Affiliated Researchers: Distribution

Rebecca Bliege Bird

Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Martu, Australia, Western Desert, Foragers, Hunters

Luke LaBorde

Professor, Food Science
Top research keywords: Listeria Monocytogenes, Tree Fruits, Packinghouse, Apple Juice, Food Safety

David A.W. Miller

Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Amphibians, Life History, Occupancy, Species Distribution, Climate Change

Eric Zenner

Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Beech, Basal Area, Old-growth, Skid Trail, Overstory

Casey Helgeson

Assistant Research Professor, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: Risk Management, Climate Change Adaptation, Climate Risk, Climate Risk Management, Risk Research

William Walters

Associate Professor, Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering
Top research keywords: Spent Fuels, Control Rods, Fission, Rockets, Hot Temperature

Leann Andrews

Assistant Professor in Landscape Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Peru, Iquitos, Floating Community, Juvenile Salmon, Justice

Arash Dahi Taleghani

Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Hydraulic Fracturing, Wellbore, Hydraulic Fracture, Natural Fracture, Lost Circulation Material

Zhongyi Yuan

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

Susan Stewart

Associate Teaching Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Top research keywords: Wind Turbine, Condenser, Condenser Design, Exchanger, Finned-tube Condenser

Nikhil Menon

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

Emily Rosenman

Assistant Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Economic Geography, Finance, USA, Financialization, Investors

Sharifa Crandall

Assistant Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Fungal Spores, Plant Diseases, Vegetation Type, Plant Pathogen, Airborne Spores

Jay Stauffer Jr.

Distinguished Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Cichlid, Cichlidae, Teleostei, Lake Malawi, Africa

Murali Haran

Department Head and Professor, Statistics
Top research keywords: Markov Chain Monte Carlo, Bayesian Inference, Model Calibration, Spatial Data, Ice-sheet Models

Daniel Brent

Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Willingness To Pay, Social Comparison, Traffic Congestion, Water Cost

Tieyuan Zhu

Associate Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Wave Equation, Viscoacoustic, Attenuation, Fractional Laplacian, Reaction Time

Alyssa Collins

Director, Southeast Agricultural Research & Extension Center; Asssociate Research Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: United States, Yield Loss, Loss Measurement, Ontario Canada, Soybean Yield

Fernando Soto

Assistant Professor of Energy Engineering, Penn State Greater Allegheny
Top research keywords: Surface (Surface Science), Solid Electrolyte, Density, Solid Electrolyte Interphase, Density Functional Theory

Kristen Fichthorn

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

Madhavan Swaminathan

Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Dielectrics, Power Distribution, Interconnects, Electric Power Distribution, Power Plane

Erica Smithwick

Distinguished Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Pinus, Carbon Sink, Pennsylvania, Prescribed Fire

Todd LaJeunesse

Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Symbiodinium, Dinoflagellate, Symbiont, Coral, Reef-building Corals

Sukyoung Lee

Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Rossby Wave, Air Temperature, Temperate Region, Atmospherics, Eddies

Gregory Pavlak

Assistant Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Thermal Comfort, Heat Storage, Energy Use, Energy Systems, Residential Building

Barbara Arnold

Professor Of Practice in Energy and Mineral Engineering, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Froth Flotation, Coal Flotation, Fine Coal, Dewatering, Electric Power Plant

Derek Elsworth

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

Dennis Decoteau

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Watermelon, Far-red Light, Petiole, Common Bean, Snap Bean

Ed Rajotte

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

Guangqing Chi

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

Richard Mistrick

Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Lighting System, Daylight, Photosensor, Illuminance, Systems Performance

Yuefeng Xie

Professor, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Disinfection, Haloacetic Acid, Byproducts, Byproduct, Potable Water

Yan Li

Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Microgrid, Networked Microgrids, Power Engineering, Transients, Power System

Linghao Zhong

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

Suat Irmak

Department Head and Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Evapotranspiration, Irrigation, Nebraska, Maize, Soil Water

Gui Becker

Associate Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Batrachochytrium Dendrobatidis, Amphibians, Anura, Chytridiomycosis, Microbiome

Jesse Lasky

Associate Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Genomics, Arabidopsis Thaliana, Local Adaptation, Genetics, Arabidopsis

W. Larry Kenney

Professor and Marie Underhill Noll Chair in Human Performance, Kinesiology
Top research keywords: Reflex, Skin Blood Flow, Heat Stress, Cutaneous Vasodilation, Older Adults

Susan Brantley

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

Wangda Zuo

Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Fluid Dynamics, Air Flow, Fast Fluid Dynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Office Buildings