List of Program Coordinators for each graduate program.
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Areas of Expertise
- Powder Mechanics – Research focus includes: fundamental powder and powder mixture properties, multi-scale constitutive models, and computational models for powder processes.
- Food Processing – Research focus includes: engineering properties, and integrated multi-scale computational and predictive models.
- Email vmpuri@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-3559
Agricultural and Extension Education
- Associate Professor Emeritus of Agricultural and Extension Education
- Email bbc@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-7415
Energy, Environmental, and Food Economics
- Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics
- Director, Institute for Sustainable Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Science (SAFES)
- Co-Director, Program on Coupled Human and Earth Systems (PCHES)
Areas of Expertise
- Economy-wide modeling
- Climate change impacts and adaptation
- Integrated assessment
Agronomy
- Professor of Turfgrass Science
- Director of Graduate Studies in Agricultural and Environmental Plant Science
Areas of Expertise
- Turfgrass weed management
- Turfgrass nutrient management
- Irrigation water quality
- Composts as soil amendments
- Evaluation of turfgrass species and cultivars
- Management and selection of grasses for non-mowed/naturalized areas
- Email pjl1@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-1017
Animal Science
- Professor of Avian Nutritional Biochemistry
- Director of Graduate Studies - Animal Science Program
- Poultry and Avian Science Minor Coordinator
Areas of Expertise
- Avian amino acid and lipid nutrition and metabolism
- Modification of poultry meat and eggs to enhance human health
- Email relkin@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-2102
Applied Youth, Family, & Community Education
- Associate Professor Emeritus of Agricultural and Extension Education
- Email bbc@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-7415
Bioinformatics and Genomics
- Associate Professor of Molecular and Developmental Biology
- Assistant Director of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
- Program Director, Computation, Bioinformatics and Statistics (CBIOS) Predoctoral Training Program
- Co-Director, Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Bioinformatics and Genomics, The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
BioRenewable Systems
- Professor Emeritus of Bioproducts Marketing and Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Areas of Expertise
- B2B marketing - bioproduct industries
- Biorefinery value stream outputs
- Email pms6@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-8841
Cell and Developmental Biology
- Professor of Biology and BMB
- Email zcl1@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-0479
Chemical Biology
- Associate Professor
- Email tes13@psu.edu
- Office 717-531-4623
Community and Economic Development
- Professor Emerita of Rural Sociology and Demography
Areas of Expertise
- Community change and family and individual well-being
- Rural youth
- Consequences of Marcellus Shale development for families and communities
Ecology
- Interim Head and Professor
Areas of Expertise
- Root biology and ecology
- Mycorrhizal ecology
- Plant Physiological Ecology
- Plant Ecology
- Global Change Biology
- Belowground Ecology
- Fruit tree physiology
- Email dme9@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-3371
Entomology
- Professor Emeritus of Entomology
- Email mcs5@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-2979
Food Science
- Professor of Food Science
- Director for Education by Non-Traditional Delivery
Areas of Expertise
- Food engineering and modeling
- Heat and mass transfer during food processing
- Microwaveable food product development
- Chocolate processing
- High pressure processing
Forest Resources
- Professor of Soil Science / Soil Physics / Biogeochemistry
Areas of Expertise
- Emerging Contaminants
- Contaminant Fate and Transport
- Contaminant Transport Modeling
- Soil and Water Quality
Genetics
- Professor of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Areas of Expertise
- Hematology
- Erythropoiesis
- Anemia Research
- Leukemia
Horticulture
- University Distinguished Professor
Areas of Expertise
- crop ecophysiology
- plant adaptation to abiotic stress
- plant genetics
- simulation modeling
- Email jpl4@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-2256
Immunology and Infectious Diseases
- Distinguished Professor of Molecular Immunology
Areas of Expertise
- Host resistance to infection
- Immune-mediated diseases: multiple sclerosis, and inflammatory bowel disease
- T cells
- Gastrointestinal microbiota; Gnotobiotics
- Vitamins A & D regulation of immune function
- Edible mushrooms
- Selenium
Master of Biotechnology
- Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Molecular Medicine
- Professor of Molecular Toxicology and Carcinogenesis
- Associate Chair, Molecular Cellular and Integrative Biosciences Graduate Program
- Email abg11@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-7170
Molecular Toxicology
- Professor Emeritus of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
- Academy of Toxicological Sciences
Areas of Expertise
- Molecular Toxicology
- Nuclear Receptors
- Gene Regulation
- Email cjo10@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-1625
Neuroscience
- Professor of Psychology and Linguistics
- Email pul8@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-3921
Pathobiology
- Professor of Molecular Virology
- Director, Pathobiology Graduate Program
Areas of Expertise
- Virology
- Infectious Disease
- Viral Budding
- Cellular Trafficking
- Virus-like Particles
- Zoonoses
- Email aps13@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-6781
Physiology
- Associate Professor of Physiology
- Email dhk102@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-5679
Plant Pathology
- Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
- Mycotoxins
- Endophytes
- Fusarium
- Fungal genetics
- Fungal secondary metabolites
- Agricultural biosecurity
Rural Sociology
- Professor of Rural Sociology
Areas of Expertise
- food systems
- sustainable agriculture
- agrarian change
- sustainability transitions
Soil Science
- Professor of Soil Science / Soil Physics / Biogeochemistry
Areas of Expertise
- Emerging Contaminants
- Contaminant Fate and Transport
- Contaminant Transport Modeling
- Soil and Water Quality
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
- Professor of Soil Science / Soil Physics / Biogeochemistry
Areas of Expertise
- Emerging Contaminants
- Contaminant Fate and Transport
- Contaminant Transport Modeling
- Soil and Water Quality
Office for Research and Graduate Education
Address
217 Agricultural Administration BuildingUniversity Park, PA 16802
- Email GradEd@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-3136
Office for Research and Graduate Education
Address
217 Agricultural Administration BuildingUniversity Park, PA 16802
- Email GradEd@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-3136
