People: Faculty
Michael Axtell
Professor of Biology; Louis and Hedwig Sternberg Chair in Plant Biology
Discovery and characterization of plant microRNAs and siRNAs. Functions of microRNAs and siRNAs in the evolution of plant development. Genomics and bioinformatics of microRNAs, siRNAs, and their targets
Paul Babitzke
Co-Director of the Center for RNA Molecular Biology; Stanley R. Person Professor of Molecular Biology
Regulation of gene expression by RNA structure and RNA-binding proteins
Lu Bai
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Professor of Physics
Single cell / single molecule study of chromatin and gene regulation.
Le Bao
Professor of Statistics
Bayesian methods, data mining, computational methods, applications in health, environmental and social sciences.
Colin Barnstable
Professor and Chair of Neural Behavioral Sciences
How interacting networks of transcription factors and signal transduction molecules guide the development of precursor/stem cells into mature neurons. Role of these networks in neurodegenerative diseases. Factors that can act as neuroprotective agents.
Paul Bartell
Associate Professor of Avian Biology
The regulation of biological clocks in birds at the systems level.
Ricky Bates
Professor of Horticulture
Informal seed systems in Southeast Asia, temperate zone woody plants, Christmas tree management, extension and advisory systems for developing countries
Lynne Beaty
Assistant 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 prey; anurans, freshwater biology, latent/carry-over effects, phenotypic plasticity
Roger Beaty
Associate Professor of Psychology
The cognitive neuroscience of creative thinking and problem solving.
Guilherme Becker
Associate Professor of Biology
Host-microbial interactions, landscape genetics and the ecology of global change stressors. Building models and conducting field and laboratory experiments to understand the biotic and abiotic mechanisms driving wildlife disease dynamics in both tropical and temperate systems.
Deanna Behring
Assistant Dean and Director of International Programs, College of Agricultural Sciences; Affiliate Faculty, School of International Affairs
Andrew Belmonte
Director of the Center for Mathematical Biology; Professor of Mathematics and Materials Science and Engineering
Game theory and its applications in cancer research.
Stephen Benkovic
Evan Pugh University Professor and Eberly Chair in Chemistry
Sheri Berenbaum
Professor of Psychology and Pediatrics
Development and neuroendocrine basis of human sex-typed cognition and social behavior.
Arthur Berg
Professor of Public Health Sciences, Statistics, Surgery, Neurosurgery, and Family & Community Medicine
Unlocking the mysteries of DNA and its connection to human health.
Robert Berghage
Associate Professor of Plant Science
Environmental plant physiology. Controlled and modified environments for plant growth. Eco-roofs, rooftop greening, and other uses of plants in distributed stormwater management systems.
Leonid Berlyand
Co-Director of the Center for Mathematics of Living and Mimetic Matter; Professor of Mathematics