Megan Marshall
Research Associate
230 Agricultural Engineering
814-865-3392
Fax:814-863-1031
mnm11@psu.edu
Degrees
B.S., Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Cornell University, 1998
M.S., Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis, 2001
Ph.D., Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis, 2007
Areas of Interest
Biomass Energy, Sustainable Agriculture, Composting, Microbial
Communities, Systems Modeling
Publications
Marshall, M.N., A.P. Reddy, and J.S. VanderGheynst. 2004. Microbial
ecology of compost, p. 193-224. In P. Liens, B. Hamelers,
H. Hoitink, and W. Bidlingmaier (eds.), Resource Recovery
and Reuse in Organic Solid Waste Management. IWA Publishing,
London.
Lopez, I., F. Ruiz-Larrea, L. Cocolin, E. Orr, T. Phister, M.N. Marshall, J.S. VanderGheynst, and D.A. Mills. 2003. Design and evaluation of PCR primers for analysis of bacterial populations in wine by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69: 6801-6807.
Marshall, M.N., L. Cocolin, D.A. Mills, and J.S. VanderGheynst. 2003.
Evaluation of PCR primers for denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis
analysis of fungal communities in compost. Journal of Applied Microbiology
95: 934-948.
VanderGheynst, J.S., T.M. Dooley, and M.N. Marshall. 2002. The
influence of process management and microbial community structure
on the cultivation of a biological control agent in compost. Proceedings
of the 2002 International Symposium on Composting and Compost Utilization.
McMahan, G., W. Yeh, M.N. Marshall, M. Olsen, S. Sananikone, J.Y. Wu, D.E. Block, and J.S. VanderGheynst. 2001. Characterizing the production of a wild-type and benomyl resistant Fusarium lateritium for biocontrol of Eutypa lata on grapevine. Applied and Industrial Microbiology 26: 151-155.