Affiliated Researchers: Molecular Evolution

Tanya Renner

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Carnivorous Plants, Caryophyllales, Coleoptera, Carnivory, Harpalus

Hong Ma

Top research keywords: Arabidopsis, Magnoliopsida, Genes, Flowers, Meiosis

Jonathan Mathews

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Coal, Bituminous Coal, Molecules, Simulation, Vitrinite

John Mauro

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Glass, Aluminosilicate Glass, Aluminosilicates, Glass Transition, Silicate Glass

Stephen Schaeffer

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

Shimin Liu

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Coal, Coal Bed Methane, Shale, Sorption, Methane

Donald Bryant

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

Jacqueline McLaughlin

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

Ayusman Sen

Distinguished Professor, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Olefins, Copolymerization, Palladium, Polymers, Catalysts

Fernando Soto

Assistant Professor of Energy Engineering, Penn State Greater Allegheny
Top research keywords: Solid Electrolytes, Density Functional Theory, Solid Electrolyte, Electrolytes, Lithium

Jill Hamilton

Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Picea, Hybrid Zone, Pinus Torreyana, Picea Glauca, Climate

Reginald Hamilton

Associate Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Shape Memory Effect, Shape Memory Alloys, Hysteresis, Alloy, Single Crystals

Jason Rasgon

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Culicidae, Anopheles, Wolbachia, Culex, Malaria

Ismaila Dabo

Corning Faculty Fellow Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Density Functional Theory, Electronic Structure, Transition Metals, Energy, Photocatalysts

Rudolf Schilder

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Alternative Splicing, RNA Precursors, Odonata, Troponin T, Muscles

Robert Rioux

Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Catalysts, Nanoparticles, Hydrogenation, Adsorption, Silica

Rongming Chu

Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: High Electron Mobility Transistors, Heterojunctions, Two Dimensional Electron Gas, Breakdown Voltage, Two-Dimensional Electron Gas

Christian Huber

Assistant Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Population, Mutation, Drosophila Melanogaster, Genetic Variation, Genomics

Richard Roush

Executive Special Assistant to Interim Dean, College of Agricultural Sciences
Top research keywords: Bacillus Thuringiensis, Insecta, Plutella Xylostella, Insecticides, Moths

David Toews

Assistant Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Songbirds, Hybrid Zone, Setophaga, Genomics, Plumage

Derek Hall

Assistant Research Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Electrodes, Electrochemical Sensors, Corrosion, Membranes, Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy

Ming Tien

Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Phanerochaete, Lignin Peroxidase, Manganese Peroxidase, Peroxidase, Lignin

Raymond E. Schaak

DuPont Professor of Materials Chemistry, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Nanoparticles, Nanocrystals, Nanoparticle, Nanocrystal, Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Andrew Deans

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Hymenoptera, Wasps, Wasp, Evaniidae, Megaspilidae

Enrique Gomez

Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Block Copolymers, Conjugated Polymers, Polymers, Block Copolymer, Conjugated Polymer

Matthew Jones

Research Assistant, Biology
Top research keywords: Culicidae, West Nile Virus, Wolbachia, Aedes, Parasites

Etya Amsalem

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Bees, Bee, Bombus, Impatiens, Bombus Impatiens

Josephine Wee

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

Cooduvalli Shashikant

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

Isabella Cattadori

Associate Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Helminths, Parasites, Myxoma Virus, Rabbits, Infections

Tonya Peeples

Dean, College of Engineering
Top research keywords: Bioconversion, Extremophiles, Methanocaldococcus, Hydrolysis, Biocatalysis

Nelson Yaw Dzade

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Density Functional Theory, Adsorption, Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Surface, Nanorods

Christina Grozinger

Distinguished Professor and Publius Vergilius Maro Professor of Entomology, Entomology
Top research keywords: Bees, Honey, Bee, Honey Bees, Apis Mellifera

James Marden

Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Insecta, Odonata, Flight, Anisoptera (Odonata), Butterflies

Tracy Langkilde

Verne M. Willaman Dean, Eberly College of Science
Top research keywords: Lizard, Lizards, Sceloporus Undulatus, Fire Ants, Ant

Liana Burghardt

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

Jason Keagy

Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Mating Success, Gasterosteidae, Gasterosteus Aculeatus, Smegmamorpha, Sexual Selection

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

Ruairidh Sawers

Assistant Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Zea Mays, Corn, Zea Mays Subsp. Mays, Symbiosis, Fungi