List of Program Coordinators for each graduate program.
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Graduate Studies Committee Chair
- Professor-in-Charge of the CSL Behring Fermentation Facility
Areas of Expertise
- Bioprocess Engineering/Fermentation: Bioconversion of agricultural raw and waste commodities into value added products including bioenergy/biofuels, microbial enzymes, organic acids, polysaccharides, antimicrobial agents; optimization; novel bioreactors; downstream processing.
- Food Engineering/Food Safety : inactivation of pathogenic and spoilage microorganisms by using novel non-thermal processing technologies including pulsed UV light, electrolyzed oxidizing water, and ozone.
- Email demirci@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-1098
Agricultural and Environmental Plant Science
- Professor of Maize Genetics
Areas of Expertise
- Epigenetics
- Genetics
- Molecular Biology
- Plant-pathogen interactions
- Maize Genetics
- Sorghum Genetics
- Flavonoids
- Phytoalexins
- Plant-fungus interactions
- Plant-insect interactions
- Plant-Environment interactions
- Email sic3@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-1159
Animal Science
- Professor of Reproductive Biology
- Walther H. Ott Professor in Avian Biology
- Director of Graduate Studies
Areas of Expertise
- Endocrinology
- Ovarian Cancer Research
- Reproductive Biology
- Email rameshr@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-5202
Bioinformatics and Genomics
- Associate Professor of Anthropology and Biology
- Email ghp3@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-2509
- Pronouns He/Him
BioRenewable Systems
- Assistant Professor and Research Associate
- Academic Program Coordinator, RESS Online Master's Program
Areas of Expertise
- Bioenergy
- Biomass Energy Systems
- Thermochemical Conversion
- Energy Efficiency
- Controlled Environment Agriculture
- Solar Energy Resource Evaluation
- Email dec109@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-3484
Biotechnology
- Director, Master in Biotechnology Program
- Associate Teaching Professor
- Email nnt108@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-5751
Community and Economic Development
- Associate Professor of Agricultural & Extension Education
- Director of Graduate Studies for Education, Development, and Community Engagement (EDCE) Graduate Program
Areas of Expertise
- Program Evaluation
- Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management
- Behavior Change Theories and Frameworks
- Social Network Analysis
- Survey Methodology
- Research Methods and Applied Data Analysis
Education, Development, and Community Engagement
- Associate Professor of Agricultural & Extension Education
- Director of Graduate Studies for Education, Development, and Community Engagement (EDCE) Graduate Program
Areas of Expertise
- Program Evaluation
- Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management
- Behavior Change Theories and Frameworks
- Social Network Analysis
- Survey Methodology
- Research Methods and Applied Data Analysis
Ecology
- Associate Professor of Entomology
- Director, Center for Chemical Ecology
- Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Endowed Chair of Chemical Ecology
Areas of Expertise
- Entomology & Nematology
- Insect-Plant Interactions
- Behavioral Ecology
- Chemical Ecology
- Multi-trophic Interactions
Energy, Environmental, and Food Economics
- Associate Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics
Areas of Expertise
- Environmental Economics
- Urban and Land Use Economics
- Applied Econometrics
- Nonmarket Valuation
- Policy Analysis
Entomology
- Professor of Entomology
- Director of Graduate Studies
- Coordinator of Entomology minor
- State IPM Coordinator and Director of the PA IPM program
Areas of Expertise
- Insect ecology
- Plant-insect interactions
- Conservation biological control
- Chemical ecology
- Gall insects
- Email tooker@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-7082
Food Science
- Distinguished Professor of Food Science
Areas of Expertise
- Food process engineering
- Food materials science
- Biopolymers
- Chocolate and confectionery
Forest Resources
- Professor of Pedology & Graduate Program Chair
Areas of Expertise
- Soil Science
- Watershed Management
- Landscape Ecology
- Natural Resource Management
- Email pjd7@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-4246
Genetics
- Professor of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Areas of Expertise
- Hematology
- Erythropoiesis
- Anemia Research
- Leukemia
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
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
- Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise
- Metabolomics
- Natural Product Chemistry
- Bioinformatics
- Antimicrobial Drug Discovery
- Ethnobotany and Indigenous Knowledge
- Plant-associated Microbiomes
- Botanical Dietary Supplements
- Toxicology
- Email jjk6146@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-2887
Neuroscience
- Associate Professor of Avian Biology
- Email pab43@psu.edu
- Office 814-867-2365
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
Plant Pathology
- Associate Research Professor
- Director of Graduate Studies
- Mushroom Science and Technology Minor Advisor
- Manager - Mushroom Research Center
- Director - Mushroom Spawn Lab
Areas of Expertise
- Substrate Microbiology
- Mushroom Cultivation
- Composting
- Integrated Pest Management
Rural Sociology
- Associate Professor of Rural Sociology, Sociology, and Demography
- Director of Graduate Studies in Rural Sociology
- Interim Director, Computational and Spatial Analysis Core, Population Research Institute
Areas of Expertise
- Population and environment
- Climate change and health
- International development
- Poverty and inequality
- Migration
- Email bct11@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-2561
Soil Science
- Professor of Pedology & Graduate Program Chair
Areas of Expertise
- Soil Science
- Watershed Management
- Landscape Ecology
- Natural Resource Management
- Email pjd7@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-4246
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
- Professor of Pedology & Graduate Program Chair
Areas of Expertise
- Soil Science
- Watershed Management
- Landscape Ecology
- Natural Resource Management
- Email pjd7@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-4246
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
