Affiliated Researchers: Environment

Peter Newman

Department Head, Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
Top research keywords: National Park, National Parks, Outdoor Recreation, Protected Area, Recreation

Sulin Zhang

Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Lithiation, Carbon Nanotubes, Lithium-ion Batteries, Lithium, Electric Batteries

Jessica Conway

Associate Professor, Mathematics
Top research keywords: HIV, Therapy, Virus, HIV Infection, Infection

Christian Huber

Assistant Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Population, Mutation, Drosophila Melanogaster, Genetic Variation, Genomics

George Milner

Distinguished Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Skeleton, Cemetery, Dental Calculus, Death, River

John Golbeck

Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Photosystem I Protein Complex, Electrons, Sulfur, Iron, Phylloquinone

Hong Ma

Top research keywords: Arabidopsis, Magnoliopsida, Genes, Flowers, Meiosis

David Toews

Assistant Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Songbirds, Hybrid Zone, Setophaga, Genomics, Plumage

Yingwei Mao

Associate Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Schizophrenia, Crystallins, Lenses, Apoptosis, Genes

Michael Skvarla

Assistant Research Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Cunaxidae, Acari, Mite, Mites, Arkansas River

Xuemei Huang

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

Seth Bordenstein

Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Wolbachia, Microbiota, Bacteria, Symbiosis, Bacteriophages

Xiang Gao

Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Top research keywords: Parkinson Disease, Prospective Studies, Confidence Intervals, Restless Legs Syndrome, Cohort Studies

Laura Weyrich

Associate Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Microbiota, Ancient DNA, Soil, Dental Calculus, Microbiome

Karl Zimmerer

Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Agrobiodiversity, Bolivia, Food, Peasant, Livelihood

Nina Jablonski

Evan Pugh University Professor of Anthropology, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Skin Pigmentation, Hominidae, Theropithecus, Vitamin D, Ultraviolet Rays

Louis Bengyella

Assistant Research Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Ascomycota, Solanum Tuberosum, Bambusa, Fungal Spores, Germination

Blair Siegfried

Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education, College of Agricultural Sciences
Top research keywords: Zea Mays, Diabrotica Virgifera Virgifera, Ostrinia Nubilalis, Coleoptera, Bacillus Thuringiensis

Tracy Nixon

Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Sinorhizobium Meliloti, ATPases Associated With Diverse Cellular Activities, Cellulose Synthase, DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases, Adenosine Triphosphate

Justin Brown

Assistant Teaching Professor, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Top research keywords: Influenza In Birds, Orthomyxoviridae, Influenza A Virus, Birds, Virus

Mark Shriver

Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Population, Skin Pigmentation, Single Nucleotide Polymorphism, African Americans, Alleles

Tania Slawecki

Research Associate, Materials Research Institute (MRI)
Top research keywords: Microwaves, Microwave, Shear, Shearing, Magnetrons

Xiaojun "Lance" Lian

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Top research keywords: Pluripotent Stem Cells, Stem Cells, Cardiac Myocytes, Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, Catenins

Sandeep Prabhu

Department Head and Professor, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Top research keywords: Selenium, Selenoproteins, Macrophages, Inositol Oxygenase, Inflammation

Jason Rasgon

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Culicidae, Anopheles, Wolbachia, Culex, Malaria

Ashley Shay

Assistant Research Professor, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
Top research keywords: Selenoproteins, Macrophages, Selenium, Inflammation, Protectin D1

Kathryn Brasier

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Farm, Farmer, Stakeholder, Shale Gas, Agriculture

Sagan Friant

Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Parasites, Cercocebus, Bushmeat, Rivers, Food Supply

Kristin Sznajder

Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Top research keywords: China, Pandemics, Latent Class Analysis, Cross-Sectional Studies, Occupational Stress

Aida Ebrahimi

Associate Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Top research keywords: Silicon, Sensors, Hydrogenation, Graphene, Substrates

Mark J. Guiltinan

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Cacao, Theobroma Cacao, Zea Mays, Genes, Endosperm

Huanyu "Larry" Cheng

Associate Professor and Dorothy Quiggle Career Development Professor in Engineering, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Electronic Equipment, Graphene, Mechanics, Skin, Substrates

Edward Dudley

Professor, Food Science
Top research keywords: Serogroup, Escherichia Coli O157, Escherichia Coli, Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, Virulence

Murali Haran

Department Head and Professor, Statistics
Top research keywords: Model Calibration, Spatial Data, Markov Chain Monte Carlo, Model, Computer Model

Jordan Bisanz

Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Microbiota, Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Probiotics, Microbiome, Yogurt

Ottar Bjornstad

Distinguished Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Synchrony, Epidemics, Population Dynamics, Disease Outbreaks, Arvicolinae

Ali Borhan

Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Drop, Surface Active Agents, Fluids, Flow, Bubble

Erika Machtinger

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Diptera, Ticks, Musca Domestica, Muscidae, Deer

Jesse Lasky

Associate Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Arabidopsis, Genomics, Climate, Local Adaptation, Forests

Surinder Chopra

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Zea Mays, Sorghum, Corn, Sorghum (Poaceae), Alleles