Affiliated Researchers: Environmental Change

Timothy Bralower

Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Paleocene, Nanofossil, Eocene, Cretaceous, Nanoplankton

Brian Thiede

Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Climate, Poverty, Household, Human Migration, Indigenous Forest

Ryan Thombs

Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education

Jamison Colburn

Professor, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Environmental Policy Act, Climate Change, Politics, Habitat, Legal System

Xianzeng Niu

Assistant Research Professor, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: Natural Gas, Shale Gas, Water Quality, Oil And Gas Fields, Groundwater

Seong Kim

Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Sum-Frequency Generation, Wear, Surface, Cellulose, Glass

Ken Tamminga

Distinguished Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Rivers, River, Learning, Climate Change, Sustainable Development

Nancy Tuana

DuPont/Class of 1949 Professor, Philosophy
Top research keywords: Justice, Hypatia, Climate, Empiricism, National Science Foundation

Rebecca Henn

Associate Professor, Architecture
Top research keywords: Psychological Barriers, Boundary Objects, Green Building, Architectural Design, Tax Reform

Marc E. McDill

Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Harvest, Forest Management, Planning, Oak, Quercus

Mare Sarr

Associate Professor, School of International Affairs
Top research keywords: Technological Change, Rainfall, International Transfers, Rebound Effect, Resources

Christopher Scott

Maurice K. Goddard Chair of Forestry and Environmental Conservation, Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Water, Mexico, Irrigation, Water Management, Water Scarcity

Anne Menefee

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Shale, Basalt, Mineral, Fluid, Carbonate

Gregory Jenkins

Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: West Africa, Climate Modeling, Ozone, Tropospheric Ozone, Climate Models

Elizabeth W. Boyer

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Nitrogen, Watershed, Catchment, Nitrate, Dissolved Organic Carbon

Sanjib Sharma

Assistant Research Professor, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: Forecast, Streamflow, Flood Hazard, Prediction, River Basin

Christine J. Kirchhoff

Associate Professor, School of Engineering Design and Innovation
Top research keywords: Climate, Science, Climate Change, Lake, Organization

Bronwen Powell

Associate Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Forests, Food, Diet, Morocco, Tanzania

Hong Wu

Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Stormwater, Infrastructure, Sponge, Development Planning, Audiovisuals

Christine Costello

Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Food, Greenhouse Gases, Agricultural Watersheds, Watershed, Soil And Water Assessment Tool Model

Todd Sowers

Senior Scientist, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: Ice Core, Ice, Greenland, Firn, Methane

Chingwen Cheng

Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Urban Ecosystem, Ecosystem Service, Flooding, City, Water

Darryl Farber

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering Design and Innovation
Top research keywords: Decommissioning (nuclear Reactors), Environmental Restoration And Remediation, Nuclear Industry, Radioactive Wastes, Nuclear Reactors

Ross Pifer

Clinical Professor, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Cap-and-trade, Greenhouse Gas, India, Coal-fired Power Plant

Douglas Wrenn

Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Zoning, Purchase, Shale Gas, Land Use, Duration Models

Jason Keagy

Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Mating Success, Gasterosteidae, Gasterosteus Aculeatus, Smegmamorpha, Sexual Selection

Anthony Foyle

Associate Professor, School of Science (Behrend)
Top research keywords: Lake Erie, Lakes, Coastal Zones, Lake, Sediments

Cibin Raj

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

Mort Webster

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Electricity, Uncertainty, Carbon, Climate Change, Electricity Generation

Vivek Srikrishnan

Assistant Research Professor, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: Uncertainty, Sea Level Rise, Climate, Risk Management, Flood Hazard

Maria Herrmann

Associate Research Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Chesapeake Bay (US), Estuary, Organic Carbon, Net Ecosystem Production, Ecosystem

Roberto Iglesias-Prieto

Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Anthozoa, Corals, Coral, Coral Reefs, Symbiodinium

Margot Kaye

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Fire History, Deciduous Forests, Pinus Ponderosa, Climate, Pine

Bernd J. Haupt

Senior Research Associate, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: Ocean Circulation, Global Ocean, Ocean, Oceans, Conveyors

Dennis Decoteau

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Ozone, Far-red Light, Watermelons, Tomatoes, Petioles

Rui Shi

Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Jet Fuel, Fuel, Jet, Life Cycle, Greenhouse Gases

Troy Ott

Professor, Animal Science
Top research keywords: Sheep, Trophoblastin, Interferons, Pregnancy, Endometrium

James Shortle

Distinguished Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Nonpoint Pollution, Water Quality, Nonpoint Source Pollution, Pollution Control, Cost

Daniel Cosgrove

Eberly Family Chair Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Cell Wall, Plant Cells, Expansins, Cellulose, Cell Walls

Mary Ann Bruns

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Soil, Manure, Dairy Manure, Odorants, Bacteria