25 People Results for the Tag: Coleoptera

Tanya Renner

Assistant Professor of Entomology
Evolution of chemical and structural defense. Molecular evolution, evolutionary genomics, and transcriptomics. Origins and evolution of carnivorous plants.

• 814-863-5752
• tur158@psu.edu

Dave Biddinger

Research Professor; Tree Fruit Research Entomologist

• 717-677-6116
• djb134@psu.edu

Erica Smithwick

Professor of Geography
Understanding how a wide range of disturbances, especially fire, affect ecosystem function at landscape scales.

• 814-865-6693
• eus17@psu.edu

Fang (Rose) Zhu

Assistant Professor of Entomology
Understanding the mechanisms and evolution of insects’ adaptation to chemical stresses in their environment.

• 814-863-4432
• fuz59@psu.edu

Harland Patch

Assistant Research Professor; Research Associate of Entomology

• 814-867-3023
• hmp11@psu.edu

Jared Ali

Acting Chair, Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Ecology; Director of the Center for Chemical Ecology; Associate Professor of Entomology
Behavior and chemical ecology of multi-trophic interactions, including plant responses to below-ground herbivory and nematode. Insect community ecology, chemical ecology, and coevolution. Trophic cascades, above- and below-ground interactions, chemotaxis of soil nematodes, and evolution of plant defense strategies.

• 814-865-0240
• jga8@psu.edu

John Tooker

Professor of Entomology

• 814-865-1895
• jft11@psu.edu

Joyce Sakamoto

Assistant Research Professor

• 814-863-3662
• jms1198@psu.edu

Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics

Kelli Hoover

Professor of Entomology
Invasive species of forest insects; plant-insect-entomopathogen interactions; impacts of plants on pathogenesis; biological control of hemlock woolly adelgid

• 814-863-6369
• kxh25@psu.edu

Mary Barbercheck

Professor of Entomology

• 814-863-2982
• meb34@psu.edu

Nancy Ostiguy

Associate Professor of Entomology

• nxo3@psu.edu

Richard Roush

Dean, College of Agricultural Sciences

• 814-865-2541
• rtr10@psu.edu

Shelby Fleischer

Professor of Entomology

• sjf4@psu.edu

Tom Baker

Distinguished Professor of Entomology and Chemical Ecology

• 814-863-4435
• tcb10@psu.edu

Ming Tien

Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Characterization and biochemical analysis of cellulose synthesis in a variety of organisms. Mechanism and regulation of fungal degradation of lignin. Dissimilatory Iron reduction.

• 814-863-1165
• mxt3@psu.edu

Margot Kaye

Professor of Forest Ecology
Vegetation dynamics; global change ecology; interactions among vegetation, climate and human land use; dendrochronology; disturbance history; environmental change.

• 814-865-4841
• mwk12@psu.edu

Christina Grozinger

Director of the Center for Pollinator Research; Director of the Insect Biodiversity Center; Publius Vergilius Maro Professor and Huck Scholar of Entomology
Genomics of social behavior and health in bees

• 814-865-2214
• cmg25@psu.edu

Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics

Sara Hermann

Assistant Professor of Arthropod Ecology and Trophic Interactions

• 814-865-1895
• sva5751@psu.edu

Flor Acevedo

Assistant professor of Entomology (Penn State Behrend)

• fea5007@psu.edu

Natalie Boyle

Assistant Research Professor; Insect Biodiversity Center Program Coordinator

• nmb5846@psu.edu

Monica Kersch-Becker

Assistant Professor of Entomology

• 814-863-7788
• mfk5843@psu.edu

Andrew Myrick

Assistant Research Professor

• ajm25@psu.edu