Affiliated Researchers: Traits

Affiliates are Penn Staters who have a connection to or an interest in the work of the Institute of Energy and the Environment.

Displaying 33 search result(s) for Traits.

Harland Patch


Assistant Research Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Pollinator, Honey Bees, Apis Mellifera, Apoidea, Honey Bee

Jared Ali


Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Herbivore, Plant Defense, Entomopathogenic Nematodes, Host Plant, Herbivore-induced Plant Volatiles

Jill Hamilton


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

Molly Hall



Top research keywords: Single Nucleotide Polymorphism, Genome-Wide Association Study, Polymorphism, Nucleotides, Genomics

Kathleen Brown


Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Zea Mays, Ethylene, Soil, Phosphorus, Corn

Jason Keagy


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

Ángel Ferrero-Serrano


Assistant Research Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Heterotrimeric G Protein, Rice, G Protein, Drought Tolerance, Arabidopsis

Jesse Kreye


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

Sarah Assmann


Waller Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Guard Cell, Arabidopsis, Abscisic Acid, G Protein, Heterotrimeric G Protein

David A.W. Miller


Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Amphibians, Life History, Occupancy, Climate Change, Species Distribution

Claude dePamphilis


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

Kelli Hoover


Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Asian Long-Horned Beetle, Anoplophora Glabripennis, Baculovirus, Asian Longhorned Beetle, Hemiptera

Rudolf Schilder


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

Francisco Dini-Andreote


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

Sharifa Crandall


Assistant Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Fungal Spores, Plant Diseases, Vegetation Type, Plant Pathogen, Airborne Spores

Etya Amsalem


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

Carolyn Lowry


Assistant Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Cover Crop, Cover Crops, Vicia, Vetch, Tillage

Max Crowley


Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Top research keywords: Politicians, Externalization, Evidence-Based, Research Use, Adolescence

Melanie Hetzel-Riggin


Professor, School of Humanities & Social Sciences (Behrend)
Top research keywords: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Trauma, Sexual Assault, Peritraumatic Dissociation, College Students

James Marden


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

Jonathan Lynch


Distinguished Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Zea Mays, Soil, Phosphorus, Corn, Beans

David Toews


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

John Tooker


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

Ruairidh Sawers


Assistant Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Maize, Zea Mays, Zea, Allele, Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi

Lindsay Fernández-Rhodes


Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Top research keywords: Genetics, Latino, Genomics, Hispanic Community, Hispanic Or Latino

Todd LaJeunesse


Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Symbiodinium, Dinoflagellate, Symbiont, Coral, Reef-building Corals

Mónica Medina


Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Coral, Symbiodinium, Symbiont, Microbiome, Reef-building Corals

Sarah Nilson


Assistant Professor of Biology, Penn State Beaver
Top research keywords: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Heterotrimeric G Protein, G Protein, Arabidopsis, Lupus Erythematosus

Jesse Lasky


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

Laura Leites


Associate Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Quercus, Growth Potential, Response To Climate, Pseudotsuga Menziesii

Margot Kaye


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

Joshua D. Lambert


Professor, Food Science
Top research keywords: Epigallocatechin-3-gallate, Epigallocatechin Gallate, Polyphenol, Malignant Neoplasm, Green Tea Polyphenols

Sairam V. Rudrabhatla


Professor of Biology, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Hemp, Cannabis Sativa, Explant, Callus, Plant Regeneration