Affiliated Researchers: Molecular Evolution

Andrew Read

Senior Vice President for Research, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research
Top research keywords: Plasmodium, Plasmodium Chabaudi, Infectious Agent, Malaria Parasite, Virulence

Tanya Renner

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Carnivorous Plants, Evolution, Genomics, Primary Metabolism, Carabid Beetles

Adri van Duin

Distinguished Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: ReaxFF, Surface (Surface Science), Computer Simulation, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, ReaxFF Reactive Force Field

Hong Ma

Top research keywords: Arabidopsis, Angiosperm, Meiosis, Cladistics, Angiosperms

Shimin Liu

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

Jonathan Mathews

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Bituminous Coal, Vitrinite, High-resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM), Aromatics, Inertinite

Stephen Schaeffer

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

Fernando Soto

Assistant Professor of Energy Engineering, Penn State Greater Allegheny
Top research keywords: Surface (Surface Science), Solid Electrolyte, Density, Solid Electrolyte Interphase, Density Functional Theory

Susan Sinnott

Department Head and Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Density, Surface (Surface Science), Carbon Nanotube, Computer Simulation

John Mauro

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Phase Composition, Aluminosilicate, Glass Transition, Glass Transition Temperature, Silicate Glass

Donald Bryant

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

Claude dePamphilis

Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Angiosperm, Angiosperms, Parasitic Plants, Parasitic Plant, Cladistics

Jill Hamilton

Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Genetic Divergence, Hybrid Zone, Seeds, Evolution, Spruce

Ayusman Sen

Distinguished Professor, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Palladium, Alkene, Copolymerization, Carbon Dioxide, Micromotors

Reginald Hamilton

Associate Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Shape Memory Effect, NiTi Alloy, Shape Memory Alloy, Single Crystal, Martensite

Jacqueline McLaughlin

Professor of Biology, Penn State Lehigh Valley
Top research keywords: Pedagogical Framework, Biology Laboratory, Undergraduate Research, Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience, Four-step

Rudolf Schilder

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Alternative Splicing, Skeletal Muscle, Flight, Troponin T, Flight Muscle

Mauricio Terrones

George A. and Margaret M. Downsbrough Department Head, Evan Pugh University Professor, and Verne M. Willaman Professor of Physics, Physics
Top research keywords: Carbon Nanotube, Graphene, Nanotube, Carbon Nanotubes, Monolayers

Richard Roush

Executive Special Assistant to Interim Dean, College of Agricultural Sciences
Top research keywords: Bacillus Thuringiensis, Diamondback Moth, Plutella Xylostella, Broccoli, Lepidoptera

Enrique Gomez

Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Block Copolymer, Poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT), Conjugated Polymer, Organic Solar Cells, Conjugated Polymers

Jesse Lasky

Associate Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Genomics, Arabidopsis Thaliana, Local Adaptation, Genetics, Arabidopsis

Christian Huber

Assistant Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Evolution, Genetic Divergence, Genomics, Population Genetics, Genetic Variation

Etya Amsalem

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Bumblebee, Queen, Bombus Impatiens, Apoidea, Bombus Terrestris

Derek Hall

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Copper Chloride, Corrosion Rate, Electrochemical Sensor, Electrolyzer, Electrolysis

David Toews

Assistant Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Warbler, Genomics, Hybrid Zone, Genetics, Setophaga

Ming Tien

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

Matthew Jones

Research Assistant, Biology
Top research keywords: Aedes Aegypti, Wolbachia, Infectious Agent, West Nile Virus, Dengue Virus

Joyce Sakamoto

Assistant Research Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Wolbachia, Wolbachia Infection, Vaginal Microbiome, Vagina Flora, Ixodes Scapularis

Jason Rasgon

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Wolbachia, Anopheles Gambiae, Infectious Agent, Culex Tarsalis, Virus

Cooduvalli Shashikant

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

Andrew Deans

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Hymenoptera, Ceraphronoidea, Evaniidae, Gall Wasp, Megaspilidae

Josephine Wee

Assistant Professor, Food Science
Top research keywords: Aspergillus Parasiticus, Aflatoxin, Oxidative Stress, Transcription Factors, Transcription Factor

Tonya Peeples

Harold and Inge Marcus Dean, College of Engineering
Top research keywords: Bioconversion, Aqueous Two-phase System, Engineering Students, Methanocaldococcus Jannaschii, Extremophiles

Liana Burghardt

Assistant Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Rhizobiaceae, Rhizobium, Phenology, Arabidopsis Thaliana, Dormancy

Jason Keagy

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

George Perry

Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Evolution, Primates, Genomics, Lemur, Copy-Number Variation

Raymond E. Schaak

DuPont Professor of Materials Chemistry, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Nanoparticle, Nanoparticles, Nanocrystals, Nanorod, Cation Exchange

Nelson Yaw Dzade

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

Tracy Langkilde

Interim Executive Vice President and Provost, Eberly College of Science
Top research keywords: Lizard, Fences, Sceloporus Undulatus, Fire Ant, Fire Ants

James Marden

Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Flight, Flight Muscle, Dragonfly, Butterfly, Locomotion