Robert Loeb

PSU Dubois

Robert Loeb received the Milton S. Eisenhower Award for Distinguished Teaching in 2015. Dr. Loeb is a Professor of Biology and Forestry at the DuBois Campus. His long-term research is focused on the historical ecology and conservation of old growth urban forests. Currently, he is also conducting research with undergraduate students on the ecology and management of urban natural areas in Nashville and Philadelphia.

Dr. Loeb was instrumental in founding the Commission for Ethnic and Racial Diversity and served three terms on the Commission. As a member of the University Faculty Senate, he served as Chair of the Educational Equity and Campus Environment Committee for four years. In 2015, Dr. Loeb received the John Romano Faculty Diversity Recognition Award from the Penn State Multicultural Resource Center.

Project Details

Biology 110 Adaption Project

 

Course Goals:

  • University Park Course Goals (2017):
  • Know why water and carbon are essential to life on Earth
  • Understand the antiquity of life on Earth and how fossil remains are dated
  • Appreciate the diversity of life on Earth, both prokaryotic and eukaryotic, identify defining characteristics and evolutionary trends in each group
  • Recognize the major organelles in a eukaryotic cell and the function(s) of each
  • Identify the types of cell division that occur in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and understand the purpose of each type
  • Describe how eukaryotic cells transform energy through cellular respiration and photosynthesis
  • Understand the basic principles of Mendelian genetics and the role of meiosis in the inheritance of characters
  • Distinguish among the processes of replication, transcription and translation, and how each is important in the transmission and expression of information encoded in DNA
  • Discuss how the genetics of a population is different than that of individuals and how the forces of evolution affect the genetic structure of populations
  • Explain the process of natural selection and the role that it plays in speciation