Graduate Faculty

Our faculty and graduate students are spread across a range of disciplines.

Applying to Microbiome Sciences Graduate Faculty

  • Graduate faculty from any discipline at Penn State University are eligible to apply.
  • There is no deadline for application; faculty may apply at any time.
  • Faculty are asked to submit the following documents to Kim Hall
    • a CV, and
    • a letter of intent stating an interest in joining the Microbiome Sciences faculty and highlighting relevant qualifications.

Contact Graduate Program Head Carolee Bull with questions.

Microbiome Sciences Dual Title Students

Theo Newbold - Plant Pathology

Christine Ta - Anthropology

Dina Memar Moshrefi - Biology

Luis Fernando Flores - Plant Pathology

Jonah Gray - Ecology

Ana Caroline Fonseca - Animal Science

Livleen Kaur - Plant Pathology

Mankanwal Goraya - Plant Pathology

Samuel Osabutey - Plant Pathology

Ashley Ohstrum - Food Science

Mackenna Yount - Food Science

Jane Venezia - Ecology

Talon Jost - Ecology

Erika Biernbaum - Food Science

Yara Cavalcante Vieira - Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Biosciences

Natalie Ford - Ecology

Richard González Aquino - Plant Pathology

Paula Blanco Ortiz - Ecology

Kehinde Kolapo - Entomology

Nazifa Tabassum - Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Biosciences

Jie Feng - Food Science

Shannon Ryan - Entomology

Katie Culhane - Biomedical Sciences