Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology

Penn State is a Tier 1 Research University. Everyone from faculty, to first-year students, to doctoral candidates can participate in meaningful research in a broad range of areas. Current research areas include microbial diversity and ecology, mushroom science and technology, plant disease management, and plant-microbe interactions.

Our faculty is associated with teaching and advising for the undergraduate Plant Sciences major and minor degree programs in Mushroom Science and Technology and Plant Pathology. Our graduate degree programs in Plant Pathology are based on research in a wide range of subdisciplines, as well as faculty mentoring for degree opportunities in interdisciplinary majors including Bioinformatics and Genomics, Ecology, Genetics, and Plant Biology.