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Author:

Chan, Andrea

Title:

Climate Change Effects on Coral Symbioses

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

coral reef
population genetics
climate change
Symbiodiniaceae
gene expession
symbiosis
bioerosion
physiology

File:

Download AChan_Thesis_Final_Complete.pdf

Committee Members:

Iliana Brigitta Baums, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Iliana Brigitta Baums, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Todd C LaJeunesse, Committee Member
Roberto Iglesias-Prieto, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Outside Member

Author:

Eissler, Sarah Elizabeth

Title:

CHOCOLATE AND CLIMATE CHANGE: INVESTIGATING GENDER DYNAMICS OF SMALL-SCALE CACAO PRODUCERS IN LAMPUNG AND SOUTH SULAWESI INDONESIA

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

gender
climate change
small-scale agriculture
cocoa
Indonesia

File:

Download Eissler_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark A Brennan Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Azzara, Committee Member
Ann Rachel Tickamyer, Committee Member
Siela N. Maximova, Outside Member
Carolyn Sachs, Committee Member

Author:

Keller, Joseph

Title:

Timing matters: Climate change, phenology, demography, and management of the invasive weed Carduus nutans

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Carduus nutans
climate change
weed management
integral projection model
phenology
biological control

File:

Download Keller_Joseph_ecology_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Katriona Shea, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katriona Shea, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Member
Michael Saunders, Committee Member
James Rosenberger, Outside Member

Author:

Paudel, Sulav

Title:

INSECT-PLANT INTERACTIONS IN A WARMING WORLD: EFFECTS OF ELEVATED TEMPERATURE ON TOMATOES AND THEIR INSECT HERBIVORES

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

climate change
elevation
insect-plant interactions
global warming
glucose oxidase
salivary defense elicitors
polyphenol oxidase
trypsin protease inhibitors
induced plant defense
leaf trichomes
domestication
inducibility

File:

Download Sulav_Paudel_2019_PhD_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Edwin George Rajotte, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edwin George Rajotte, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kelli Hoover, Committee Member
Gary Felton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Majid R Foolad, Outside Member
Gary Felton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhi, Wei

Title:

Understanding hydrological and biogeochemical control on solute export pattern at watershed scale

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

watershed
watershed model
watershed biogeochemical reactive transport model
solute export
land use
soil carbon and nitrogen
climate change
water quality

File:

Download Dissertation___Wei_Zhi__Jan15_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Li Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Li Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Jason Philip Kaye, Outside Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Soares, Paulo

Title:

Measures and Values of Light: Changing the Energy Field and Adapting to Climates Changed

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Solar irradiance
Direct normal irradiance
multypiranometer array
Machine learning
Solar Radiometric Systems
GIS
LiDAR
3D view
low-resolution LiDAR
rooftop segmentation
photovoltaic systems
site suitability
GIS
LiDAR
rooftop segmentation
photovoltaic systems
site suitability
agrivoltaics
climate change
multi-objective decision-making
trade space exploration
Light
TMY
NSRDB
PV Generation

File:

Download Paulo_Soares_Penn_State_University_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey Brownson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey Brownson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Member
Susan W Stewart, Committee Member
Jeffrey M Catchmark, Outside Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Nguyen, Hai

Title:

Data-driven assessment of climate change impacts on agriculture in the Southeast of the United States

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

climate change
maize
soybean
crop net irrigation requirement
crop yield
southeastern United States
agriculture
uncertainty

File:

Download HN_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Cibin Raj, Major Field Member
Erica Smithwick, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tom Richard, Major Field Member
Christine Costello, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Suat Irmak, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Allen Thompson, Special Member

Author:

Burton, Amanda

Title:

Thwarting climate change using simple practices in complex and adaptive agricultural systems

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

climate change
silage
corn
maize
soy
sorghum
dairy
Pennsylvania
United States
agriculture
grain
climate
sunflower
abiotic
stress
production

File:

Download Burton_Dissertation_2021.pdf

Committee Members:

Armen R. Kemanian, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Armen R. Kemanian, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Heather D Karsten, Committee Member
Carolyn Lowry, Committee Member
John Tooker, Outside Member
Gregory Wayne Roth, Special Member
Erin L Connolly, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Stewart, Bryn

Title:

From above and below: controls of external climate drivers and internal subsurface structure on catchment hydro-biogeochemistry

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

water quality
catchment
hydrology
biogeochemistry
reactive transport modeling
climate change
solute export
dissolved organic carbon
dissolved inorganic carbon

File:

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth Boyer, Outside Unit & Field Member
Li Li, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Xiaofeng Liu, Major Field Member
Nathaniel Warner, Co-Chair & Major Field Member
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Broyles, Lauren

Title:

Hydroclimatic Risks for Household Water Insecurity and the Household Water-Food Nexus

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

household water insecurity
environmental seasonality
climate change
Bangladesh
extreme weather events

File:

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Committee Members:

Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Anil Kumar Chaudhary, Outside Field Member
Emily Pakhtigian, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Asher Rosinger, Outside Field Member
Rachel Brennan, Co-Chair of Committee
Alfonso Mejia, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Clare Hinrichs, Outside Unit Member