Biotechnology

Name Title Email Research Focus Areas
Jeffrey Catchmark, Ph.D. Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, and Bioethics jcatchmark@engr.psu.edu
  • Food, Bioproducts, and Sustainable Materials
Stephen Chmely, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering sc411@psu.edu
  • Bioenergy and Bioprocessing Systems
  • Food, Bioproducts, and Sustainable Materials
Surinder Chopra, Ph.D. Professor of Maize Genetics sic3@psu.edu
  • Genetic Improvement and Genomics
  • Precision Agriculture
Daniel Ciolkosz, Ph.D., P.E. Associate Research Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering dec109@psu.edu
  • Bioenergy and Bioprocessing Systems
  • Controlled Environment Agriculture
Erin L. Connolly, Ph.D. Professor elc18@psu.edu
  • Genetic Improvement and Genomics
Ali Demirci, Ph.D. Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering demirci@psu.edu
  • Food, Bioproducts, and Sustainable Materials
  • Bioenergy and Bioprocessing Systems
Mark Guiltinan, Ph.D. J. Franklin Styer Professor of Horticultural Botany and Professor of Plant Molecular Biology mjg9@psu.edu
  • Genetic Improvement and Genomics
Jill Hamilton, Ph.D. Associate Professor & Director, Schatz Center for Tree Molecular Genetics jvh6349@psu.edu
  • Genetic Improvement and Genomics
Sibel Irmak, Ph.D. Research Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering sji5137@psu.edu
  • Bioenergy and Bioprocessing Systems
  • Food, Bioproducts, and Sustainable Materials
Joshua D. Lambert, Ph.D. Professor of Food Science jdl134@psu.edu
  • Food, Bioproducts, and Sustainable Materials
Siela Nikolova Maximova, Ph.D. Research Professor of Plant Biotechnology snm104@psu.edu
  • Genetic Improvement and Genomics
Timothy W. McNellis, Ph.D. Associate Professor twm4@psu.edu
  • Plant Disease Monitoring
  • Genetic Improvement and Genomics
Andrew D. Patterson, Ph.D. John T. and Paige S. Smith Professorship adp117@psu.edu
  • Livestock and Wildlife Monitoring
  • Soils and Microbiomes
Verónica Román-Reyna, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology roman-reyna@psu.edu
  • Soils and Microbiomes
  • Plant Disease Monitoring
Cristina Rosa, Ph.D. Professor, Plant Virology czr2@psu.edu
  • Plant Disease Monitoring
  • Genetic Improvement and Genomics
Juliana Vasco-Correa, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering julianavasco@psu.edu
  • Food, Bioproducts, and Sustainable Materials
  • Bioenergy and Bioprocessing Systems
Josephine Wee, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Food Science jmw970@psu.edu
  • Food, Bioproducts, and Sustainable Materials
  • Genetic Improvement and Genomics
Yinong Yang, Ph.D. Professor yuy3@psu.edu
  • Genetic Improvement and Genomics
  • Plant Disease Monitoring

Director, TALiS

Paul Heinemann, Ph.D.
  • Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Director, TALiS

Paul Heinemann, Ph.D.
  • Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering