Affiliated Researchers: COVID-19

Ruohao Zhang

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

Sharareh (Sherri) Kermanshachi

Vice Chancellor for Research and Outreach, Penn State Harrisburg
Top research keywords: Transport, Autonomous Vehicles, Construction Industry, Construction Projects, Construction Workers

Katriona Shea

Alumni Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Carduus Nutans, Seeds, Thistle, Life History, Pollinator

Brian King

Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: South Africa, AIDS/HIV, Okavango Delta, Botswana, Diseases

Louisa Holmes

Associate Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Older Adults, Young Adults, Narcotic Drugs, San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco

Nita Bharti

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

Jessica Myrick

Professor, Film-Video and Media Studies
Top research keywords: Celebrity, Information Seeking, Social Media, Skin Cancer, COVID-19 Pandemic

Michael Mashtare

Assistant Professor in BioRenewable Systems, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Polyfluoroalkyl Substances, 17-estradiol, Pennsylvania, Cotton Gin Waste, Biochar

Guangqing Chi

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: China, Population Dynamics, Population Change, Land Use, Population Increase

Jessica Conway

Associate Professor, Mathematics
Top research keywords: Dynamics, Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection, Viral Load, HIV Infection

Mare Sarr

Associate Professor, School of International Affairs
Top research keywords: Technological Change, International Transfer Of Technology, Race-ethnicity, Risk Preferences, Rebound Effect

Manzhu Yu

Assistant Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Dust Storm, Deep Learning Methods, Geospatial Data, COVID-19, Cloud Computing

Brian Thiede

Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Americas, United States, Sub-Saharan Africa, Population Censuses, Climate Change Impacts

Stephan J. Goetz

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: USA, U.S. Counties, Rural Areas, County Level, Economic Growth

Jennifer Kraschnewski

Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine
Top research keywords: Pennsylvania, Obesity, Health Systems, Patient-centered, Health System

Suzanna Windon

Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Ohio, Brainstorming, Mindfulness, Farmers With Disabilities, LIFE Programme

Gregory Jenkins

Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Climate Modeling, Western Africa, West Africa, Senegal, Troposphere

Juliet Pinto

Associate Professor, Journalism
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Journalism, Latin America (LATAM), Latin America, Environmental Issue

John Dattilo

Professor, Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
Top research keywords: Leisure Activity, Leisure, Leisure Education, Social Support, Intellectual Disability

Prasenjit Mitra

Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Search Engines, Digital Libraries, Metadata, Semantics, Classifiers

Scott Richardson

Research Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Emissions, Atmospherics, Carbon Dioxide, Indianapolis, Methane

Justin Silverman

Assistant Professor in Data Sciences, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Microbiota, Microbiome, Microflora, Intestine Flora, Human Gut Microbiota

Natasha Miles

Associate Research Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Emissions, Carbon Dioxide, Atmospherics, Indianapolis, Methane

Matthew Ferrari

Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Measles, Vaccination, Vaccination Coverage, Measles Virus, Outbreak Response

Nikhil Menon

Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Automated Vehicle, Statistical Analysis, Transportation Network, Transport, COVID-19 Pandemic

Ottar Bjornstad

Distinguished Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Population Dynamics, Density Dependence, Vaccination, Measles, Spatial Synchrony

Daniel Mallinson

Associate Professor of Public Policy and Administration, School of Public Affairs (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Policy Diffusion, American States, Pennsylvania, Innovation Policy, Political Science

Christine J. Kirchhoff

Associate Professor, School of Engineering Design and Innovation
Top research keywords: Climate Information, Climate Change, Decision Making, Boundary Organization, Boundary Chain

Kristin Sznajder

Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Top research keywords: China, Structural Equation Analysis, Prospective Cohort Study, COVID-19, Resilience

Martina Vecchi

Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Food, Lab Experiment, Local Food, Food Choice, Socioeconomic Status

Samantha Powers

Assistant Professor of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, Division of Social Sciences (Abington)
Top research keywords: Local Parks, Campus Recreation, Local Recreation, Recreation Services, University Students

R. Allen Kimel

Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Azides, Yttrium Oxide, Photosystem II, Stabilized Zirconia, Zirconia

Zhongyi Yuan

Associate Professor, Risk Management
Top research keywords: Tail Probability, Asymptotics, Finite-time Ruin Probability, Ruin Probability, Financial Risk

Jonathan Marks

Professor, Philosophy
Top research keywords: Nutrition Policy, Law, Corporate Influence, Public Health, Advocacy

Melanie Hetzel-Riggin

Professor, School of Humanities & Social Sciences (Behrend)
Top research keywords: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Trauma, Sexual Assault, Peritraumatic Dissociation, College Students

Jennifer Van Hook

Roy C. Buck Professor, Sociology and Criminology
Top research keywords: Immigrant, USA, United States, Immigrants, Immigrant Children

Deborah Ehrenthal

Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Top research keywords: Wisconsin, Medicaid, Confidence Interval, Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes, United States

Kai Schafft

Professor, Education Policy Studies
Top research keywords: Pennsylvania, Marcellus Shale, Boomtowns, Shale Gas, Rural Areas

Shirley Clark

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

Edward C. Jaenicke

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Private Label, United States, Household Level, Food Waste, Retailers