Faculty
- Nancy and John Steimer Professor of Agricultural Sciences
- Professor of Forest Ecology and Physiology
agl@psu.edu
814-865-4901
Areas of Expertise
- Global change ecology
- Assistant Research Professor
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Areas of Expertise
- Invasion Ecology
- Population Genetics
- Wildlife Ecology
- Evolution
- Conservation Biology
- Animal Coloration
- Island Biology
- Professor, Department of Ecosystem Science & Management
ewb100@psu.edu
814-865-8830
- Professor of Fisheries and Biology
- Director of Graduate Programs
vab12@psu.edu
814-865-4675
- Professor of Wildlife Resources
- Extension Wildlife Specialist
mxb21@psu.edu
814-863-8442
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
- Associate Professor of Soil Microbiology and Biogeochemistry
mvb10@psu.edu
814-863-0779
Areas of Expertise
- Soil microbiology
- Nitrogen cycle
- Soil quality
- Ecological restoration
- Biogeochemistry
- Faculty Instructor, Ecosystem Science and Management Department
- Program Director, Appalachian Botany and Ethnobotany, Shaver's Creek Environmental Center
epb6@psu.edu
814-865-3951
Areas of Expertise
- Field Botany, Plant Taxonomy and Systematics, Herbarium Methods
- Non-timber Forest Products (e.g., Maple Syrup, Medicinal/Culinary Plants and Fungi)
- Economic Botany and Ethnobotany
- Forest Biology, Ecology and Stewardship
- Plant Husbandry and Horticulture
- Wild Plant Conservation, Management, and Policy
- Invasive Plant Ecology, Ethnobotany, and Management
- Appalachian Forest Plant Biology, Ecology, and Ethnobotany
- Agroforestry and Agroecology
- Professor of Molecular Genetics
- Director of The Schatz Center for Tree Molecular Genetics
jec16@psu.edu
814-863-9164
Areas of Expertise
- Genomics
- Conservation Genetics
- Renewable Energy
- Biotechnology
- Adjunct Professor of Wildlife Ecology
- Leader, PA Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit
drd11@psu.edu
814-865-3992
Areas of Expertise
- biometrics
- white-tailed deer
- harvest management
- population estimation
- Associate Professor of Pedology
pjd7@psu.edu
814-863-4246
Areas of Expertise
- Soil Science
- Watershed Management
- Landscape Ecology
- Natural Resource Management
- Assistant Professor of Hydrology
jmduncan@psu.edu
814-865-7554
Areas of Expertise
- Ecohydrology
- Hydrology
- Biogeochemistry
- Terrain Analysis
- Water Quality
- Watershed Management
- Interim Head and Professor
dme9@psu.edu
814-863-3371
Areas of Expertise
- Root biology and ecology
- Mycorrhizal ecology
- Plant Physiological Ecology
- Plant Ecology
- Global Change Biology
- Belowground Ecology
- Fruit tree physiology
- Professor
- Ibberson Chair in Urban and Community Forestry
- Extension Specialist, Community and Urban Forestry
wfe1@psu.edu
814-863-7941
- Associate Professor of Fisheries Management
- Associate Director of Academic Programs
cpf3@psu.edu
814-863-2095
- Assistant Research Professor
Areas of Expertise
- Hydropedology, Near-surface Geophysics, Ecohydrology
- Remote Sensing of Environment, Climate Change
- Critical Zone Science, Ecology and Evolution
- Professor of Forest Resources
mgj2@psu.edu
814-865-3994
Areas of Expertise
- Water Energy Food Nexus
- Bioenergy
- Agroforestry
- Forest Economics and Finance
- International Forestry
- Forest Extension
- Non Timber Forest Products
- Professor of Soil Biogeochemistry
- Chair of Ecology Intercollege Graduate Degree Program
jpk12@psu.edu
814-863-1614
Areas of Expertise
- Ecosystem ecology
- Nitrogen cycle
- Carbon cycle
- Forest ecosystems
- Sustainable agriculture
- Associate Professor of Forest Ecology
mwk12@psu.edu
814-865-4841
Areas of Expertise
- Global change ecology
- Forest ecology
- Dendrochronology
- Community ecology
- Distinguished Professor of Clay Mineralogy
komarneni@psu.edu
814-865-1542
Areas of Expertise
- Materials from plants and plant by-products
- Use of clays for remediation;Slow release fertilizers with minerals
- Assistant Professor of Fire and Natural Resources Management
juk1097@psu.edu
814-863-2509
Areas of Expertise
- Fire Ecology
- Fire Behavior and Effects
- Assistant Professor of Forest Resource Management
mxk1244@psu.edu
814-867-1237
Areas of Expertise
- Forest Policy and Economics
- Social and economic values associated with private forests, wildlife and water resources
- Associate Research Professor of Quantitative Forest Ecology
lpl3@psu.edu
814-865-4244
- Professor of Hydropedology/Soil Hydrology
henrylin@psu.edu
814-865-6726
Areas of Expertise
- Hydropedology, Soil Physics, Hydrology, Pedology
- Critical Zone Science, Ecosystem Science, Complexity Science
- Geospatial and Environmental Modeling, Scientific Visualization
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Wildlife Conservation
- National Park Service
- Eastern Rivers and Mountains Network Program Manager
matt_marshall@nps.gov
814-863-0134
- Assistant Professor of Wildlife Population Ecology
dxm84@psu.edu
814-863-1598
- Professor of Geography
miller@eesi.psu.edu
814-863-7207
Areas of Expertise
- remote sensing
- GIS
- soils
- geomorphology
- land change
- Interim Director, Center for Private Forests
- Assistant Research Professor, Private Forests Management
abm173@psu.edu
814-865-3208
Areas of Expertise
- Forest stewardship
- Private forest landowners
- Woodland care
- Collaborative learning
- Action research
- Peer-to-peer education
- Research Associate
- Forest Community and Disturbance Ecology
peckj@psu.edu
814-234-2898
- Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
cdr14@psu.edu
814-865-0679
Areas of Expertise
- Natural Resources Systems Analysis
- Forest Products Economics
- Wood Industry Operations Research
- Wood Identification and Taxonomy
- Coordinator of Undergraduate Programs and Alumni Relations, and Assistant Teaching Professor
exr2@psu.edu
814-863-0362
- Teaching Professor in Forest Resources and
- Natural Resources & Youth Extension Specialist
sss5@psu.edu
814-865-4261
Areas of Expertise
- Youth and Natural Resources Education
- Forest Stewardship
- Natural Resources Volunteerism
- Private Forestland Management
- Connecting Youth with Nature
- Forest Dendrology and Botany
- Professor of Environmental Soil Science
rcs15@psu.edu
814-863-7640
Areas of Expertise
- Composting and compost utilization
- Mined land reclamation
- Restoration of degraded soils
- Biomass crop production
- Professor of Forest Biology
- Director of The Arboretum at Penn State
kcs@psu.edu
814-865-9351
- Adjunct Professor of Fisheries Ecology
- Assistant Unit Leader, PA Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
txw19@psu.edu
814-865-6592
Areas of Expertise
- Fisheries ecology
- Hierarchical modeling
- Macrosystems ecology
- Ecological stressors
- Species of management concern
- Monitoring and assessment
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Wildlife Ecology
- Assistant Unit Leader,
- PA Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit
wdw12@psu.edu
814-867-4763
Areas of Expertise
- Applied Spatial Ecology
- Disease Epidemiology
- Stable Isotope Ecology
- Professor of Soil Science / Soil Physics / Biogeochemistry
jackwatson@psu.edu
814-863-6714
Areas of Expertise
- Emerging Contaminants
- Contaminant Fate and Transport
- Contaminant Transport Modeling
- Soil and Water Quality
- Associate Professor of Silviculture
eric.zenner@psu.edu
814-865-4574
Areas of Expertise
- Forestry
- Silviculture
- Forest ecology
- Disturbance ecology