• Assistant Professor of Aquatic Ecology

Areas of Expertise

  • The relationship between community structure and ecosystem processes in rivers and streams, and factors which influence this relationship across local, landscape, and regional spatial scales.
  • Assistant Research Professor
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Areas of Expertise

  • Invasion Ecology
  • Population Genetics
  • Wildlife Ecology
  • Evolution
  • Conservation Biology
  • Animal Coloration
  • Island Biology
  • Assistant Research Professor, Director of SRCL

Areas of Expertise

  • Soil chemistry and biogeochemistry; instrumental analysis of soils.
  • Current projects: heavy metal analysis and remediation in urban soils; estimates of soil health at a solar farm
  • Assistant Professor of Disease Ecology

Areas of Expertise

  • Disease ecology
  • Microbial ecology
  • Amphibians
  • Wildlife disease
  • Decision science
  • 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
  • Associate Teaching Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management

Areas of Expertise

  • Agroforestry (especially Forest Farming)
  • Appalachian Forest Plant Identification, Biology, Ecology, and Ethnobotany
  • Ethnobotany
  • Field Botany and Plant Taxonomy, Herbarium Methods
  • Invasive Plant Identification, Ecology, and Management
  • Non-timber Forest Products (e.g., Maple Syrup, Medicinal/Culinary Plants and Fungi)
  • Plant Husbandry and Horticulture
  • Wild Plant Conservation, Management, and Policy
  • Professor

Areas of Expertise

  • Conservation biology, restoration ecology, ecological design, freshwater ecosystem management
  • Assistant Professor of Soils and Environmental Microbiology
  • Professor of Pedology & Graduate Program Chair

Areas of Expertise

  • Soil Science
  • Watershed Management
  • Landscape Ecology
  • Natural Resource Management
  • Associate Professor of Hydrology

Areas of Expertise

  • Ecohydrology
  • Hydrology
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Terrain Analysis
  • Water Quality
  • Watershed Management
  • Professor and Ibberson Chair in Community and Urban Forestry

Areas of Expertise

  • Technical assistance to municipalities in preparation and enactment of environmental ordinances and other policy.
  • Associate Professor of Fisheries Management
  • Associate Director of Academic Programs
  • Assistant Research Professor
  • Watershed Management Extension Specialist

Areas of Expertise

  • Watershed Management
  • Water Quality
  • Nitrogen Cycle
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Conservation Practices
  • Soil-Water Interactions
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Assistant Research Professor of Wildlife Behavioral Ecology

Areas of Expertise

  • Animal behavior/ behavioral ecology
  • Animal cognition
  • Evolution
  • Neurogenomics
  • Computer Programming
  • 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
  • Assistant Professor of Forest Resources Management

Areas of Expertise

  • Social and economic values associated with private forests, including prescribed fire, wildlife, and carbon sequestration.
  • Research Professor of Quantitative Forest Ecology

Areas of Expertise

  • Adaptation to climate in forest trees
  • Seed movement under a changing climate
  • Forest ecosystem modeling
  • Director, Center for Private Forests
  • Assistant Research Professor, Private Forests Management

Areas of Expertise

  • Forest stewardship
  • Private forest landowners
  • Woodland care
  • Collaborative learning
  • Action research
  • Peer-to-peer education
  • Assistant Teaching Professor of Forestry
  • Co-Founder of the Forest Owners Climate and Carbon Education program (FOCCE)
  • Founder of the Functional Forest Lab (not accepting graduate students)

Areas of Expertise

  • Invasive Species Management
  • Silviculture
  • Wood Pruducts
  • Chronic Wasting Disease
  • Climate Change
  • Wildlife Management
  • Extension
  • Communicating Science
  • Assistant Professor of Multifunctional Landscapes

Areas of Expertise

  • Global change ecology
  • Biodiversity
  • Forest ecology
  • Landscape ecology
  • Remote sensing
  • Bayesian hierarchical modeling
  • Coordinator of Undergraduate Programs and Alumni Relations, and Assistant Teaching Professor
  • Goddard Chair - Forestry & Environ. Conservation
  • Professor - Ecosystem Science & Management

Areas of Expertise

  • Watersheds, high mountain hydrology, glacier loss
  • Water-energy-food nexus, water security, transboundary waters
  • Resource conservation and policy, climate adaptation
  • Energy transitions, renewables, carbon mitigation
  • Resilience, adaptation, social-ecological systems
  • Appalachians, Alleghenies, Andes, Himalayas
  • Teaching Professor in Forest Resources and
  • Natural Resources & Youth Extension Specialist

Areas of Expertise

  • Youth and Natural Resources Education
  • Forest Stewardship
  • Natural Resources Volunteerism
  • Private Forestland Management
  • Connecting Youth with Nature
  • Forest Dendrology and Botany
  • Assistant Research Professor

Areas of Expertise

  • Freshwater Ecology
  • Aquatic Invertebrates
  • Paleolimnology
  • Climate Change
  • Assistant Research Professor
  • Director PAOneStop

Areas of Expertise

  • Agricultural Erosion and Sedimentation Planning
  • Farm Mapping
  • Phosphorus Cycling and Management
  • Nutrient Management Planning
  • Associate Professor of Silviculture

Areas of Expertise

  • Forestry
  • Silviculture
  • Forest ecology
  • Disturbance ecology