Meet our Extension faculty and staff.
Forest Resources
- Associate Research Professor
- Fire and Natural Resources Management
Areas of Expertise
- Fire Ecology
- Fire Behavior and Effects
- Associate Professor of Forest Resources Management
Areas of Expertise
- Social and economic values associated with private forests, including prescribed fire, wildlife, and carbon sequestration.
- Director, James C. Finley Center for Private Forests at Penn State
- Associate Research Professor, Private Forests Management
Areas of Expertise
- Forest stewardship
- Private forest landowners
- Woodland care
- Collaborative learning
- Action research
- Peer-to-peer education
Invasions Ecology
- Assistant Professor of Invasive Species Biology and Management
Urban and Community Forestry
- 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.
Water Resources
- Assistant Research Professor
- Watershed Management Extension Specialist
Areas of Expertise
- Watershed Management
- Water Quality
- Nitrogen Cycle
- Biogeochemistry
- Conservation Practices
- Soil-Water Interactions
- Email tag5611@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-6726
- Water Resources Extension Specialist
Areas of Expertise
- Water Quality
- Drinking Water Treatment
- Private Water Systems
- Emerging Contaminants
- Email ffk5024@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-4622
Wildlife
- Professor of Wildlife Resources
- Extension Wildlife Specialist
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
Youth
- 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
