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)

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

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

Corey Gracie-Griffin

Professor, Division of Arts & Humanities (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Office Buildings, Timber, Daylighting, Developing Countries, Concrete Construction

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

Associate 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

Tami Mysliwiec

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

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

Kofi Adu

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

Lorena Tribe

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

Masataka Okutsu

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

Denise Potosky

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

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

Robin Guanghua Qiu

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

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

Yimin Zhu

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

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

Xuemei Huang

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

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

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