Affiliated Researchers: Biotechnology

Soundar Kumara

Allen E. Pearce and Allen M. Pearce Professor, Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Top research keywords: Planning, Neural Networks, Supply Chains, Multi Agent Systems, Manufacturing

Andrew Zydney

Distinguished Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Membranes, Ultrafiltration, Proteins, Filtration, Fouling

Leland Glenna

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Farmer, Biotechnology, Sustainability, Agriculture, Food

Howard Salis

Associate Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Ribosomes, Kinetics, Proteins, Riboswitch, Machine Learning

Meng Wang

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Algae, Waste Water, Wastewater, Digestion, Microalgae

Marcia Maria de Oliveira Buanafina

Research Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Feruloyl Esterase, Cell Wall, Festuca, Festuca Arundinacea, Arabinoxylan

Louis Bengyella

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

Wayne Curtis

Professor of Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Hyoscyamus, Bioreactors, Solavetivone, Suspensions, Growth

Tonya Peeples

Associate Dean of Equity and Inclusion, College of Engineering
Top research keywords: Bioconversion, Extremophiles, Methanocaldococcus, Hydrolysis, Biocatalysis

Juliana Vasco-Correa

Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Anaerobic Digestion, Fungi, Biomass, Methane, Enzymatic Hydrolysis

Ali Demirci

Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Fermentation, Biofilms, Ultraviolet Rays, Ultraviolet Radiation, Inactivation

Xiaojun "Lance" Lian

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Top research keywords: Pluripotent Stem Cells, Stem Cells, Cardiac Myocytes, Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, Catenins

John E. Carlson

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Genome, Magnoliopsida, Populus, Genes, Coleoptera

Virendra M. Puri

Distinguished Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Powders, Hot Temperature, Moisture, Heat Exchangers, Temperature

Eileen Kane

Professor, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Vaccinia Virus, Adenosine N(1)-oxide, Virion, Temperature, Mutation

William Hancock

Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Top research keywords: Kinesin, Microtubules, Dyneins, Head, Kinetics

Bruce Logan

Evan Pugh University Professor and Kappe Professor of Environmental Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Microbial Fuel Cells, Cathodes, Fuel Cell, Cathode, Regenerative Fuel Cells

Zuleima Karpyn

Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research; Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Rocks, Permeability, Fluids, Fluid, Oil Well Flooding

Charles Anderson

Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Arabidopsis, Cell Wall, Pectins, Plant Cells, Cellulose

Timothy W. McNellis

Associate Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Erwinia Amylovora, Malus, Arabidopsis, Apples, Seedlings

Daniel Cahoy

Dean's Faculty Fellow of Business law, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Human Rights, Firm, Patents, Business Law, Patent Law

Zhen Lei

Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Patents, Citations, Patent Citations, Deregulation, Licensing

Tracy Nixon

Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Sinorhizobium Meliloti, ATPases Associated With Diverse Cellular Activities, Cellulose Synthase, DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases, Adenosine Triphosphate

William Burgos

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Ferric Oxide, Hematite, Iron, Mine Drainage, Oxidation

Francisco Dini-Andreote

Assistant Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Soil, Microbiota, Rhizosphere, Ecosystem, Microbiome

Ali Borhan

Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Drop, Surface Active Agents, Fluids, Flow, Bubble

Estelle Couradeau

Assistant Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Cyanobacteria, Lakes, Carbonates, Soil, Soil Crust

Jennifer Macalady

Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Sulfur, Caves, Sulfides, Lakes, Cave

Hilal Ezgi Toraman

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Pyrolysis, Xylans, Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography, Bio-Oil, Catalysts

Megan Marshall

Research Assistant, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Composting, Soil, Biomass, Biofuels, Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis

Elizabeth Ransom

Associate Professor, School of International Affairs
Top research keywords: Food, Local Food Systems, Global Commodity Chains, Gender, Rural Communities

Robersy Sanchez

Associate Research Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Genetic Code, Amino Acids, Epigenome, DNA Methylation, Arabidopsis

Laura Y. Cabrera

Associate Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Deep Brain Stimulation, Psychiatry, Neurosurgery, Ethics, Brain

Richard Roush

Executive Special Assistant to Interim Dean, College of Agricultural Sciences
Top research keywords: Bacillus Thuringiensis, Insecta, Plutella Xylostella, Insecticides, Moths

Siela Maximova

Research Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Cacao, Theobroma Cacao, Somatic Embryos, Arabidopsis, Somatic Embryogenesis

Mark J. Guiltinan

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Cacao, Theobroma Cacao, Zea Mays, Genes, Endosperm

Rachel Brennan

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Chitin, Crab, Remediation, Shell, Mushroom

Stephen Chmely

Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Lignin, Catalysts, Biomass, Stereolithography, Ligands

Costas Maranas

Donald B. Broughton Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Metabolic, Genomics, Genome, Escherichia Coli, Fluxes

Beth Gugino

Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Phytophthora Infestans, Fungicides, Lycopersicon Esculentum, Northeastern United States, Soil Quality