Affiliated Researchers: Africa

Affiliates are Penn Staters who have a connection to or an interest in the work of the Institute of Energy and the Environment.

Displaying 38 search result(s) for Africa.

Ida Djenontin


Assistant Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Malawi, Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Forest Landscape Restoration, Central Malawi

Andrew Nyblade



Top research keywords: Upper Mantle, Antarctic Region, Wave Velocity, Lithosphere, Eastern Africa

Gregory Jenkins


Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Ozone, Western Africa, West Africa, Climate Modeling, Senegal

Sarah Ivory


Associate Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Holocene, Pollen, Climate Change, Africa, Malawi

Brian Thiede


Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: USA, Americas, Africa, United States, Sub-Saharan Africa

Robert Crane


Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: General Circulation Model, Sea Ice, Downscaling, Climate, Ice

David Hughes


Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Parasite, Fungi, Ophiocordyceps, Host Behavior, Zombie-ant Fungi

Mare Sarr


Associate Professor, School of International Affairs
Top research keywords: Technological Change, Race-ethnicity, Risk Preferences, Rebound Effect, Tunisia

Brian King


Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: South Africa, Diseases, Geography, Public Health, Human Health

Erica Smithwick


Distinguished Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Pinus, Prescribed Fire, Lodgepole Pine, Pennsylvania

Michael G. Jacobson


Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Pennsylvania, Agroforestry, Landowner, Forestry, Landowners

Jay Stauffer Jr.


Distinguished Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Cichlid, Cichlidae, Lake Malawi, Teleostei, Africa

Nita Bharti


Associate Professor And Lloyd Huck Early Career Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Measles, Niger, COVID-19, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), Population Size

Karl Zimmerer


Distinguished Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Agrobiodiversity, Economic And Social Development, Bolivia, Andes, Agriculture

Abebayehu N. Yilma


Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Top research keywords: Chlamydia Trachomatis, Macrophage, Nanoparticles, Inflammation, Antiinflammatory Activity

George Young


Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Boundary Layer, Synthetic Aperture Radar, Convection, Weather, Forecast

Xun Cao


Professor, Political Science
Top research keywords: China, Chinese, Public Goods, Trade Competition, Environmental Regulation

Thandazile Moyo


Assistant Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Chalcopyrite, Ammonia, Ammoniacal Solution, Leaching, Printed Circuit Board

Ed Rajotte


Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Bees, Malus, Orchard, Orchards, Apples

Larry Gorenflo


Eleanor R. Stuckeman Chair in Design and Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Mexico, Protected Areas, Basin Of Mexico, Settlement Patterns, Pre-Hispanic

Jeremy Gernand


Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Accident Prevention, Pulmonary Toxicity, Dose-response, Engineering Students, Pennsylvania

Gui Becker


Associate Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Batrachochytrium Dendrobatidis, Amphibian, Amphibians, Infectious Disease, Infection

Joshua Smyth


Distinguished Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Top research keywords: Ecological Momentary Assessment, Health, Mood, Mindfulness, Depression

Jose D. Fuentes


Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Boundary Layer, Ozone, Isoprene, Amazon, Atmospherics

Darryl Thomas


Associate Professor, African American Studies
Top research keywords: Racial Capitalism, Black Internationalism, Cedric J. Robinson, Africa, Eurocentric

Olumide Ogunmodimu


Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Nigeria, Concentrated Solar Power, Vibrating Screen, Power Engineering, Granular Flow

Louis Bengyella


Assistant Research Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Cochliobolus Lunatus, Curvularia Lunata, Conidium, Solanum Tuberosum, Lycopersicon

Esther Obonyo


Professor, School of Engineering Design and Innovation
Top research keywords: Construction Workers, Posture Recognition, Case Study, Building Materials, Deep Neural Network

Christopher Scott


Maurice K. Goddard Chair of Forestry and Environmental Conservation, Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Mexico, Economic And Social Development, India, Water Security, United States Of America

Steven Greybush


Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Mars, Data Assimilation, Atmospherics, Weather Condition, Protective Atmosphere

Nelson Yaw Dzade


Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Density, Density Functional Theory, Heterojunction, Adsorption, Photovoltaics

Tanya Furman


Associate Vice President and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, The Pennsylvania State University
Top research keywords: Lava, Basalt, Lithosphere, Magma, Magmatism

Abiola Ibirogba


Ph.D. Student

Mark Ortiz


Assistant Professor, Department of Geography

Anne Pisor


Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Climate Change Adaptation, Long-distance Relationships, Long Distance, Moral Judgment, Adaptation

Bronwen Powell


Associate Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Nutrition, Wild Food, Dietary Diversity, Food Security, Morocco

Robert D. Weaver


Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Innovation Capacity, Pesticides, Relationship Quality, Markets, Price

Jonathan Mathews


Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Bituminous Coal, Vitrinite, High-resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM), Carbon Dioxide, Coal Char