• Nancy and John Steimer Professor of Agricultural Sciences
  • Associate Professor of Entomology
  • Associate Professor

Areas of Expertise

  • Evolutionary ecology of legumes and rhizobia
  • Plant-microbe-climate interactions
  • Mutualism evolution
  • Bio-inoculants and leguminous cover crops
  • Biological nitrogen Fixation
  • Genome-wide association studies (GWAS)
  • Evolve and resequence
  • 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
  • Director of E. coli Reference Center
  • Professor of Food Science

Areas of Expertise

  • Microbiology
  • Microbial pathogens
  • Molecular microbiology
  • Microbial genomics
  • Food Safety
  • Food Microbiology
  • Assistant Research Professor in Storage Root Physiology

Areas of Expertise

  • Root Crop Physiology
  • Abiotic Stress
  • Breeding for Environmental Stress Resistance
  • Phenotyping and Database Management
  • Morphometrics of Flowers and Other Plant Organs
  • Professor of Mycology
  • Director, Fusarium Research Center

Areas of Expertise

  • Fusarium and Aspergillus
  • Fungal genetics
  • Fungal systematics and evolution
  • Fungal plant and animal pathogens
  • Associate Professor & Director, Schatz Center for Tree Molecular Genetics
  • Joseph E. Ibberson Chair in Silviculture Research for Pennsylvania

Areas of Expertise

  • Population Genomics
  • Conservation Genetics
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Evolution
  • Quantitative Genetics
  • Climate Change
  • Ex Situ Conservation
  • Assistant Research Professor of Wildlife Behavioral Ecology

Areas of Expertise

  • Animal behavior/ behavioral ecology
  • Animal cognition
  • Evolution
  • Neurogenomics
  • Computer Programming
  • Assistant Professor of Arthropod Ecology

Areas of Expertise

  • Plant-arthropod interactions
  • Arthropod ecology
  • Chemical ecology
  • Biological control
  • Professor of Geosciences
  • Director of the Ecology Institute

Office for Research and Graduate Education

Address

217 Agricultural Administration Building
University Park, PA 16802-2600

Office for Research and Graduate Education

Address

217 Agricultural Administration Building
University Park, PA 16802-2600