Affiliated Researchers: Division

Mihail Kantor

Assistant Research Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Nematoda, Cyst Nematodes, Nematode, Cactodera, Soil Sampling

Slava Rotkin

Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Nanotubes, Carbon Nanotubes, Single Walled Nanotube, Nanotube, Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWCN)

Richard Ciocci

Associate Professor, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Lead-free Solders, Lead, Electronics Industry, Students, Naphthalene

Azar Eslam Panah

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Division of Engineering, Business & Computing (Berks)
Top research keywords: Vortex Flow, Vorticity, Airfoils, Leading Edges, Vortices

Joel Morrison

Associate Research Professor, EMS Energy Institute
Top research keywords: Coal, Sorbents, Water, Alleghanian, Coal Preparation

Joel Anstrom

Associate Research Professor, Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute
Top research keywords: Hybrid Vehicles, Lithium-ion Batteries, Electric Motors, Literature Review, Dynamic Control

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

Susan Stewart

Associate Teaching Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Top research keywords: Wind Turbines, Wind Power, Rotors, Condensers (liquefiers), Condenser Tubes

Monty Alger

Professor of Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Liquid Metals, Polymer Films, Polycarbonates, Gibbs Free Energy, Thermodynamics

Janelle Larson

Associate Professor, Division of Engineering, Business & Computing (Berks)
Top research keywords: Land Titling, Honduras, Credit, Land Market, Farm

Lisa Emili

Associate Professor, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Peatland, Peatlands, Non-Point Source Pollution, British Columbia, Groundwater Flow

Dale Litwhiler

Associate Professor, Division of Engineering, Business & Computing (Berks)
Top research keywords: Students, Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Energy Harvesting, Accelerometers

Mohamad Darayi

Assistant Professor of Systems Engineering, Engineering Division (Great Valley)
Top research keywords: Network Components, Supply Chains, Economics, Critical Infrastructures, Decision Theory

Sohail Anwar

Professor, Division of Business, Engineering, and Information Sciences & Technology (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Engineering Technology, Students, Education, Voltage, MOSFET

Michael Gannon

Professor, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Chiroptera, Puerto Rico, Experimental Forests, Hurricanes, Habitat Selection

Samantha Powers

Assistant Professor of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, Division of Social Sciences (Abington)
Top research keywords: Recreation, Pandemics, Social Capital, Staff, Public Perception

Tami Mysliwiec

Associate Professor of Biology, Division of Science (Berks)
Top research keywords: Src Homology Domains, Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, Abl Genes, Catabolite Repression, Proline

Kofi Adu

Professor of Physics, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Carbon Nanotubes, Phonons, Phonon, Nanowires, Nanowire

Denise Potosky

Professor, Management Division (Great Valley)
Top research keywords: Work Performance, Job Performance, Cognitive Ability, Personnel, Predictors

Masataka Okutsu

Assistant Professor of Engineering, Division of Engineering and Science (Abington)
Top research keywords: Mars, Trajectories, Earth (planet), Low Thrust, Gravitation

Lorena Tribe

Professor of Chemistry, Division of Science (Berks)
Top research keywords: Computational Chemistry, Glyphosate, Montmorillonite, Sodium Chloride, Chemistry

Kathryn W. Jablokow

Professor, Engineering Division (Great Valley)
Top research keywords: Students, Engineering Design, Design, Engineers, Engineering Education

Jacob Benfield

Professor of Psychology, Division of Social Sciences (Abington)
Top research keywords: Aggressive Driving, National Park, Ownership, Mood, Recreation

Ashkan Negahban

Associate Professor of Engineering Management, Engineering Division (Great Valley)
Top research keywords: Agent-based Simulation, New Products, Hybrid Simulation, Problem-Based Learning, Sales

Burcu Ozden

Assistant Professor of Engineering, Division of Engineering and Science (Abington)
Top research keywords: Polariton, Polaritons, Condensates, Spin Orbit Coupling, High Electron Mobility Transistors

Robin Guanghua Qiu

Professor, Engineering Division (Great Valley)
Top research keywords: Semiconductor Materials, Industry, Supply Chains, Information Systems, Alzheimer's Disease

Greg Barber

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Photonic Crystals, Surface Plasmons, Photonic Crystal, Solar Cells, Dye-sensitized Solar Cells

Carolyn Mahan

Professor, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Tamias Striatus, Sciuridae, National Parks, Flying Squirrels, Glaucomys Sabrinus

Yimin Zhu

Associate Professor, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Lignin, Monolignol, Protein Footprinting, Cell Wall, Plant Cells

Xuemei Huang

Associate Dean for Physician-Scientist Development, Penn State College of Medicine
Top research keywords: Parkinson Disease, Substantia Nigra, Manganese, Fingers, Welding

Sarah Kawasaki

Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Top research keywords: Opioid Analgesics, Buprenorphine, Methadone, Opioid Epidemic, Pandemics

Cynthia J. Whitener

Professor, Department of Medicine
Top research keywords: HIV, Vancomycin, Bacteremia, Infections, Staphylococcus Aureus

Cheryl Thompson

Professor, Interim Vice Chair for Education and Endowed Chair in Cancer Population Sciences Research, Department of Public Health Sciences
Top research keywords: Breast Neoplasms, Colonic Neoplasms, Adenoma, Melanoma, Neoplasms