Researchers in the Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology working in the area of Microbial Diversity and Ecology.
- Assistant Professor of Phytobiomes
Areas of Expertise
- High-throughput sequencing
- Crop-associated microbiomes
- Impacts of disturbance on plant-microbe relationships
- Environmental microbiology
- Microbial products
- Professor of Mushrooms
Areas of Expertise
- Mushroom cultivation
- Composting
- Mushroom nutrition and physiology
- IPM and Disease Management for Mushroom cultivation
- Mushroom extension services for the North American mushroom industry
- Department Head, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
- Professor of Plant Pathology and Systematic Bacteriology
- Director, Penn State Microbiome Center
Areas of Expertise
- Phytobacteriology
- Translational Taxonomy
- Systematic Bacteriology
- Biological Control
- Sustainable and Organic Agriculture
- Email ctb14@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-7448
- Pronouns She/Her/Hers
- Professor Emeritus
- Department Head 2005-2008
Areas of Expertise
- Plant Pathology
- Fungal Genetics
- Plant Breeding
- Assistant Professor of Soilborne Disease Dynamics and Management
Areas of Expertise
- Fungal ecology and evolution
- Soil & plant microbiome response to stress
- Biological management of fungal & oomycete pathogens
- Soil health and disease modeling
- Professor of Mycology
- Director, Fusarium Research Center
Areas of Expertise
- Fusarium and Aspergillus
- Fungal genetics
- Fungal systematics and evolution
- Fungal plant and animal pathogens
- Email dmg17@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-9773
- Professor of Vegetable Pathology
- Director of Graduate Studies
Areas of Expertise
- Integrated vegetable disease management
- Plant pathogen diagnosis
- Disease monitoring and forecasting
- Sustainable crop production
- Assistant Professor of Microbial Ecology
- Lloyd Huck Early Career Professor
Areas of Expertise
- Bacteriology
- Phyllosphere Microbiology
- Protein-mediated Bacterial Antagonism
- Molecular Biology
- Professor
- Coordinator and Adviser of the Minor in Plant Pathology
Areas of Expertise
- Population biology
- Ecology of plant-associated microorganisms
- Fusarium and Verticillium wilts
- Professor
Areas of Expertise
- Biocontrol
- Fungal genetics and genomics
- Microbial chemical ecology
- Molecular diagnosis of plant pathogens
- Email sxk55@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-3846
- Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
- Mycotoxins
- Endophytes
- Fusarium
- Fungal genetics
- Fungal secondary metabolites
- Agricultural biosecurity
- Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
- Fire blight resistance in apple trees
- Biologically-based approaches to fire blight disease control
- Development of citrus greening-resistant citrus varieties
- Molecular genetics of Erwinia amylovora pathogenicity
- Development of tomatoes resistant to bacterial canker disease
- Understanding rootstock-scion interactions in grafted apple trees
- Associate Research Professor
- Mushroom Science and Technology Minor Advisor
- Director, Mushroom Research Center
- and Mushroom Spawn Lab
Areas of Expertise
- Compost Microbiology
- Mushroom Cultivation
- Composting
- Integrated Pest Management
- Associate Research Professor, Tree Fruit Pathology
Areas of Expertise
- Apple and pear diseases
- Peach, cherry, other stone fruit diseases
- Integrated tree fruit disease management
- Professor Emeritus
Areas of Expertise
- Adaptation to extreme environments with microbes
- Associate Professor, Plant Virology
Areas of Expertise
- plant virology
- microbe plant interaction
- vectors of plant viruses and of other plant pathogenic microbes
- plant disease prediction and management models
- Email czr2@psu.edu
- Office 814-867-5372
- Professor
Areas of Expertise
- Epidemiology and management of turfgrass diseases
- Population biology of turfgrass pathogens
- Host defense response in turfgrass pathosystem
- Chemical control of turfgrass diseases
- Email wxu2@psu.edu
- Office 814-777-4498
