Communications & Engagement
Keith Hickey
- Marketing Communications Specialist
Website updates, news stories, event photography, social media, and other activities related to Huck marketing and. . .
Jodie LeMaster
- Frontend Developer
Jodie is a multidisciplinary artist, designer, and developer with foundations in both computer information systems and. . .
Daniel Lesher
- Digital Content Producer
Video production and editing, motion graphics, and photography.

Facilities & Safety
For assistance from Huck Facilities, please email one of these addresses:
- Huckfacilities@psu.edu
All general facilities requests – equipment, repairs, etc., or if you are unsure where to send your request. - Huckaccess@psu.edu
All access requests, including keys and card swipes. A separate request must be submitted for each individual. An attached, completed Facilities Access Authorization Request (FAAR) form is required. - HuckAV@psu.edu
Requests for help with Huck Managed Conference rooms in MSC, LSB or Wartik and/or training on or setting up AV equipment (room reservations are first made in 25-Live).
Michael Uchneat
- Director of Facilities
Oversight and coordination of all facility issues for the Huck Institutes buildings including renovation, space planning,. . .

Graduate Programs
Charles Anderson
- Chair, Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Plant Biology
- Professor of Biology
In vivo imaging of plant cell wall dynamics. Molecular genetic analysis of genes involved in cell growth. Cell wall. . .
Sonia Cavigelli
- Chair, Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Neuroscience
- Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Health
Development of temperament/personality; relationship of temperament and social status to stress and health; individual. . .
Dana Coval-Dinant
- Graduate Program Office Coordinator and Supervisor
Oversight of the six Huck inter-college graduate degree programs and supervision of day-to-day operations of graduate office. . .
Jason Kaye
- Chair, Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Ecology
- Professor of Soil Biogeochemistry
Ecosystem ecology; global change biology; biogeochemistry of nitrogen and carbon cycling in managed and unmanaged ecosystems.
Donna Korzick
- Director of Graduate Training Initiatives
- Professor of Physiology and Kinesiology
My research is focused on aging, post-menopausal women, and cardiac ischemia reperfusion injury using animal models. We are. . .
David Koslicki
- Chair, Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Bioinformatics and Genomics
- Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and Biology
Developing efficient algorithms to extract insight from high-throughput sequencing data.
Tasha Marasco
- Academic Program Coordinator: Plant Biology
- Integrative and Biomedical Physiology
Jean Pierce
- Assistant Training Grant Administrator
- Academic Program and Training Grant Coordinator: Ecology
Process paperwork, including qualifying and comprehensive exam requests, thesis defense requests, and committee forms;. . .
David Puts
- Huck Associate Director for Graduate Education
- Professor of Anthropology
Understanding both the endocrine mechanisms underlying human sexual differentiation and the evolution of these mechanisms,. . .
Melissa Rolls
- Lead Huck Graduate Chair
- Chair, Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences
Subcellular compartmentalization of neurons. The cellular basis of neuronal polarity and neuronal responses to injury. . .
Connie Smith
- Training Grant Specialist
Connie provides management of training grants in the Huck Institutes by performing a variety of processes including trainee. . .
Natasha Tirko
- Director, Master of Biotechnology Degree Program
- Associate Teaching Professor
Cassie Vomero
- Academic Program Coordinator: Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences
- Neuroscience: Biotechnology Masters

Operations
Emily Martell
- Managing Director
Responsible for Huck business administration and operations management