Current Personnel

Directors of the Schatz Center

• Jill Hamilton, University Park

• Kimberly Bohn, Mont Alto

Faculty Members

• Kim Steiner, Professor Emeritus of Forest Biology
• Laura Leites, Associate Professor of Quantitative Forest Ecology
• Jesse Lasky, Associate Professor of Biology
• John Carlson, Past Director, Professor Emeritus of Molecular Genetics, University Park

Lab Managers

• Dr. Melissa Lehrer

Graduate Students

• Michelle Zavala Paez, Ecology Program

• Kyra LoPiccolo, Plant Biology Program

• Diego del Orbe (PhD - Plant Biology Program - rotating Fall 2024)

• Olivia Degreenia (PhD - Plant Biology Program - rotating Fall 2024)

Post Doctoral Scholars

• Dr. Constance Bolte

• Dr. Alayna Mead, NSF Postdoctoral Fellow

• Dr. Anthony Melton

Undergraduate Students

• Jordan Basalyga

• Lucia Anderson

• Alden Stone

• Amber Truesdale

• Dane Beller

Schatz Visiting Scholars, 2019-2021

• Dr. Dorothy Tchapda Tchatchoua, Fulbright Scholar, Department of Agriculture, University of Maroua, Cameroon
• Dr. Catherine Bodénès, the National Institute for Agricultural Research, Bordeaux, France
• Dr. Rita Costa, the Portuguese National Institute for Agricultural and Veterinary Research in Portugal
• Dr. Margaret Staton, Associate Professor of bioinformatics, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN