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Name Email/phone Interests include:
Barbercheck, Mary  
  • Professor of Entomology
meb34@psu.edu
814-863-2982
   (University Park) 		Soil ecology: biological aspects of soil quality in sustainable and organic agriculture systems, soil arthropod community ecology, ecology of entomopathogenic nematodes and fungi; Ecosystem ecology.
Bruns, Mary Ann  
  • Associate Professor of Soil Science/Microbial Ecology
mvb10@psu.edu
814-863-0779
   (University Park) 		Functional ecology of biogeochemically important microbial populations.
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.
Day, Rick  
  • Associate Professor of Soil Science and Environmental Information Systems
rday@psu.edu
814-863-1615
   (University Park) 		Using geographic information systems, terrain analysis, remote sensing and global positioning for environmental assessment and modeling, soil mapping, and land use planning; soil hydrology; water quality.
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.
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.
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.
Lin, Henry  
  • Associate Professor of Hydropedology/Soil Hydrology
henrylin@psu.edu
814-865-6726
   (University Park) 		Hydropedology; environmental soil and water sciences; scaling; watershed water quality; geospatial technologies; environmental modeling, artificial intelligence.
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.
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).
Mortensen, David  
  • Professor of Weed Ecology / Biology
dmortensen@psu.edu
814-865-1906
   (University Park) 		Assessing how climatic, physiographic and soil variation affects cropping systems performance.
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.