Name Title Email Research Focus Areas
Molly Bletz Assistant Professor of Disease Ecology mcb6342@psu.edu
  • Livestock and Wildlife Monitoring
Frances E. Buderman, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Quantitative Wildlife Ecology fbuderman@psu.edu
  • Livestock and Wildlife Monitoring
Melissa Cantor Assistant Professor Precision Dairy Science mmc7081@psu.edu
  • Livestock and Wildlife Monitoring
  • Digital Agriculture and Smart Systems
Enrico Casella Assistant Professor Data Science for Animal Systems casella@psu.edu
  • Livestock and Wildlife Monitoring
  • Digital Agriculture and Smart Systems
  • Decision Support Tool Development
Alyssa Collins, Ph.D. Associate Research Professor aac18@psu.edu
  • Plant Disease Monitoring
  • Decision Support Tool Development
Christine Costello, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering chriscostello@psu.edu
  • Food, Bioproducts, and Sustainable Materials
  • Bioenergy and Bioprocessing Systems
Francesco Di Gioia, Ph. D. Associate Professor of Vegetable Crop Science fxd92@psu.edu
  • Controlled Environment Agriculture
  • Digital Agriculture and Smart Systems
Jonathan M. Duncan, Ph.D., M.P.A. Associate Professor of Hydrology jmduncan@psu.edu
  • Habitat Quality Monitoring
Paul D. Esker, Ph.D. Professor of Epidemiology and Field Crop Pathology pde6@psu.edu
  • Plant Disease Monitoring
  • Modeling for Crop Management
  • Decision Support Tool Development
Heather Lee Grab, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Entomology hlc30@psu.edu
  • Insect Population and Community Monitoring
  • Decision Support Tool Development
Christina Grozinger, Ph.D. Publius Vergilius Maro Professor of Entomology cmgrozinger@psu.edu
  • Insect Population and Community Monitoring
  • Decision Support Tool Development
David P. Hughes, Ph.D. Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair in Global Food Security dhughes@psu.edu
  • Digital Agriculture and Smart Systems
  • Plant Disease Monitoring
  • Decision Support Tool Development
Armen R. Kemanian, Ph.D. Interim Department Head and Professor of Production Systems and Modeling kxa15@psu.edu
  • Modeling for Crop Management
Shanthanu (Shan) Krishna Kumar, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Tree Fruit szk6480@psu.edu
  • Modeling for Crop Management
  • Precision Agriculture
Felipe Montes, Ph.D Associate Research Professor frm10@psu.edu
  • Modeling for Crop Management
  • Digital Agriculture and Smart Systems
Harland Patch, Ph.D. Assistant Research Professor hmpatch@psu.edu
  • Insect Population and Community Monitoring
  • Digital Agriculture and Smart Systems
  • Decision Support Tool Development
Heather Preisendanz, Ph.D. Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering heg12@psu.edu
  • Habitat Quality Monitoring
Xinshun Qu, Ph.D. Associate Research Professor xsq1@psu.edu
  • Genetic Improvement and Genomics
  • Plant Disease Monitoring
Sara Serra, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Tree Fruit Production and Physiology sxs7652@psu.edu
  • Plant Monitoring and Phenotyping
  • Precision Agriculture