Faculty

John Pecchia

Assistant Research Professor

319 Buckhout
University Park, PA

Email jap281@psu.edu
Phone 814-865-1008

Centers & Institutes

One Health Microbiome Center

The findings are a step in identifying beneficial microorganisms that potentially could be used to improve mushroom harvests and prevent disease, the researchers said. Credit: Harshal S. Hirve/Unsplash. All Rights Reserved.

January 24, 2025

Harnessing mushroom microbiomes for better crop development

Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

October 30, 2024

Panel discussion to highlight art and science collaborations

At left, a hydrophobic Mycoknit leather sample as the mycelium is growing and at right, a close-up view of the MycoKnit pavilion project led by architecture professors Felecia Davis and Benay Gürsoy. Credit: Provided by Felecia Davis and Benay Gürsoy. All Rights Reserved.

October 15, 2024

Fungi Futures exhibition showcases work of Stuckeman architecture researchers

The projects will investigate how microbiomes can affect disease dynamics in agriculture. Credit: Dan Meyers/Unsplash. All Rights Reserved.

August 28, 2024

Research teams receive $1.1 million to study microbiomes in agriculture

A tray of Agaricus bisporus, the common white button mushroom, growing in the Mushroom Research Center at Penn State. Pennsylvania grows almost two-thirds of all Agaricus produced in the United States. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

January 29, 2024

Fungi into the future

Researchers in the Form and Matter (ForMat) Lab within the Stuckeman Center for Design Computing are cultivating mycelium-based composite samples in the Mushroom Research Center at Penn State to determine their acoustic absorption abilities as well as their mechanical properties to assess their use in building applications. Credit: Natalie Walter. All Rights Reserved.

December 13, 2022

New grant looks to biomaterials to help reduce construction waste

Students from David Geiser’s lab in the Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology visited the Nittany Lion Shrine in July 2019. From left, back row, are Benedicta Swalarsk-Parry and Shawn Chang. In the middle row are Jane Ramaswe, Terry Torres Cruz, Emma Wallace and David Geiser. In front are Daniela Chacon and Chyanna McGee. Ramaswe and Swalarsk-Parry were part of a student exchange program with the University of Pretoria’s Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology. Credit: Penn State / Penn State. Creative Commons

March 18, 2022

Alliance between College of Ag Sciences, University of Pretoria yields benefits

A collection of microgreens that are being tested for robust growth and nutritional properties in one of Penn State’s greenhouses. IMAGE: FRANCESCO DI GIOIA, PENN STATE

June 08, 2020

Research team to study food resilience in the face of catastrophic global events

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