Affiliated Researchers: Biological Development

Jing Du

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Finite Element Method, Organic Light-emitting Diodes, Mechanical Testing, X-Ray Computed Tomography, Density

Yingwei Mao

Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: DISC1, Exon Junction Complex, RBM8A, αB-crystallin, Interneuron

James Freihaut

Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation, Resuspension, Duct, Commercial Building, Lamp

Ali Borhan

Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Surfactant, Axisymmetric, Solid Surface, Bond Number, Fluid Viscosity

Larry Gorenflo

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

Mark Brennan

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Community Development, Youth Engagement, Social Support, Communities, Ireland

Mary K. Shenk

Associate Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Wealth, Kinship, Bangladesh, India, Evolution

Jian Yang

Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Top research keywords: Citric Acid, Scaffolds, Tissue Engineering, Polymers, Elastomers

Jeffrey Catchmark

Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Bacterial Cellulose, Cellulose, Surface (Surface Science), Pullulan, Composite Material

Hong Ma

Top research keywords: Arabidopsis, Angiosperm, Meiosis, Cladistics, Angiosperms

Zuleima Karpyn

Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research; Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Relative Permeability, Well Flooding, Wettability, Oil Recovery, Multiphase Flow

Richard Stehouwer

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Soil, Soils, Trace Elements, Nutrients, Compost

Susan Motch Perrine

Research Assistant, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Mouse Model, Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 2 (FGFR2), Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 2, Apert Syndrome, Micro-Computed Tomography

Kristen Fichthorn

Merrell R. Fenske Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Surface (Surface Science), Density, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Nanowire, Solid Surface

Ali Demirci

Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Biofilm Reactor, Pulsed UV Light, Fermentation, Plastic Composite Support, Electrolyzed Oxidizing Water

Timothy Ryan

Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Trabecular Bone, Primates, Hominin, Bone Volume Fraction, Locomotor

Dave Biddinger

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Pollinator, Apoidea, Pennsylvania, Pollinators, Osmia

Rachel Brennan

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Chitin, Crab Shell, Duckweed, Mine-impacted Water, Spent Mushroom Compost

Kim Steiner

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Oak, Quercus, Seedling, Quercus Rubra, Acer Rubrum

Istvan Albert

Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Jamming, Granular Drag, Drag Force, Granular Media, Nucleosome

Gui Becker

Associate Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Batrachochytrium Dendrobatidis, Amphibians, Anura, Chytridiomycosis, Microbiome

Shelby Fleischer

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Chrysomelidae, Beetle, Coleoptera, Acalymma Vittatum, Potato

Laura Weyrich

Associate Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Microbiome, Microflora, Microorganism, Ancient DNA, Oral Microbiota

Herschel Elliott

Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Biosolids, Biosolid, Phosphorus, Soils, Manures

Megan Marshall

Research Assistant, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Pretreatment, Corn Stover, Ensilage, Solarization, Silage

Stephen Chmely

Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Lignin, Density Functional Theory, Mixed Metal Oxide Catalyst, Phosphide, Carbides

Richard Roush

Executive Special Assistant to Interim Dean, College of Agricultural Sciences
Top research keywords: Bacillus Thuringiensis, Diamondback Moth, Plutella Xylostella, Broccoli, Lepidoptera

Paul H. Heinemann

Department Head and Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Apple, Apple Orchard, Frost Protection, Electronic Nose, Electronic Nose (E-nose)

Yimin Zhu

Associate Professor, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Monolignol, Lignification, Lignin, P-coumarate, Facile Synthesis

Shirley Clark

Professor, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Stormwater, Pollutants, Stormwater Runoff, Infiltration, Stormwater Treatment

Howard Salis

Associate Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Genetics, Dynamics, Promoter Region, Messenger RNA, Gene Expression

Gourab Saha

Thomas Litzinger

Assistant Dean for Educational Innovation and Accreditation, College of Engineering
Top research keywords: Soot, Fuel, Students, Flame, Flames

Jeffrey Peters

Distinguished Professor, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Top research keywords: Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor, Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor, Null Mice, Knockout Mouse, Mouse

Christine Costello

Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: United States, Missouri, Climate Change, Land Use, Waste Management

Yuefeng Xie

Professor, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Disinfection, Haloacetic Acid, Byproducts, Byproduct, Potable Water

William Groves

Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Microsensor, Fatality, Surface Acoustic Wave, Sensor Array, Physiologic

Lauren McPhillips

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Stormwater, Denitrification, Solar Farm, Methane, Stormwater Management

Susan Sinnott

Department Head and Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Density, Surface (Surface Science), Carbon Nanotube, Computer Simulation