate Dean, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Dairy Farm, Maize, Wine, Pennsylvania, Cow

Beth Gugino

Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Fungicide, Phytophthora Infestans, Soil Health, New York, Carrot

Jesse Kreye

Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Fire Behavior, Quercus, Flammability, Pinus, Fuel Bed

Hong Wu

Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Green Stormwater Infrastructure, China, Public Perception, Prescribed Fire, Sponge City

Carolyn Mahan

Professor, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Eastern Chipmunk, Tamias, Pennsylvania, Tamias Striatus, National Parks

Alan Taylor

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

Melissa Kreye

Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Landowner, Forest Owners, Landowners, Florida, Private Forests

Andrew Nyblade

Top research keywords: Upper Mantle, Lithosphere, Antarctic Region, Wave Velocity, Craton

Christopher Scott

Maurice K. Goddard Chair of Forestry and Environmental Conservation, Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Mexico, India, Water Security, Water Scarcity, Irrigation

Timothy Michael Murtha Jr.

Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Guatemala, Vegetation, Mexico, Tikal, Land Use

Francesco Di Gioia

Associate Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation, Microgreens, Tomato Production, Fresh Tomato, Irrigation

Patrick Drohan

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Pennsylvania, Watersheds, United States, Soil Moisture, Land Use

Francisco Dini-Andreote

Assistant Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Microbiome, Taxon, Bacterial Communities, Microorganism, Rhizosphere

John Tooker

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Host Plant, Herbivore, Plant Defense, Neonicotinoid, Pest Management

Alyssa Collins

Director, Southeast Agricultural Research & Extension Center; Asssociate Research Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: United States, Yield Loss, Loss Measurement, Ontario Canada, Soybean Yield

Colin Zarzycki

Associate Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Tropical Cyclone, Tropical Cyclones, Earth System Model, Climate Modeling, Variable Resolution

Martina Vecchi

Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Food, Lab Experiment, Local Food, Food Choice, Socioeconomic Status

Raymond Najjar

Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Chesapeake Bay, Climate Change, Atmospherics, Carbon Dioxide, United States

Timothy W. Kelsey

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Pennsylvania, Marcellus Shale, Agriculture, United States, Shale Gas

Megan Schall

Top research keywords: Smallmouth Bass, Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania, Micropterus Dolomieu, Fisheries

Jason Keagy

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

Mary Barbercheck

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Cover Crops, Cover Crop, Entomopathogenic Nematodes, Entomopathogenic Nematode, Tillage

Kai Schafft

Professor, Education Policy Studies
Top research keywords: Pennsylvania, Marcellus Shale, Boomtowns, Shale Gas, Rural Areas

Marc D. Abrams

Nancy and John Steimer Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Quercus, Oak, Dendroecology, Acer Rubrum, Species Recruitment