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Landscape ecology

Faculty in the Ecology graduate program with research interests in this area.

Name	Email/phone	Interests include
Day, Rick Associate Professor of Soil Science and Environmental Information Systems	rday@psu.edu 814-863-1615 (University Park)	Using geographic information systems, terrain analysis, remote sensing and global positioning for environmental assessment and modeling, soil mapping, and land use planning; soil hydrology; water quality.
Drohan, Patrick Assistant Professor of Pedology	pjd7@psu.edu 814-863-4246 (University Park)	Soil formation and biogeochemistry due to land use and ecosystem change; soil and water degradation, and the remediation of soil physical and chemical properties in urban environments.
Finley, James (Jim) Professor of Forest Resources	fj4@psu.edu 814-863-0402 (University Park)	Ecosystem management on mixed ownerships; forest management; private forest owner issues and education; sustainable forestry; human dimensions of natural resources.
Myers, Wayne Professor of Forest Biometrics	wlm@psu.edu 814-863-0002 (University Park)	Forest biometrics; remote sensing; quantitative landscape ecology; spatial analysis; geographic information systems; multivariate statistics; artificial intelligence; natural resource sustainability; international forestry.
Smithwick, Erica Assistant Professor of Geography	smithwick@psu.edu 814-865-6693 (University Park)	Landscape and ecosystem ecology. Disturbance ecology & disturbance synergies. Ecosystem simulation models. Climate change and ecosystem carbon storage. Fire and soil nitrogen. Microbial community composition and function. Spatial statistics.
Taylor, Alan Professor of Geography	aht1@psu.edu 814-865-1509 (University Park)	Vegetation dynamics; fire and climate variation on community development; environmental conservation.
Wardrop, Denice Senior Research Associate Associate Professor of Geography and Ecology	dhw110@psu.edu 814-863-1005 (University Park)	Impacts of human disturbance on wetlands; plant community dynamics; theoretical applied ecology; landscape analysis.