Affiliated Researchers: Environmental Change

Juliet Pinto

Associate Professor, Journalism
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Journalism, Latin America, News Coverage, Latin America (LATAM)

Xun Cao

Professor, Political Science
Top research keywords: China, Chinese, Public Goods, Trade Competition, Environmental Regulation

Janet Swim

Professor, Psychology
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Sexism, United States Of America, Psychology, Psychologist

Stephanie Buechler

Top research keywords: Mexico, Climate Change, USA, Political Ecology, Feminist Political Ecology

William Easterling III

Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Crop, Climate, Erosion Productivity Impact Calculator, Maize

Stephen Mainzer

Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Chesapeake Bay, USA, Collective Action, Collective Identity

Mook Bangalore

Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy
Top research keywords: Poverty, Climate Change, Poor People, Climate Change Impacts, Poverty Alleviation

Rahman Azari

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

Bryan McDonald

Sherwin Early Career Professorship and Associate Professor, History
Top research keywords: Americas, Landmines, Nongovernmental Organizations, Crisis, USA

Kathryn Brasier

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: USA, Pennsylvania, Economic And Social Development, Agriculture, Women Farmers

Lauren McPhillips

Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Stormwater, Hydrology, United States Of America, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Climate Change

Renee Obringer

Assistant Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Electricity Demand, United States Of America, Climate Change, Water Demand, Climate Change Impacts

Raymond Najjar

Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Estuaries, United States Of America, Chesapeake Bay, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change

Robert Nicholas

Associate Research Professor, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Flood Risk, Climate Modeling, United States Of America, Climate Risk

C. Alan Rotz

Agricultural Engineer, US Department of Agriculture
Top research keywords: Farms, Medicago Sativa, Manure, Dairy Farming, Silage

Lara Fowler

Teaching Professor, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: USA, Stakeholder Engagement, United States, Water Management, Gasses

Travis Flohr

Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Environmental Justice, Geodesign, Urban Forest, Data Pipeline, Street Trees

Isabelle Holland-Lulewicz

Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Florida, Mounds, United States Of America, Shell, Oyster

Chris E. Forest

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

Antonia Hadjimichael

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

Kristin Sznajder

Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Top research keywords: China, COVID-19, Resilience, Structural Equation Analysis, Ghana

Chris Skurka

Associate Professor, Film-Video and Media Studies
Top research keywords: USA, United States Of America, Humor, Climate Change, Older Adults

Cibin Raj

Associate Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Watersheds, Soil Investigation, Soil And Water Assessment Tool, Water Quality, Biofuel

Jeff D. Yanosky

Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Top research keywords: PM2.5, Particular Matter 2.5, Atmospheric Aerosol, PM10, Particulate Matter

Anne Pisor

Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Climate Change Adaptation, Long-distance Relationships, Long Distance, Moral Judgment, Adaptation

Jamison Colburn

Professor, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Law, USA, Climate Change, Courts, Legal System

Brian Thiede

Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: USA, Americas, Africa, United States, Sub-Saharan Africa

Xianzeng Niu

Assistant Research Professor, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: United States Of America, Shale Gas, Pennsylvania, Sulfate Concentration, Appalachian Region

Ben Goldman

Sally W. Kalin Associate Librarian for Technological Innovations and Digital Records Archivist, University Libraries - University Park
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Climate Change Risk, Storm Surge, Sea Level Rise, Climate Change Adaptation

Jill Hamilton

Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Genetics, Genetic Divergence, Seeds, Hybrid Zone, Genomics

Larry Gorenflo

Eleanor R. Stuckeman Chair in Design and Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Mexico, Protected Areas, Basin Of Mexico, Settlement Patterns, Pre-Hispanic

Francisco Dini-Andreote

Associate Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Microbiome, Bacterium, Taxon, Microorganism, Bacterial Community

Sarah Ivory

Associate Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Holocene, Pollen, Climate Change, Africa, Malawi

Jacqueline McLaughlin

Top research keywords: Undergraduate Research, Pedagogical Framework, Biology Laboratory, Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience, Four-step

Bronwen Powell

Associate Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Food Security, Morocco, Forest Foods, Wild Food, Food Environment

Christine J. Kirchhoff

Associate Professor, School of Engineering Design and Innovation
Top research keywords: USA, Climate Change, Climate Information, Decision Making, United States

Mare Sarr

Associate Professor, School of International Affairs
Top research keywords: Technological Change, Race-ethnicity, Risk Preferences, Rebound Effect, Tunisia

Femeena Pandara Valappil

Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Duckweed, Lemna, Soil Investigation, Food Security, Biofuel Production

Trevor Birkenholtz

Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: India, Rajasthan, Groundwater, Pakistan, Solar Park

Karl Zimmerer

Distinguished Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Agrobiodiversity, Economic And Social Development, Bolivia, Andes, Agriculture