Faculty - College of Agricultural Sciences
 Anne Andrews
Associate Professor of Molecular Toxicology
207 Life Sciences Building, University Park
Phone: 814-865-8281
E-mail: ama11@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Transporter-mediated regulation of neuronal homeostasis; Role of serotonin in complex behavior, and the etiology and treatment of psychiatric disorders (depression and anxiety disorders) and neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases); In vivo neurotransmitter sensing; Nanobiosensor design; Functional proteomics.
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Anne Andrews' Research Group
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 Elizabeth Boyer
Associate Professor of Water Resources
Director, Pennsylvania Water Resources Research Institute
304 Forest Resources Building, University Park
Phone: 814-865-8330
E-mail: ewb100@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Hydrological and ecological processes that affect water quality (e.g., nutrients, metals, and sediments) and water quantity (e.g., streamflow and water yield) issuing from watersheds. I am particularly interested in how human activities and environmental variability influence conditions and trends in streams, rivers, and estuaries. Our work aims to provide a scientific basis for design and implementation of land management programs and policies to mitigate the effects of pollution, and to protect, conserve, and restore surface waters.
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 Jeffrey Catchmark
Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
109 Agricultural Engineering Building, University Park
Phone: 814-863-0414
E-mail: jcatchmark@engr.psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Transporter-mediated regulation of neuronal homeostasis; Role of serotonin in complex behavior, and the etiology and treatment of psychiatric disorders (depression and anxiety disorders) and neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases); In vivo neurotransmitter sensing; Nanobiosensor design; Functional proteomics.
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 Hangsheng Lin
Associate Professor of Hydropedology/Soil Hydrology
415 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building,
University Park
Phone: 814-865-6726
E-mail: henrylin@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Hydropedology: Fundamental studies of interactive pedologic and hydrologic processes and their properties in the Earth's Critical Zone, with a focus on pedosphere as a critical link in the hydrologic cycle and hydrology as a major driving force of soil formation and dynamic functions; Quantification of soil structure and its impacts on preferential flow across spatial and temporal scales; Quantitative soil morphology and classification for hydrologic applications; Mapping, monitoring, and modeling of landscape-soil-hydrology relationships; Enhanced instrumentation and techniques for in situ measurements and mapping of flow and transport pathways and patterns in heterogeneous landscapes; Coupling hydropedological and biogeochemical processes towards integrated studies of the Earth's Critical Zone; Extraterrestrial hydropedology including Mars and Moon explorations.
OASIS: Research and development of Online Advanced Spatial Information Systems (OASIS) for integrating geospatial technologies (GIS, GPS, RS) with environmental modeling, spatial-temporal statistics, and artificial intelligence for landscape-soil-hydrology studies; Scientific visualization of heterogeneous and dynamic world underfoot; Decision support systems coupled with real-time monitoring, integrated digital databases, and uncertainty quantification.
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Hydropedology Web Site
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 Wayne Myers
ICS Steering Committee
Professor of Forest Biometrics
Co-Director, Office for Remote Sensing of Earth Resources
116 Forest Resources Building, University Park
Phone: 814-863-0002
E-mail: wlm@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Forest biometrics, remote sensing, quantitative landscape ecology, spatial analysis, geographic information systems, multivariate statistics, artificial intelligence, natural resource sustainability, international forestry.
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School of Forest Resources
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 Daniel Perkins
Professor, Agricultural & Extension Education
Director, Penn State Cooperative Extension's Children, Youth and Families are Resilient Initiative
107 Ferguson Building, University Park
Phone: 814-865-6988
E-mail: dfp102@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Adolescent and Family Development, Assets, Risk & Protective Factors, Collaboration & Community Development, Contextual Influences on Development, Evaluation of Prevention & Intervention Programs, Civic Engagement in Youth, Prevention Science, Risk Behaviors & Resiliency, Theories of Adolescence, Youth Development.
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 Virendra Puri
Distinguished Professor of Agricultural Engineering
229 Agricultural Engineering Building, University Park
Phone: 814-865-3559
E-mail: avmpuri@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Powder Mechanics – Research focus includes: fundamental powder and powder mixture properties, multi-scale constitutive models, and computational models for powder processes; Food Processing – Research focus includes: engineering properties, and integrated multi-scale computational and predictive models.
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