Affiliated Researchers: Species Diversity

David M. Geiser

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

Laura Leites

Associate Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Climate, Quercus, Oak, Pseudotsuga Menziesii, Pinus Ponderosa

Louis Bengyella

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

Bradley Cardinale

Department Head and Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Biomass, Ecosystems, Species Richness

Todd LaJeunesse

Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Symbiodinium, Dinoflagellida, Symbiont, Anthozoa, Corals

Justin Brown

Professor, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Top research keywords: Influenza In Birds, Orthomyxoviridae, Influenza A Virus, Birds, Virus

Kim Steiner

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Oak, Quercus, Seedling, Quercus Rubra, Acer Rubrum

Paul Esker

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

Katriona Shea

Alumni Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Carduus Nutans, Carduus, Carduus Acanthoides, Invasive Species, Seed

Rudolf Schilder

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

Carolyn Mahan

Professor, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Tamias Striatus, Sciuridae, National Parks, Flying Squirrels, Glaucomys Sabrinus

Dave Biddinger

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Bees, Bee, Malus, Orchards, Orchard

Jared Ali

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Herbivores, Herbivory, Herbivore, Nematode, Entomopathogenic Nematodes

Andrew Deans

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

Gretchen A. Kuldau

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

Molly Bletz

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

Etya Amsalem

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

Alyssa Collins

Director, Southeast Agricultural Research & Extension Center; Asssociate Research Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Ontario, Canada, Soybeans, Deoxynivalenol, Soft Red Winter Wheat

Ed Rajotte

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Bees, Malus, Orchard, Orchards, Apples

Jill Hamilton

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

Jesse Lasky

Associate Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Arabidopsis, Genomics, Climate, Local Adaptation, Forests

Mary Ann Bruns

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Soil, Manure, Dairy Manure, Odorants, Bacteria

David Toews

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

Kurt Vandegrift

Associate Research Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Peromyscus, Ecology, Deer, SARS Virus, Peromyscus Leucopus

Michael Skvarla

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

José M. Capriles

Associate Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Bolivia, Andes, Atacama Desert, Camelid, Northern Chile

Margarita López-Uribe

Lorenzo L. Langstroth Early Career Professor and Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Bees, Bee, Hymenoptera, Apidae, Pollinating Insects

Christian Huber

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

Mónica Medina

Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Anthozoa, Corals, Coral Reefs, Coral, Symbiodinium

John Tooker

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Insecta, Herbivory, Insect, Herbivores, Neonicotinoids

Ángel Ferrero-Serrano

Assistant Research Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Oryza, Heterotrimeric GTP-binding Proteins, Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins, Droughts, Arabidopsis

Tanya Renner

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

Kevin Hockett

Assistant Professor and Lloyd Huck Early Career Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Pseudomonas Syringae, Bacteriocins, Bacteriophages, Bacteria, Agricultural Inoculants

Julian D. Avery

Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Bird, Sialia Sialis, Nestling, Lizard, Nestlings

Robert Nicholas

Associate Research Professor, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Climate Modeling, Climate, Flood Protection, Downscaling

Sarah Goslee