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Population ecology

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

Name	Email/phone	Interests include
Bjornstad, Ottar Associate Professor of Entomology and Biology Adjunct Professor in Statistics	onb1@psu.edu 814-863-2983 (University Park)	Population dynamics, spatial ecology, ecology of infectious disease, computational biology.
Brittingham, Margaret Associate Professor of Wildlife Resources	mxb21@psu.edu 814-863-8442 (University Park)	Avian ecology; human impacts on bird populations.
Curran, William Professor of Weed Science	wsc2@psu.edu 814-863-1014 (University Park)	Management opportunities for herbaceous perennial and annual species; the effect of cover crops on weed emergence and herbicide efficacy.
Diefenbach, Duane Adjunct Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology	ddiefenbach@psu.edu 814-865-4511 (University Park)	Wildlife ecology, estimation of population parameters, and harvest management of game populations.
Ferreri, C. Paola Associate Professor of Fisheries Management	cpf3@psu.edu 814-863-2095 (University Park)	Fisheries ecology; fish population dynamics; river ecology and management; watersheds; modeling; and policy and management.
Fleischer, Shelby Professor of Entomology	sjf4@psu.edu 814-863-7788 (University Park)	Population ecology and management of insects in agroecosystems.
Gallagher, Robert Associate Professor of Cropping Systems	rsg14@psu.edu 814-865-1547 (University Park)	Soil seed bank ecology. Plant-soil interactions. Agroecosystem development and management.
Grenfell, Bryan Alumni Professor of Biology	grenfell@psu.edu 814-865-6080 (University Park)	Population dynamics of infectious disease in humans and animals.
Hudson, Peter Director, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences Willaman Professor of Biology	pjh18@psu.edu 814-865-6057 (University Park)	Population dynamics of infectious diseases in wildlife and the dynamics of parasite community structure.
Isard, Scott Professor of Aerobiology	sai10@psu.edu 814-865-6290 (University Park)	Aerobiology, movement and dispersal of organisms, meteorology, field measurement.
Langkilde, Tracy Assistant Professor of Biology	tll30@psu.edu 814-867-2251 (University Park)	Population and community ecology: how the nature of interactions between species can shift over time, in response to changes in the environment and corresponding selection pressures.
Ostiguy, Nancy Associate Professor of Entomology	nxo3@psu.edu 814-863-2872 (University Park)	Integrated pest management; impact of pesticides on non-target species; sampling strategies.
Post, Eric Associate Professor of Biology	esp10@psu.edu 814-863-8162 (University Park)	Climate change and its effects on life history traits and population and community dynamics.
Shea, Katriona Associate Professor of Biology	k-shea@psu.edu 814-865-7910 (University Park)	Biological invasions; theoretical applied ecology; life history theory.
Stauffer, Jay Distinguished Professor of Ichthyology	vc5@psu.edu 814-863-0645 (University Park)	Ecology and systematics of North American freshwater fishes.