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Name Email/phone Interests include:
Abrams, Marc  
  • Professor of Forest Ecology and Physiology
agl@psu.edu
814-865-4901
   (University Park) 		Community, historical and physiological ecology of tree species; global change biology.
Beckerman, Stephen  
  • Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology
stv@psu.edu
814-863-3869
   (University Park) 		Behavioral ecology; human ecology; rainforest subsistence systems; primitive warfare.
Comas, Louise  
  • Assistant Professor/Research Associate (Horticulture)
lhc105@psu.edu
814-865-0697
   (University Park) 		Physiological ecology, plant functional roles in communities, evolutionary ecology, comparative biology of belowground plant form and function, root and fungal co-evolution.
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.
Eissenstat, David  
  • Professor of Woody Plant Physiology
  • Chair, Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Ecology
dme9@psu.edu
814-863-3371
   (University Park) 		Plant physiological ecology, ecosystem ecology, climate change biology, root and soil ecology.
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.
Kaye, Jason  
  • Assistant Professor of Soil Biogeochemistry
jpk12@psu.edu
814-863-1614
   (University Park) 		Ecosystem ecology; global change biology; biogeochemistry of nitrogen and carbon cycling in managed and unmanaged ecosystems.
Kaye, Margot  
  • Assistant Professor of Forest Ecology
mwk12@psu.edu
814-865-4841
   (University Park) 		Vegetation dynamics, dendrochronology, disturbance history, paleoclimatology, environmental change.
Koide, Roger  
  • Professor of Horticultural Ecology
rxk13@psu.edu
814-863-0710
   (University Park) 		Plant ecology; ecology of mycorrhizal symbioses; agricultural ecology; community ecology of fungi.
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.
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.
Steiner, Kim  
  • Professor of Forest Biology
  • Director, The Arboretum at Penn State
steiner@psu.edu
814-865-9351
   (University Park) 		The ecology, genecology, and physiological ecology of forest regeneration following disturbance.
Taylor, Alan  
  • Professor of Geography
aht1@psu.edu
814-865-1509
   (University Park) 		Vegetation dynamics; fire and climate variation on community development; environmental conservation.
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.
Zenner, Eric  
  • Associate Professor of Silviculture
eric.zenner@psu.edu
814-865-4574
   (University Park) 		Ecology, management and regeneration of forest ecosystems; community ecology.