Affiliated Researchers: Chemical

Sarma Pisupati

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Gasification, Fluidized Bed, Pyrolysis, Fluid Viscosity, Agglomeration

John (Jack) Vanden Heuvel

Professor of Veterinary Science, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Top research keywords: Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor, Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor, Perfluorohexanoic Acid (PFHxA), Conjugated Linoleic Acid, Gene Expression

Nathaniel Warner

Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Produced Water, Radium, Surface Water, Wastewater, Pennsylvania

Iain Murray

Top research keywords: Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor, Aromatic Hydrocarbon Receptor, Ah Receptor, Receptor Activation, Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor

Gary Felton

Department Head and Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Caterpillar, Helicoverpa Zea, Plant Defense, Herbivore, Host Plant

Semih Eser

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Jet Fuel, Carbon Deposition, Carbonization, Thermal Stressing, Decant Oil

Yun Kyung Shin

Associate Research Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: ReaxFF, Surface (Surface Science), ReaxFF Reactive Force Field, Computer Simulation, Force Field

Timothy W. McNellis

Associate Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Erwinia Amylovora, Arabidopsis, Apple, Virulence, Wild Type

Shihui Shen

Distinguished Professor, Division of Business, Engineering, and Information Sciences & Technology (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Asphalt Pavements, Asphalt Mixture, Pavement, Asphalt Pavement, Asphalt Binder

Robert Hickey

Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Block Copolymer, Nanoparticle, Copolymer, Self Assembly, Nanoparticles

Long He

Associate Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Apple, Mechanical Harvesting, Apple Orchard, Orchard, Mechanical Energy Harvesting

Ali Borhan

Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Surfactant, Axisymmetric, Solid Surface, Bond Number, Fluid Viscosity

Farshad Rajabipour

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

Kelli Hoover

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Asian Long-Horned Beetle, Anoplophora Glabripennis, Baculovirus, Spotted Lanternfly, Hemiptera

Tara Felix

Associate Professor, Animal Science
Top research keywords: Steers, Carcass Characteristics, Feedlot, Growth Performance, Distillers Grains

Slava Rotkin

Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Nanotube, Carbon Nanotube, Nanotubes, Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs), Carbon Nanotubes

Ed Rajotte

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Bees, Malus, Orchard, Orchards, Apples

John Asbury

Professor, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Ultrafast, Organic Solar Cells, Excited State, Nanocrystalline, Organic Photovoltaics

Anne Menefee

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Carbon Dioxide, Basalt, Shale, Carbonate, Greenhouse Gas

Derek Elsworth

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Permeability Evolution, Hydraulic Fracturing, Effective Stress, Shale, Porosity

Linghao Zhong

Professor of Chemistry, Penn State Mont Alto
Top research keywords: Cellulose, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Cellulose Surface, Cellulose Nanofibrils, CBH I

Juan Pablo "JP" Gevaudan

Assistant Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Alkali-activated Cement, Sodium, Aluminosilicate, Cementitious Material, Geopolymer

Long-Qing Chen

Hamer Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Ferroelectric Material, Phase-field Model, Phase Field, Thin Films, Phase Field Model

Gamini Mendis

Assistant Professor of Engineering, School of Engineering (Behrend)
Top research keywords: Energy Consumption, Genetic Algorithm, Energy Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Machine Tool

Jeffrey Catchmark

Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Bacterial Cellulose, Cellulose, Surface (Surface Science), Pullulan, Composite Material

Jayson K. Harper

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Growers, Bug, Cultivar, Poland, Maize

Andrew Patterson

Professor, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Top research keywords: Intestine Flora, Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor, Microflora, Gut Microbiota, Metabolomics

Gary Perdew

John T. And Paige S. Smith Professor, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Top research keywords: Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor, Aromatic Hydrocarbon Receptor, Ah Receptor, Heat Shock Protein 90 (Hsp90), Receptor Activation

Paul Esker

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

Keith Cheng

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

Michael Janik

Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Density, Density Functional Theory, Surface (Surface Science), Oxidation Reaction, Density Functional Calculations

Matthew Fantle

Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Isotopic Composition, Isotopic Fractionation, Recrystallization, Calcium Isotopes, Fractionation

Kristen Fichthorn

Merrell R. Fenske Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Surface (Surface Science), Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Density, Nanowire, Nanoparticle

Bert Chandler

Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Nanoparticle, Dendrimer, Titanium Dioxide, Oxidation Reaction, Surface (Surface Science)

Benjamin Lear

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

Lauren Greenlee

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

Kofi Adu

Professor of Physics, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Carbon Nanotube, Nanowire, Carbon Nanotubes, Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs), Thermoelectrics

Konstantinos Alexopoulos

Assistant Research Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: ZSM-5, Microkinetic Modeling, Single-atom Catalysts, Butene, Formation

Ezra Clark

Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Carbon Dioxide, Electrocatalysts, CO2 Reduction Reaction (CO2RR), Electrochemical Reaction, Surface (Surface Science)

Laura Guertin

Professor, Penn State Brandywine
Top research keywords: South Atlantic, Sediment Core, X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Data Reporting, International Ocean Discovery Program