Affiliated Researchers: Pathogens

Sharifa Crandall

Assistant Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Blueberry Mosaic Associated Virus, Spore, Vitis, Pseudoperonospora Humuli, Mosaic Viruses

Marcia Maria de Oliveira Buanafina

Research Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Feruloyl Esterase, Cell Wall, Festuca, Festuca Arundinacea, Arabinoxylan

Gary Felton

Department Head and Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Herbivory, Insecta, Zea Mays, Herbivores, Helicoverpa Zea

Kelli Hoover

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Anoplophora Glabripennis, Coleoptera, Insecta, Larva, Baculoviridae

Erika Machtinger

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Diptera, Ticks, Musca Domestica, Muscidae, Deer

Kevin Hockett

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

Michael Skvarla

Assistant Research Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Cunaxidae, Acari, Mite, Mites, Arkansas River

James Marden

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

David M. Geiser

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

Gretchen A. Kuldau

Associate Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Fusarium, Zea Mays, Mycotoxins, Deoxynivalenol, Fusarium Verticillioides

Catherine Nettles Cutter

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

Carolee Bull

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

Seogchan Kang

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

Timothy W. McNellis

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

Matthew Jones

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

Scott H. Medina

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Top research keywords: Peptides, Peptide, Cells, Proteins, Membranes

Gui Becker

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

Siela Maximova

Research Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Cacao, Theobroma Cacao, Somatic Embryos, Arabidopsis, Somatic Embryogenesis

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

Molly Bletz

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

Andrew Read

Senior Vice President for Research, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research
Top research keywords: Malaria, Parasites, Parasite, Plasmodium Chabaudi, Culicidae

Mary Barbercheck

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Cover Crops, Entomopathogenic Nematodes, Soil, Tillage, Zea Mays

Jill Felker

Lecturer of Biochemistry & Lab Manager, Penn State Berks

Manuel Llinás

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

Sarah Bordenstein

Associate Research Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Wolbachia, Bacteriophages, Prophages, Cytoplasmic Incompatibility, Phages

Istvan Albert

Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Genome, Jamming, Granular Media, Microbiota, Drag

James Mutunga

Assistant Research Professor

Troy Sutton

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

Donald Davis

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

Jason Rasgon

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

Beth Gugino

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