Emeritus or Adjunct Faculty -- (Can serve on committees, but cannot serve as chair).
- Professor of Soil Microbiology and Biogeochemistry
Areas of Expertise
- Soil microbiology
- Nitrogen cycle
- Soil quality
- Ecological restoration
- Biogeochemistry
- Email mvb10@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-0779
- Pronouns She/Her
- Professor of Pedology & Director of Graduate Studies
Areas of Expertise
- Soil Science
- Watershed Management
- Landscape Ecology
- Natural Resource Management
- Email pjd7@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-4246
- Associate Professor of Hydrology
Areas of Expertise
- Ecohydrology
- Hydrology
- Biogeochemistry
- Terrain Analysis
- Water Quality
- Watershed Management
- Professor of Woody Plant Physiology
Areas of Expertise
- Root biology and ecology
- Mycorrhizal ecology
- Plant Physiological Ecology
- Plant Ecology
- Global Change Biology
- Belowground Ecology
- Fruit tree physiology
- Email dme9@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-3371
- 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
- Email jpk12@psu.edu
- Pronouns He/Him
- Adjunct Associate Professor of Soil Science, USDA-ARS
- 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
- 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
- Professor of Environmental Soil Science
Areas of Expertise
- Composting and compost utilization
- Mined land reclamation
- Restoration of degraded soils
- Biomass crop production
- Professor Emeritus of Soil Science / Soil Physics / Biogeochemistry
Areas of Expertise
- Emerging Contaminants
- Contaminant Fate and Transport
- Contaminant Transport Modeling
- Soil and Water Quality
