Affiliated Researchers: Characterization

Joyce Sakamoto

Assistant Research Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Wolbachia, Wolbachia Infection, Vaginal Microbiome, Vagina Flora, Ixodes Scapularis

Josephine Wee

Assistant Professor, Food Science
Top research keywords: Aspergillus Parasiticus, Aflatoxin, Oxidative Stress, Transcription Factors, Transcription Factor

Edward (Ted) Reutzel

Senior Research Associate, Applied Research Laboratory (ARL)
Top research keywords: Additive Manufacturing, Powder Bed Fusion, Directed Energy Deposition, Ti-6Al-4V (Ti64), Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing

Robert Mathers

Professor, Penn State New Kensington
Top research keywords: Polymerization, Hydrophobicity, Self Assembly, Copolymer, Monomer

Erika Machtinger

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

Ralph Colby

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Ionomer, Rheology, Polyethylene Glycol, Copolymer, Glass Transition Temperature

William Brune

Distinguished Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Atmospherics, Troposphere, Emissions, Isoprene, Oxidant

William Burgos

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Iron Oxide, Fe(II), Bioreduction, Low PH, U(VI)

Aleksandra Radlinska

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Material Properties, Alkali-activated Slag, Restrained Ring Test, Drying Shrinkage, Early-age Cracking

Joshua Robinson

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Graphene, Monolayers, Transition Metal Dichalcogenide, Two-Dimensional Material, Heterojunction

Heather Preisendanz

Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Pennsylvania, Agricultural Fields, Wastewater, Estrogen, Polyfluoroalkyl Substances

Gregory Jenkins

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

Surinder Chopra

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Maize, Sorghum, Allele, Pericarp, Flavonoids

Robert Rioux

Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Nanoparticle, Platinum, Surface (Surface Science), Hydrogenation, Oxidation Reaction

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

David Snyder

Research Associate, Applied Research Laboratory (ARL)
Top research keywords: Graphene, Film, Chemical Vapor Deposition, Epitaxial Graphene, Vapor Deposition

Virendra M. Puri

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

Venkatraman Gopalan

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Ferroelectric Material, Thin Films, Domain Wall, Film, Lithium Tantalate

Keith Cheng

Distinguished Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Top research keywords: Zebra Fish, Zebrafish, Genetics, Pigmentation, Histology

Gretchen A. Kuldau

Associate Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Maize, Fusarium Verticillioides, Fusarium, Fusarium Graminearum, Ensiling

Joel Morrison

Associate Research Professor, EMS Energy Institute
Top research keywords: Coal Water Slurry, Co-firing, Fire Technology, Performance Requirement, Fly Ash Utilization

Amrita Basak

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Epitaxy, Scanning Laser Epitaxy, Three Dimensional Printing, Powder Bed Fusion, Additive Manufacturing

Lauren Greenlee

Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Nanoparticles, Iron, Struvite, Magnesium, Wastewater

Andrea Argüelles

Associate Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Ultrasonics, Additive Manufacturing, Polycrystal, Ultrasonic Testing, Porosity

Amin Nozariasbmarz

Mark Klima

Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Coal, Refuse, Bituminous Coal, Slurry, Coal Preparation

John Hellmann

Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences
Top research keywords: Fibers, Sapphire, Fiber, Composite Materials, Float Glass

Richard Stehouwer

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

Ming Tien

Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Phanerochaete, Lignin Peroxidase, Manganese Peroxidase, Peroxidase, Lignin

Samy Madbouly

Assistant Professor of Engineering, Plastics Engineering Technology, School of Engineering (Behrend)
Top research keywords: Polyurethanes, Dispersions, Polymers, Polymethyl Methacrylates, Shear

Sanjay Srinivasan

Department Head and Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Reservoir Model, Dynamic Data, Seismic Data, Multiple Point, Carbon Dioxide

Farshad Rajabipour

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Alkali Silica Reaction, Portland Cement, Fly Ash, Cementitious Material, Phase Composition

Ying Gu

Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Cellulose, Synthase, Cellulose Synthase, Arabidopsis, Cellulose Synthesis

Qing Wang

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Dielectric Material, Ferroelectric Material, Energy Density, Dielectrics, Polymer Nanocomposites

Bruce Miller

Research Professor, EMS Energy Institute
Top research keywords: Coal, Adsorbents, Flue Gases, Adsorption, Fuel

Hee Jeung Oh

Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Polyethylene Glycol, Poly(arylene Ether Sulfone), Plasticizing, Block Copolymer, Doxorubicin

Clive Randall

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Sintering, Ferroelectric Material, Barium Titanate, Dielectric Property, Piezoelectricity

Tania Slawecki

Research Associate, Materials Research Institute (MRI)
Top research keywords: Microwaves, Microwave, Shear, Shearing, Magnetrons

Enrique Gomez

Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Block Copolymer, Poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT), Conjugated Polymer, Organic Solar Cells, Conjugated Polymers

Sandeep Prabhu

Department Head and Professor, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Top research keywords: Selenium, Selenoprotein, Macrophages, Macrophage, Inflammation