Affiliated Researchers: Earth System

Peter Idowu

Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies, Penn State Harrisburg
Top research keywords: Power Engineering, Energy Conversion, Energy Systems, Power System, Stabilizer

Chris E. Forest

Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Climate Modeling, Climate Models, Climate System, Earth System Model

Anthony Foyle

Associate Professor, School of Science (Behrend)
Top research keywords: Pennsylvania, Lake Erie, United States, United States Of America, Bluff Retreat

Esther Obonyo

Professor, School of Engineering Design and Innovation
Top research keywords: Construction Worker, Posture Recognition, Recognition Model, Construction Workers, Injury Prevention

Kimberly Lau

Assistant Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: 238U, Permian, Uranium Isotope, Carbon Cycle, Anoxia

Matthew Fantle

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

Christopher House

Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Mars, Gale Crater, Mars Crater, Methane, Curiosity Rover

Christopher Gorski

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Iron Oxide, Fe2+, Fe(II), Battery-type Electrode, Thermally Regenerative Ammonia-based Battery

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

Erica Smithwick

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

Tess Russo

Assistant Professor and Rudy L. Slingerland Early Career Professorship, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Groundwater, Water Management, Aquifer, Shale, Modeling

Frederico Fonseca

Associate Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Ontology, Geographic Information, Information Systems, Geographic Information System, Ontology-driven

Timothy Michael Murtha Jr.

Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Mexico, Guatemala, Vegetation, Land Use, Tikal

Chris Marone

Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Fault Gouge, Fault Zone, Friction, Earthquake, Fault Slip

Li Li

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Reactive Transport, Streamflow, Carbon Dioxide, Solute, Dissolved Organic Carbon

Elizabeth Hajek

Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Stratigraphy, Flood Plain, Morphodynamics, Tectonics, Avulsion

Brian Kelley

Assistant Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: China, Permian, South China, Carbonate Platform, End-Permian Mass Extinction

Manzhu Yu

Associate Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Dust Storm, Particular Matter 2.5, Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Deep Learning

Tim White

Associate Research Professor, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: Observatory, Paleosol, Critical Zone Observatory, Eocene, United States Of America

Bernd J. Haupt

Senior Research Associate, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: Conveyor, North Atlantic, Global Ocean, Ocean Circulation, Sea Surface Salinity

Heather Karsten

Associate Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Pennsylvania, Cover Crop, Manure, No-till, Grains

Antonia Hadjimichael

Assistant Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Vulnerability, Exploratory Modelling, Water Scarcity, River Basin, Urban Heat Island

Tanya Furman

Associate Vice President and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, The Pennsylvania State University
Top research keywords: Lava, Lithosphere, Magma, Basalt, Magmatism

Katherine Freeman

Evan Pugh University Professor of Geosciences, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Carbon 14, Carbon Isotopes, Eocene, N-alkanes, Organic Matter

Sridhar Anandakrishnan

Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Antarctic Region, West Antarctica, Ice Sheet, Ice Stream, Greenland

Jennifer Macalady

Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Biofilm, Microorganism, Microbial Community, Sulfide, Frasassi Caves

Colin Zarzycki

Associate Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Tropical Cyclone, Tropical Cyclones, Climate Modeling, Earth System Model, Variable Resolution

Lee Kump

The John Leone Dean in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences and Professor of Geosciences, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Atmospherics, Carbon 14, Permian, Mass Extinction, Eocene

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

Abu Asaduzzaman

Associate Professor of Chemistry, Science, Engineering, & Technology, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Density, Surface (Surface Science), Adsorption, Electronic Property, Electronic Properties

Yvette Richardson

Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences
Top research keywords: Tornado, Storm, Supercell, Supercells, Thunderstorm

Kenneth Davis

Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Carbon Dioxide, Atmospherics, Emissions, Methane, Boundary Layer

Anastasia Piliouras

Assistant Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Arctic Delta, Flood Plain, Permafrost, Vegetation, Channel Network

Melissa Gervais

Associate Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: North Atlantic, Sea Surface Temperature, Self Organizing Map, Atmospherics, North America

David Bice

Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Stratotype, Eocene-Oligocene Boundary, Oligocene, Eccentricity, Eocene

Douglas A. Miller

Senior Scientist, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: River Basin, Agricultural Watersheds, Geographic Information Systems, Remote Sensing, Simulation

Rahman Azari

Associate Professor in Architecture, Architecture
Top research keywords: Embodied Carbon, Lifecycle, Building Envelope, Environmental Impact, Life Cycle Assessment

Bryan McDonald

Sherwin Early Career Professorship and Associate Professor, History
Top research keywords: Americas, Environmental Change, Food Systems, Hostility, Culture Industry

Priya Sharma

Associate Professor, Learning and Performance Systems
Top research keywords: Cognitive Engagement, Discourse, Social Network Analysis, Online Discussion, Blogs

Ute Poerschke

Professor of Architecture, Architecture
Top research keywords: Environmental Sensitivity, Microclimate, Building Information Modeling, Building Performance, Energy Storage