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 34 search result(s) for Africa.

Ida Djenontin


Assistant Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Malawi, Restoration, Sustainable Agricultural Intensification, Forest Restoration, Burkina Faso

Andrew Nyblade



Top research keywords: Earth Mantle, Upper Mantle, Cratons, Antarctic Regions, Tanzania

Jay Stauffer Jr.


Distinguished Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Cichlidae, Cichlids, Lake Malawi, Lakes, Teleostei

Sarah Ivory


Associate Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Holocene, Vegetation, Lakes, Pollen, Climate

Brian King


Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Republic Of South Africa, Africa, Livelihood, Health, Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Brian Thiede


Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Climate, Poverty, Household, Human Migration, Indigenous Forest

Jenni L. Evans


Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Tropical Cyclone, Cyclone, Transition, Cyclogenesis, Forecast

Robert Crane


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

Gregory Jenkins


Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: West Africa, Climate Modeling, Ozone, Tropospheric Ozone, Climate Models

Thandazile Moyo


Assistant Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Chalcopyrite, Electronic Waste, Dissolution, Ammonia, Electrochemistry

Xun Cao


Professor, Political Science
Top research keywords: Air Pollution, China, Environmental Regulations, Economic Policy, Democracy

George Young


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

Jose D. Fuentes


Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Isoprene, Ozone, Canopy, Boundary Layer, Deciduous Forest

Erica Smithwick


Distinguished Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Forests, Ecosystem, Ecosystems, Nitrogen, Pinus Contorta Var. Latifolia

Mare Sarr


Associate Professor, School of International Affairs
Top research keywords: Technological Change, Rainfall, International Transfers, Rebound Effect, Resources

Ed Rajotte


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

Jeremy Gernand


Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Nanostructured Materials, Toxicity, Nanoparticles, Carbon Nanotubes, Particulate Matter

Larry Gorenflo


Eleanor R. Stuckeman Chair in Design and Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Mexico, Biodiversity, Settlement Pattern, Micronesia, World Heritage Site

Chris Forest


Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Climate, Climate Modeling, Climate Change, Ocean, Climate Models

Kristin Sznajder


Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Top research keywords: China, Pandemics, Latent Class Analysis, Cross-Sectional Studies, Occupational Stress

Joshua Smyth


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

David Hughes


Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Ants, Formicidae, Parasites, Ant, Fungi

Matthew Ferrari


Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Measles, Disease Outbreaks, Vaccination, Epidemics, Vaccination Coverage

Olumide Ogunmodimu


Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)

Louis Bengyella


Assistant Research Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Ascomycota, Solanum Tuberosum, Bambusa, Fungal Spores, Germination

Steven Greybush


Associate Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Assimilation, Data Assimilation, Mars, Forecast, Kalman Filter

Christelle Wauthier


Associate Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Volcanoes, Volcano, Magma, Volcanic Eruption, Earthquakes

Christian Huber


Assistant Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Population, Mutation, Drosophila Melanogaster, Genetic Variation, Genomics

Abiola Ibirogba


Ph.D. Student

Mark Ortiz


Assistant Professor, Department of Geography

Robert D. Weaver


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

Andrew Warner



Top research keywords: River, Rivers, Prescription, Freshwater Conservation, Planning

Bronwen Powell


Associate Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Forests, Food, Diet, Morocco, Tanzania

Tanya Furman


Associate Vice President and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, The Pennsylvania State University
Top research keywords: Mantle, Geochemistry, Basalt, Volcano, Melting