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Chemical ecology

Faculty in the Ecology graduate program with research interests in this area.
Name Email/phone Interests include
Carrick, Hunter
  • Associate Professor of Aquatic Ecology
hjc11@psu.edu
814-865-9219
   (University Park)

Ecosystem ecology; effects of eutrophication on the biogeochemistry of lakes, streams, and wetlands; effects of food web alterations on microbial biodiversity and productivity.

De Moraes, Consuelo
  • Associate Professor of Entomology
czd10@psu.edu
814-863-2867
   (University Park)

Tritrophic interactions. Biological control. Plant signaling. Plant-insect-interactions. Plant defenses.

Lynch, Jonathan
  • Professor of Plant Nutrition
jpl4@psu.edu
814-863-2256
   (University Park)

Plant ecophysiology and agroecology; plant adaptation to nutrient stress; biogeochemistry of the Eastern deciduous forest; sustainable international development.

Mescher, Mark
  • Assistant Professor of Entomology
mcmescher@psu.edu
814-863-2867
   (University Park)

The role of plant volatiles in mediating ecological and evolutionary interactions among plants, insects, and pathogens.

Shannon, Robert
  • Associate Professor of Agricultural Engineering
rds13@psu.edu
814-865-7153
   (University Park)

Wetland biogeochemistry. Riparian wetlands. Constructed wetlands for waste treatment. Pollutant impacts on aquatic systems.

Stephenson, Andrew (Andy)
  • Professor of Biology
as4@psu.edu
814-863-1553
   (University Park)

Ecology and evolution of plant reproduction. The role of inbreeding and genetic variation on the establishment and transmission of plant diseases.

Tooker, John
  • Assistant Professor
jft11@psu.edu
814-865-1895
   (University Park)

Plant-insect interactions, tritrophic interactions, chemical ecology, plant defenses, population and community ecology, agroecosystems, natural-enemy ecology, ecology of gall-inducing insects

Tumlinson, James (Jim)
  • Ralph O. Mumma Professor of Entomology
  • Director, Center for Chemical Ecology
jht2@psu.edu
814-863-1770
   (University Park)

Insect chemical ecology; plant-insect interactions; insect attractants.