Jared Ali
- Associate Chair, Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Ecology
- Director of the Center for Chemical Ecology
Behavior and chemical ecology of multi-trophic interactions, including plant responses to below-ground herbivory and. . .
Daniel Allen
- Assistant Professor of Aquatic Ecology
The relationship between community structure and ecosystem processes in rivers and streams, and factors which influence this. . .
Julian Avery
- Assistant Research Professor
Conservation biology, invasive species ecology, effects of human disturbance on biodiversity, illegal reptilian wildlife. . .
Paul Bartell
- Associate Professor of Avian Biology
The regulation of biological clocks in birds at the systems level.
Lynne Beaty
- Associate Professor of Biology, Penn State Behrend
Behavioral ecology with a particular emphasis on the role of previous experience with predation risk on the phenotype of. . .
C. Guilherme Becker
- Associate Professor of Biology
Host-microbial interactions, landscape genetics and the ecology of global change stressors. Building models and conducting. . .
Nita Bharti
- Huck Early Career Professor
- Associate Professor of Biology
The Bharti lab investigates the underlying links between humans, pathogens, and the environment. We work to identify the. . .
Rebecca Bird
- Professor of Anthropology
Gender division of labor in hunting and gathering, cooperation, costly signaling, indigenous conservation/land management,. . .
Douglas Bird
- Professor of Anthropology
Livelihood decisions and habitats, exploring the dynamics of human subsistence practices, their role in ecosystem function,. . .
Ottar Bjornstad
- Huck Chair of Epidemiology
- Distinguished Professor of Entomology and Biology
Population ecology and population dynamics with particular emphasis on mathematical and computational aspects
Hayden Bock
- Assistant Professor of Agricultural Sciences
The ecology of belowground ecosystems and how humans impact them
Elizabeth Boyer
- Professor of Environmental Science
Hydrology, Biogeochemistry, Environmental Systems, Water Quality.
Franny Buderman
- Assistant Professor of Quantitative Wildlife Ecology
Quantitative ecology, with a focus on the demography, space-use, and movement of wildlife.
Carolee Bull
- Professor of Plant Pathology
- Bacterial Systematics Head
Bacterial systematics, epidemiology, and population biology of bacterial plant pathogens and biological control agents to. . .
Liana Burghardt
- Director of the Center for Root and Rhizosphere Biology
- Huck Early Career Chair of Root Biology and Rhizosphere Interactions
Plant-microbe-climate interactions; the evolution and ecology of legumes and nitrogen-fixing rhizobia; the genomic basis and. . .
Isabella Cattadori
- Professor of Biology
Immuno-epidemiology of co-infection, how host immunity modulates parasite interactions and transmission and how host. . .
Charles Andrew Cole
- Professor of Landscape Architecture
Ecosystem ecology: wetlands, hydrology, restoration, seed banks, plant communities, historical ecology.
Estelle Couradeau
- Assistant Professor of Ecosystem Science & Management
Duane Diefenbach
- Adjunct Professor of Wildlife Ecology
Wildlife ecology, estimation of population parameters, and harvest management of game populations.
Francisco Dini-Andreote
- Huck Early Career Chair in Microbial Community Ecology, Associate Professor of Plant Science
Microbiome, plant-microbe interactions, and community ecology. Harnessing the plant microbiome to enhance protection against. . .
Patrick Drohan
- Professor of Pedology
Soil formation and biogeochemistry due to land use and ecosystem change; soil and water degradation, and the remediation of. . .
Matthew Ferrari
- Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics
- Huck Career Development Professor
Public Health, Quantitative Epidemiology, Population Ecology, Statistics, Computational and Mathematical Biology
Kara Fikrig
- Assistant Professor of Vector Ecology
The intersection of entomology and public health, with a focus on understanding the drivers and barriers of mosquito. . .
Sagan Friant
- Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Evolutionary anthropology of human health, disease ecology, nutrition, socio-ecological systems, bushmeat hunting, Nigeria.
Sarah Goslee
- Adjunct Associate Professor of Agronomy, USDA-ARS
Landscape diversity in agricultural areas; Taxonomic and functional diversity and grassland management; Multivariate and. . .
Heather Grab
- Assistant Professor of Applied Systems Ecology
The ecological drivers of insect populations on working lands and application of those principles to reduce conflicts between. . .
Christina Grozinger
- Director of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
- Publius Vergilius Maro Professor and Huck Scholar of Entomology
Genomics of social behavior and health in bees
Jill Hamilton
- Director of the Schatz Center for Tree Molecular Genetics
- Associate Director, Plant Institute
Genomic basis of climate adaptation, conservation, and restoration genetics.
Sara Hermann
- Associate Professor of Arthropod Ecology and Trophic Interactions
Heather Hines
- Interim Director, Center for Pollinator Research
- Interim Director, Insect Biodiversity Center
Applies genomic, transcriptomic, phylogenomic, and bioinformatic approaches to study the evolution and genetics of diverse. . .
Kevin Hockett
- Huck Early Career Chair
- Associate Professor of Microbial Ecology
Biological Control, Biology and Ecology of Plant-Microbe and Plant-Environment Interactions, Microbial Ecology and Population. . .
Isabelle Holland-Lulewicz
- Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Human-environment dynamics in the Southeastern and Midwestern US by way of paleoenvironmental reconstructions via. . .
Christian Huber
- Associate Professor of Biology
How evolutionary mechanisms such as mutation, recombination, and natural selection shape genetic diversity and the. . .
Peter Hudson
- Former Director, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
- Willaman Professor of Biology
Population dynamics of infectious diseases in wildlife and the dynamics of parasite community structure.
David Hughes
- Huck Chair in Global Food Security
- Professor of Entomology and of Biology
Parasite manipulation of host behavior
Hidetoshi Inamine
- Assistant Research Professor
Effects of changing environment (e.g., disturbance) on ecological communities and invasion; theoretical ecology; microcosm. . .
Vivek Kapur
- Huck Distinguished Chair in Global Health
- Professor of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
The basic mechanisms by which pathogenic microbes successfully infect, colonize, and cause disease in their hosts.
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.
Margot Kaye
- Professor of Forest Ecology
Vegetation dynamics; global change ecology; interactions among vegetation, climate and human land use; dendrochronology;. . .
Jason Keagy
- Assistant Research Professor of Wildlife Behavioral Ecology
Cognitive ecology (with studies at genome, individual, and species levels). I am particularly interested in applications for. . .
Armen Kemanian
- Professor of Production Systems and Modeling
Agricultural Systems, Agricultural and Natural Systems Modeling, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling, Bioenergy Systems, Coupled. . .
David Kennedy
- Associate Professor of Biology
Ecology and evolution of infectious diseases, with particular interest in how disease dynamics influence pathogen emergence,. . .
Jesse Lasky
- Professor of Biology
- Director, Penn State (PAC) Herbarium
Ecological and evolutionary genomics, genetic and ecophysiological basis of adaptation to environmental stress, evolutionary. . .
Laura Leites
- Research Professor of Quantitative Forest Ecology
Adaptation to climate in forest trees, seed movement under a changing climate, forest ecosystem modeling.
Deah Lieurance
- Assistant Professor of Invasive Species Biology and Management
Margarita Lopez-Uribe
- Associate Professor of Entomology
How environmental change and human management shape bee health and long-term persistence of their populations in agricultural. . .
Jennifer Macalady
- Director of the Ecology Institute
- Professor of Geosciences
Microbial interactions with earth materials: soils, sediments, solutes, atmospheric gases, minerals, and rocks. Early. . .
Erika Machtinger
- Associate Professor of Entomology
Veterinary entomology, including vector-borne diseases. Focus is on ecology and behavior associated with host-parasite. . .
Carolyn Mahan
- Professor of Biology (Altoona)
The study of biodiversity in threatened ecosystems, the effects of human-modified landscapes on wildlife, and behavioral. . .
Lauren McPhillips
- Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
David Miller
- Professor of Wildlife Population Ecology
Population ecology, quantitative ecology, avian and amphibian ecology, conservation decision analysis, life-history. . .
Rob Mitchell
- Associate Professor of Chemical Ecology
Entomology, chemical ecology, and chemoreception.
Tanya Renner
- Associate Professor of Entomology
Evolution of chemical and structural defense. Molecular evolution, evolutionary genomics, and transcriptomics. Origins and. . .
Veronica Roman-Reyna
- Assistant Professor of Global Change Pathology
I work on understanding how plant-associated microbes change in agricultural systems.
Autumn Sabo
- Associate Professor of Biology (Beaver)
How anthropogenic stressors affect plant communities, conservation, and restoration options. Recent work has focused on how. . .
Rudolf Schilder
- Associate Professor of Entomology and Biology
Comparative & ecological physiology of insect and mammalian locomotion.
Katriona Shea
- Professor of Biology
- Alumni Professor in the Biological Sciences
The use of ecological theory in population management.
Erica Smithwick
- Professor of Geography
Understanding how a wide range of disturbances, especially fire, affect ecosystem function at landscape scales.
Fang (Rose) Zhu
- Associate Professor of Entomology
Understanding the mechanisms and evolution of insects’ adaptation to chemical stresses in their environment.