Society faces increasingly challenging environmental issues as the effects of climate change intensify; the human population grows; water, food, and energy supplies tighten; and land use change and urbanization limit our options.
Faculty Working in this Area
- Nancy and John Steimer Professor of Agricultural Sciences
- Professor of Forest Ecology and Physiology
Areas of Expertise
- Global change ecology
- Email agl@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-4901
- 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
- Associate Professor of Entomology
Areas of Expertise
- Social behavior
- Chemical ecology
- Pollinator's health
- Physiology
- Genetics
- Bumble bees
- Email eua6@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-7675
- Associate Research Professor
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Areas of Expertise
- Invasion Ecology
- Population Genetics
- Wildlife Ecology
- Evolution
- Conservation Biology
- Animal Coloration
- Island Biology
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Entomology and Chemical Ecology
- Director Emeritus, Center for Chemical Ecology
- Email tcb10@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-4435
- Professor of Horticulture
Areas of Expertise
- Informal seed systems in Southeast Asia
- Temperate zone woody plants
- Christmas tree management
- Extension and advisory systems for developing countires
- Email rmb30@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-2198
- Associate Professor of Horticulture
- Professor, Department of Ecosystem Science & Management
- Co-hire, Institutes of Energy & the Environment
- Professor of Rural Sociology
Areas of Expertise
- Environmental Governance Systems
- Energy and Society
- Community Development and Stakeholder Engagement
- Water Quality
- Women in Agriculture
- Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
- Environmental Economics
- Water Resource Economics
- Nonmarket Valuation
- Behavioral Economics
- Policy Analysis
- Stormwater and Green Infrastructure
- Transportation Economics
- Email dab320@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-7657
- Professor of Wildlife Resources
- Extension Wildlife Specialist
Areas of Expertise
- Avian ecology
- Effects of shale gas development on forests and birds
- forest songbirds
- Human impacts on bird population
- Wildlife habitat management on private lands
- Landscaping for birds and wildlife
- Professor of Soil Microbiology and Biogeochemistry
Areas of Expertise
- Soil microbiology
- Nitrogen cycle
- Soil quality
- Ecological restoration
- Biogeochemistry
- Assistant Professor of Quantitative Wildlife Ecology
Areas of Expertise
- Bayesian statistics
- Hierarchical modeling
- Applied statistics
- Movement ecology
- Demography
- Terrestrial wildlife ecology
- Academy Professor and Professor Emeritus of Molecular Genetics
- Past Director of The Schatz Center for Tree Molecular Genetics
Areas of Expertise
- Genomics
- Conservation Genetics
- Renewable Energy
- Biotechnology
- Email jec16@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-9164
- Assistant Professor of Soils and Environmental Microbiology
- Assistant Professor of Soilborne Disease Dynamics and Management
Areas of Expertise
- Fungal ecology and evolution
- Soil & plant microbiome response to stress
- Biological management of fungal & oomycete pathogens
- Soil health and disease modeling
- Professor of Horticulture
- Extension Specialist, Tree Fruit Production
Areas of Expertise
- Deciduous Tree Fruit Production
- Tree Fruit Rootstocks
- Pruning and Training Tree Fruit
- Apple Varieties
- Tree fruit nutrition
- Asian pear varieties
- Impact of climate change on tree fruit production
- Professor Emeritus
Areas of Expertise
- Tree Diseases
- Biocontrol
- Email ddd2@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-1689
- Professor Emeritus of Horticulture and Plant Ecosystem Health
Areas of Expertise
- Air Pollution Injury on Plants
- Air Quality and Ecosystem Responses
- Environmental Plant Physiology
- Vegetable Crops
- Photomorphogenesis (light regulated plant growth)
- Professor of Wildlife Ecology
- Leader, PA Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit
Areas of Expertise
- biometrics
- white-tailed deer
- harvest management
- population estimation
- 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
- Professor of Soil Management and Applied Soil Physics
Areas of Expertise
- No-tillage
- Cover crops
- Soil compaction
- Soil health
- Soil erosion
- Soil conservation
- Nitrogen fixation
- Associate Professor of Hydrology
Areas of Expertise
- Ecohydrology
- Hydrology
- Biogeochemistry
- Terrain Analysis
- Water Quality
- Watershed Management
- Professor of Woody Plant Physiology
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
- Professor Emeritus
Areas of Expertise
- Fate And Control Of Pollutants In Soils And Water
- Land-based recycling of effluents and residuals
- Professor of Epidemiology and Field Crop Pathology
Areas of Expertise
- Integrated management of field crop diseases
- Plant disease epidemiology
- Statistical methods for the agricultural sciences
- Email pde6@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-0680
- Ralph O. Mumma Professor of Entomology and Department Head of Entomology
- Associate Professor of Fisheries Management
- Associate Director of Academic Programs
- Email cpf3@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-2095
- Distinguished Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics and Public Policy;
- Director, Program on Coupled Human and Earth Systems (PCHES);
- President, Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE)
Areas of Expertise
- Economy-wide modeling
- Climate change impacts and adaptation
- Integrated assessment
- Professor of Mycology
- Director, Fusarium Research Center
Areas of Expertise
- Fusarium and Aspergillus
- Fungal genetics
- Fungal systematics and evolution
- Fungal plant and animal pathogens
- Email dmg17@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-9773
- Publius Vergilius Maro Professor of Entomology
- Director, Center for Pollinator Research, Insect Biodiversity Center
Areas of Expertise
- Bees
- Genomics, Immunity, Behavior, Physiology, Ecology
- Decision Support Tools
- Technology for Identification and Monitoring of Insects
- Director, Penn State Fruit Research and Extension Center (FREC)
- Professor of Agricultural Economics
Areas of Expertise
- Farm Management
- Risk Management
- Production Economics
- Tombros Early Career Professor
- Assistant Professor of Arthropod Ecology and Trophic Interactions
Areas of Expertise
- Predator-Prey Interactions
- Arthropod Ecology
- Behavioral Ecology
- Chemical Ecology
- Biological Control
- Associate Professor of Microbial Ecology
Areas of Expertise
- Bacteriology
- Phyllosphere Microbiology
- Protein-mediated Bacterial Antagonism
- Molecular Biology
- Disease Suppression
- Professor of Entomology
- Center for Chemical Ecology
- Center for Pollinator Research
- Insect Biodiversity Center
Areas of Expertise
- Biology and ecology of invasive species
- Insect-microbial symbiosis
- Tritrophic interactions
- Insect virology
- Pollination of forest trees
- Professor of Forest Resources
Areas of Expertise
- Water Energy Food Nexus
- Bioenergy
- Agroforestry
- Forest Economics and Finance
- International Forestry
- Forest Extension
- Non Timber Forest Products
- Interim Department Head, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology;
- Professor of Plant Pathology;
- Coordinator and Adviser of the Undergraduate Minor in Plant Pathology
Areas of Expertise
- Population biology
- Ecology of plant-associated microorganisms
- Fusarium and Verticillium wilts
- Professor and Associate Head, Department of Plant Science
- Director, Golf Course Turfgrass Management Program
Areas of Expertise
- Turfgrass Science
- Cannabis Science
- Pest Management
- Professor
Areas of Expertise
- Biocontrol
- Fungal genetics and genomics
- Microbial chemical ecology
- Molecular diagnosis of plant pathogens
- Email sxk55@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-3846
- Associate Professor of Crop Production / Ecology
Areas of Expertise
- Agroecology
- Conservation & Dairy Cropping Systems
- Soil & nutrient conservation, perennials, cover crops
- Pasture ecology and grazing management
- Email hdk3@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-3179
- Distinguished Professor of Soil Biogeochemistry
- Chair of Ecology Intercollege Graduate Degree Program
Areas of Expertise
- Ecosystem ecology
- Nitrogen cycle
- Carbon cycle
- Forest ecosystems
- Sustainable agriculture
- Interim Department Head and Professor of Forest Ecology
Areas of Expertise
- Global change ecology
- Forest ecology
- Dendrochronology
- Community ecology
- Professor of Production Systems and Modeling
Areas of Expertise
- Agroecosystems
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling
- Hydrologic and Nutrient Cycling Modeling
- Environmental Biophysics
- Plant Ecophysiology
- Extension Educator, Equine
Areas of Expertise
- Environmental stewardship
- Pasture management
- Manure management
- Nutrient management
- Email lbk8@psu.edu
- Office 484-971-6512
- Assistant Professor of Avian Biology
- Dorothy Foehr and J. Lloyd Huck Early Career Chair of Avian Transgenic Biology, Huck Institutes of Life Sciences
Areas of Expertise
- Functional Genomics
- Genome Editing
- Avian Genetic Engineering
- Email taekim@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-4084
- Distinguished Professor of Clay Mineralogy
Areas of Expertise
- Materials from plants and plant by-products
- Use of clays for remediation;Slow release fertilizers with minerals
- Assistant Research Professor
- Fire and Natural Resources Management
Areas of Expertise
- Fire Ecology
- Fire Behavior and Effects
- Associate Professor of Forest Resources Management
Areas of Expertise
- Social and economic values associated with private forests, including prescribed fire, wildlife, and carbon sequestration.
- Associate Professor of Agricultural and 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
- Assistant Dean for Access and Equity
- Research Professor of Quantitative Forest Ecology
- Email lpl3@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-4244
- Professor of Animal Genomics
- Undergraduate Adviser
- Graduate Faculty in Animal Science, Bioinformatics and Genomics (BG), and Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences (MCIBS) programs.
Areas of Expertise
- Structural, functional and comparative genomics
- Animal breeding and genetics
- Epigenetics/epigenomics
- Mammalian sex (X and Y) chromosome and evolution
- Ruminant Y-linked genes and male fertility
- Testis development and spermatogenesis
- Email wul12@psu.edu
- Office 814-867-1673
- Professor of Horticulture
Areas of Expertise
- Tree and Small Fruit Physiology
- Fruit production systems
- Data Analysis
- Email rpm12@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-2251
- Associate Professor of Forest Management
- Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
- Fire blight resistance in apple trees
- Biologically-based approaches to fire blight disease control
- Development of citrus greening-resistant citrus varieties
- Molecular genetics of Erwinia amylovora pathogenicity
- Development of tomatoes resistant to bacterial canker disease
- Understanding rootstock-scion interactions in grafted apple trees
- Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Areas of Expertise
- Water quality
- Stormwater management
- Green infrastructure
- Urban ecohydrology
- Biogeochemistry
- Associate Professor of Wildlife Population Ecology
- Associate Research Professor
- Cropping Systems Modeling
Areas of Expertise
- Physically Distributed Hydrological Modeling
- Agricultural Systems Modeling
- Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agriculture
- Micrometeorological Measurements and Eddy Covariance Systems
- Laser Diffraction Soil Particle Size Analysis
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)
- Instrumentation
- Email frm10@psu.edu
- Office 814-867-4612
- Director, James C. Finley Center for Private Forests at Penn State
- Associate Research Professor, Private Forests Management
Areas of Expertise
- Forest stewardship
- Private forest landowners
- Woodland care
- Collaborative learning
- Action research
- Peer-to-peer education
- Associate Research Professor, Tree Fruit Pathology
Areas of Expertise
- Apple and pear diseases
- Peach, cherry, other stone fruit diseases
- Integrated tree fruit disease management
- Email kap22@psu.edu
- Office 717-778-4587
- Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Natural Resource Engineering
- Director of the Institute for Sustainable Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Science
Areas of Expertise
- Emerging Contaminants
- Contaminant Fate and Transport
- Environmental Hydrology
- Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Areas of Expertise
- Storm water management
- Watershed modeling
- Application of optimization tools in watershed analysis
- Ecohydrological impacts of climate and land use change
- Email craj@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-5616
- Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Areas of Expertise
- Natural Resources Systems Analysis
- Forest Products Economics
- Wood Industry Operations Research
- Wood Physiology and Taxonomy
- Associate Professor of Entomology
- Email tur158@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-5752
- Professor Emeritus
Areas of Expertise
- Adaptation to extreme environments with microbes
- Associate Professor, Plant Virology
Areas of Expertise
- plant virology
- microbe plant interaction
- vectors of plant viruses and of other plant pathogenic microbes
- plant disease prediction and management models
- Email czr2@psu.edu
- Office 814-867-5372
- Associate Professor of Entomology and Biology
Areas of Expertise
- Insect physiology, energetics, thermal biology, electronics, 3d printing, trial and error, troubleshooting
- Associate Professor of Turfgrass Nutrition/Soil Fertility
Areas of Expertise
- Soil Chemistry
- Nutrient Fate / Management
- Fertilizer / Amendment Evaluation
- Water Quality
- Data Analysis
- Email mjs38@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-1015
- Professor of Pomology
Areas of Expertise
- Tree fruit production
- Orchard management systems
- Crop load management of tree fruit
- Fruit tree pruning and training
- Email jrs42@psu.edu
- Office 717-778-4588
- Professor of Horticulture
- Email jcs32@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-2250
- Associate Research Professor
Areas of Expertise
- Land-Atmosphere Water and Carbon Dioxide Fluxes Modeling
- Meteorology
- Model-Data Assimilation
- Email yshi@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-7393
- Assistant Research Professor
Areas of Expertise
- Molecular biology
- Plant bacteriology
- Development of novel controls for citrus greening and fire blight
- Genetics of virulence and auxotrophy in Erwinia amylovora
- Email jps6@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-7399
- Associate Professor of Equine Science
- Equine Extension Specialist
- Email dxs1172@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-7810
- Distinguished Professor of Ichthyology
- 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
- Associate Research Professor
- Email jmu2@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-4444
- Adjunct Professor of Fisheries Ecology
- Assistant Unit Leader, U.S. Geological Survey, PA Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Areas of Expertise
- Fisheries ecology
- Hierarchical modeling
- Macrosystems ecology
- Ecological stressors
- Species of management concern
- Monitoring and assessment
- Associate Professor of Weed Science
Areas of Expertise
- Weed ecology
- Herbicide-based weed control
- Organic weed management
- Sustainable cropping systems
- Email jmw309@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-1014
- Adjunct Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology
- Assistant Unit Leader,
- PA Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit
Areas of Expertise
- Applied Spatial Ecology
- Disease Epidemiology
- Stable Isotope Ecology
- Professor Emeritus of Soil Science / Soil Physics / Biogeochemistry
Areas of Expertise
- Emerging Contaminants
- Contaminant Fate and Transport
- Contaminant Transport Modeling
- Soil and Water Quality
- Assistant Research Professor
- Director PAOneStop
- Email jlw23@psu.edu
- Office 877-722-4724
- Associate Professor and Extension Specialist, Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management
Areas of Expertise
- Soil Fertility
- Nutrient Management
- Cover Crops
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling
- Cropping System Modeling
- Email cmw29@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-1016
- Associate Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics
Areas of Expertise
- Environmental Economics
- Urban and Land Use Economics
- Applied Econometrics
- Nonmarket Valuation
- Policy Analysis
- Associate Professor of Silviculture
Areas of Expertise
- Forestry
- Silviculture
- Forest ecology
- Disturbance ecology
- Assistant Professor of Entomology
- Email fuz59@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-4432
- Associate Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics
Areas of Expertise
- Environmental and resource economics
- Land economics
- Spatial modeling
- Non-market valuation
Office for Research and Graduate Education
Address
217 Agricultural Administration BuildingUniversity Park, PA 16802-2600
- Email agresearch@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-3136
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Address
217 Agricultural Administration BuildingUniversity Park, PA 16802-2600
- Email agresearch@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-3136
