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Paleoecology / historical ecology

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

Name	Email/phone	Interests include
Cole, C. Andrew (Andy) Associate Director, Center for Watershed Stewardship Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture and Ecology	cac13@psu.edu 814-865-3334 (University Park)	Ecosystem ecology: wetlands, hydrology, restoration, seed banks, plant communities, historical ecology.
Kaye, Margot Assistant Professor of Forest Ecology	mwk12@psu.edu 814-865-4841 (University Park)	Vegetation dynamics, dendrochronology, disturbance history, paleoclimatology, environmental change.
Macalady, Jennifer Assistant Professor of Geosciences	jlm80@psu.edu 814-865-6330 (University Park)	Microbial ecology; microbial role in weathering and soil processes; controls on microbial diversity; ecological interactions in microbially dominated systems (ancient earth analogs).
Wilf, Peter Associate Professor of Geosciences	pwilf@psu.edu 814-865-6721 (University Park)	Paleobotany; paleoecology; extinction and recovery of past ecosystems; responses of organisms to climate change.