Meet the current members of The Schatz Center:
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
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. Alayna Mead, NSF Postdoctoral Fellow
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
Contact Us
- Associate Professor & Director, Schatz Center for Tree Molecular Genetics
- Email jvh6349@psu.edu
Contact Us
- Associate Professor & Director, Schatz Center for Tree Molecular Genetics
- Email jvh6349@psu.edu