Affiliated Researchers: Black

Justine Lindemann

Assistant Professor of Community Development and Resilience, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Land Reform, Green Infrastructure, Politics, Community Development, Agricultural Sciences

Darryl Thomas

Associate Professor, African American Studies
Top research keywords: Twenty-first Century, Black Internationalism, Commonwealth Of Independent States, Liberation, Commonwealth Of Nations

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

Randy L. Vander Wal

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Soot, Nanostructures, Nanomaterial, Incandescence, Carbon

Brian Black

Division Head and Distinguished Professor, History, Division of Arts & Humanities (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Oil, Petroleum, Oil Boom, Economic Planning, World War I

Ekaterina Bazilevskaya

Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Weathering, Soil, Regolith, Diabase, Goethite

Megan Marshall

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

Sibel Irmak

Research Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Biomass, Reforming Reactions, Catalysts, Hydrogen, Catalyst Supports

Nita Bharti

Associate Professor And Lloyd Huck Early Career Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Niger, Measles, Disease Outbreaks, SARS Virus, Satellite Imagery

Paul Patterson

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

Chris Skurka

Assistant Professor, Film-Video and Media Studies
Top research keywords: Tobacco, Nicotine, Intention, Appeal, Tobacco Products

Edward Smith

Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Top research keywords: Rotors, Composite Materials, Helicopters, Fluidics, Actuators

Kimberly Lau

Assistant Professor in Geosciences, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Uranium Isotope, Isotope, Triassic, Anoxia, Permian

Susan Brantley

Dr. Hubert Barnes and Dr. Mary Barnes Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Weathering, Dissolution, Shale, Regolith, Soil

Laura Y. Cabrera

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

Guangqing Chi

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: County, Land Use, Amenity, Migration, Twitter

Paul Esker

Associate Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Soybeans, Zea Mays, Fungicides, Triticum, Chaetocnema Pulicaria

Kelli Hoover

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Anoplophora Glabripennis, Coleoptera, Insecta, Larva, Baculoviridae

Shedra "Amy" Snipes

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

Shantu Amin

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

Shengxi Huang

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

Vincent Meunier

Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Nanoribbon, Electronic Properties, Graphene Nanoribbon, Graphene, Density Functional Theory

Colin Zarzycki

Assistant Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Tropical Cyclone, Climate Modeling, Atmosphere, Simulation, Regional Climate

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, RNA Precursors, Odonata, Troponin T, Muscles

Justin Brown

Assistant Teaching Professor, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Top research keywords: Influenza In Birds, Orthomyxoviridae, Influenza A Virus, Birds, Virus

Paola C. Ferreri

Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Salvelinus Namaycush, Lake, Great Lakes, Salvelinus Fontinalis, Salmo Trutta

Elizabeth Long

Assistant Research Professor, Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center (PRC)
Top research keywords: Alcoholism, Alcohols, Alcohol, Twin Studies , Substance-Related Disorders

Nina Jablonski

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

James Schupp

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

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, Nanofossil, Eocene, Cretaceous, Nanoplankton