Affiliated Researchers: Black

Justine Lindemann

Assistant Professor of Community Development and Resilience, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Entrepreneurialism, Green Space, Place-making, Cleveland, Ohio

Darryl Thomas

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

Justin Brown

Professor, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Top research keywords: Avian Influenza, Avian Influenza Virus, Pennsylvania, Influenza Virus, Wild Birds

Victoria Ashley Villar

Assistant Professor, Astronomy & Astrophysics
Top research keywords: Merger, Binary Stars, Supernovae, Neutron Stars, LIGO (observatory)

Charles Ray

Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Lumber, Kilns, Hardwoods, Wood, Drying

Brian Black

Division Head and Distinguished Professor, History, Division of Arts & Humanities (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Energy Landscape, Petroleum, Human Living, World War I, Apparatus

Megan Marshall

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

Mary Barbercheck

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Cover Crops, Cover Crop, Entomopathogenic Nematodes, Entomopathogenic Nematode, Tillage

Benjamin Lear

Professor of Chemistry, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Mixed Valence, Electron Transfer, Electronics, Gold Nanoparticles, Photothermal

Jordan Bisanz

Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Intestine Flora, Microbiome, Gut Microbiome, Microflora, Microbiota

Paul Patterson

Professor, Animal Science
Top research keywords: Hens, Poultry, Ammonia, Laying Hens, Diet

Sibel Irmak

Research Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Aqueous Phase Reforming, Biomass Materials, Hydrogen Production, Hydrogen Gas Production, Hydrolysate

Chris Skurka

Assistant Professor, Film-Video and Media Studies
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Graphic Warning Labels, Older Adults, Activism, Cigarette Packs

Nita Bharti

Associate Professor And Lloyd Huck Early Career Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Measles, Niger, COVID-19, Hendra Virus, Wintering Habitat

Susan Brantley

Dr. Hubert Barnes and Dr. Mary Barnes Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Regolith, Shale Hills, Critical Zone Observatory, Pennsylvania, Shale

Edward Smith

Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Top research keywords: Rotors, Rotor Blade, Rotorcraft, Flaps, Fluidics

Kimberly Lau

Assistant Professor in Geosciences, Geosciences
Top research keywords: 238U, Permian, Uranium Isotope, Carbon Cycle, Anoxia

Erika Machtinger

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Diptera, House Fly, Muscidae, Filth Flies, Ixodes Scapularis

Ekaterina Bazilevskaya

Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Regolith, Porosity, Diabase, Borehole, Carbon Dioxide

Shedra "Amy" Snipes

Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Top research keywords: Farmers, Pesticides, Personal Protective Equipment, Mexican Americans, African Americans

Paul Esker

Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Fungicide, Soybean Yield, United States, Cultivar, Seeds

Shantu Amin

Professor, Department of Pharmacology
Top research keywords: Epoxy Compounds, DNA Adducts, 5-methylchrysene, Benzo(a)pyrene, Adduct

Randy L. Vander Wal

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Nanomaterial, Soot, Nanostructures, Laser-induced Incandescence, Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs)

Shengxi Huang

Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Raman Spectroscopy, Raman Scattering, Phonons, Black Phosphorus, Heterojunctions

Linxiao Zhu

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Radiative Heat Transfer, Near-field, Radiative Cooling, Near-field Radiative Heat Transfer, Thermal Radiation

Ruohao Zhang

Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: COVID-19 Mortality, Mortality, Vaccination Record, COVID-19, Economic Impact Payments

Daniel E. Walters

Assistant Professor, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Administrative Law, Doctrine, Market Reaction, Transnational Law, Supreme Court

Rudolf Schilder

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Alternative Splicing, Skeletal Muscle, Flight, Troponin T, Flight Muscle

Paola C. Ferreri

Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Brook Trout, Brown Trout Salmo Trutta, Salvelinus Fontinalis, Trout, Population Dynamics

Nina Jablonski

Evan Pugh University Professor of Anthropology, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Skin Pigmentation, Hominidae, Theropithecus, Vitamin D, Ultraviolet Rays

James Schupp

Top research keywords: Apples, Rootstocks, Fruit Size, Thinning (plants), Cultivars

Elizabeth Long

Assistant Research Professor, Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center (PRC)
Top research keywords: Politicians, Alcohol Use Disorder, Substance Use Disorder, Research Use, Alcohol Use

David Craft

Professor Emeritus, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Top research keywords: Acinetobacter Baumannii, Military Facilities, Iraq, Microbiology, Acinetobacter

Duane Diefenbach

Adjunct Professor of Wildlife Ecology
Top research keywords: Deer, Odocoileus Virginianus, Harvest, Lynx Rufus, Hunters

Timothy Bralower

Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Paleocene, Eocene, Nannofossil, Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, Nannofossils