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Wetland ecosystems

Faculty in the Ecology graduate program with research interests in this area.
Name Email/phone Interests include
Brooks, Robert
  • Professor of Geography and Ecology
  • Director of the Penn State Cooperative Wetlands Center
rpb2@psu.edu
814-863-1596
    (University Park)

Ecology, management, and restoration of wetland and riparian ecosystems.
Cole, C. Andrew (Andy)
  • Associate Director, Center for Watershed Stewardship
  • Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture and Ecology
cac13@psu.edu
814-865-5735
    (University Park)

Ecosystem ecology: wetlands, hydrology, restoration, seed banks, plant communities, historical ecology.
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.
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).
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.
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.