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David Eissenstat, Ph.D.

  • Interim Head and Professor

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
Full Bio for David Eissenstat, Ph.D.
David Eissenstat, Ph.D.
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Margarita Fernandez

  • PhD Student, Ecology
  • Email mmf5814@psu.edu
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Margarita Fernandez
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Suzanne Fleishman

  • PhD Student, Ecology
  • Email smfleish@gmail.com
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Suzanne Fleishman
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Emily Lavely

  • Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Email ekn5016@psu.edu
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Emily Lavely
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Edward Primka

  • PhD Student, Ecology
  • Email ejp25@psu.edu
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Edward Primka
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Qicheng Tang

  • PhD Student, Soil Science
  • Email qut9@psu.edu
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Qicheng Tang
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Eissenstat Root Ecology Lab

  • Eissenstat Root Ecology Lab Overview
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    • Research Areas
      • Research Areas Overview
      • Climate Change
      • Root Biology and Ecology
      • Ecosystems Ecology
      • Physiology of Fruit Crops and Temperate Trees
    • Active Lab Projects
      • Active Lab Projects Overview
      • Ecology of Root Lifespan
      • Nutrient Foraging by Mycorrhizal Roots
      • Belowground Phenology in a Warming Arctic
      • Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory
      • Topographical Controls on Belowground Carbon
    • Completed Lab Projects
      • Completed Lab Projects Overview
      • Grape Root Growth in Relation to Vine Crop Load
      • Root responses to soil moisture deficits in fruit crops
      • Linking leaf and root traits in 14 temperate tree species
      • Root and Mycorrhizal Fungal Respiration Along Broad Latitudinal Gradients
    • Current Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Research
      • Current Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Research Overview
      • Suzanne Fleishman
      • Emily Lavely
      • Edward (Ted) Primka
      • Ismaiel Szink
      • Jing Guo
      • Wenqi Luo
      • Margarita Fernández
    • Past Graduate Students and their Research
      • Past Graduate Students and their Research Overview
      • Thomas Adams
      • Taryn Bauerle
      • Quanying Du
      • Jenny Edwards Dauer
      • Marc Goebel
      • Luke McCormack
      • Kevin Mueller
      • Luis Valenzuela
      • Jennifer M. Withington
      • Jane Wubbels
      • Huining Xu
      • Katie Gaines
      • Laura Radville
      • Weile Chen
      • Anne Klodd
      • Alexandra (Lexie) Orr
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    • Research Opportunities for Undergraduates Overview
    • Elizabeth Elmstrom
    • Melissa Pastore
    • Cody Barnyak
    • Jenna Mitchell
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