Affiliated Researchers: Local Environment

Xun Cao

Professor, Political Science
Top research keywords: China, Democracy, Trade Competition, Chinese, Policy Change

Samantha Powers

Assistant Professor of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, Division of Social Sciences (Abington)
Top research keywords: Local Parks, USA, Campus Recreation, Local Recreation, Recreation Services

Andrew Mowen

Professor, Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
Top research keywords: Recreation Services, Local Parks, Park Service, Urban Parks, Leisure-time Physical Activity

Timothy W. Kelsey

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Pennsylvania, Marcellus Shale, Agriculture, United States, Shale Gas

Ruairidh Sawers

Assistant Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Maize, Zea Mays, Zea, Allele, Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi

Ángel Ferrero-Serrano

Assistant Research Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Heterotrimeric G Protein, Rice, G Protein, Drought Tolerance, Arabidopsis

Juliet Pinto

Associate Professor, Journalism
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Journalism, Latin America (LATAM), Latin America, Environmental Issue

Martina Vecchi

Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Food, Lab Experiment, Local Food, Food Choice, Socioeconomic Status

Noel Habashy

Assistant Teaching Professor, Office of International Programs
Top research keywords: Community Members, International Service Learning, Service-learning Program, Service Learning, Development Project

Allyson Muth

Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Landowner, Landowners, High Grading, Microtargeting, Quercus

Bronwen Powell

Associate Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Food Security, Nutrition, Wild Food, Dietary Diversity, Forest Foods

W. Larry Kenney

Professor and Marie Underhill Noll Chair in Human Performance, Kinesiology
Top research keywords: Reflex, Skin Blood Flow, Heat Stress, Cutaneous Vasodilation, Older Adults

Robert Crane

Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: General Circulation Model, Sea Ice, Downscaling, Climate, Ice

Mehrdad Mahdavi

Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Harmony Search, Neural Network, Optimization Problem, Gradient Descent, Approximation (Algorithm)

Clare Hinrichs

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Food, Bioenergy, Research Ethics, Farmer, Agriculture

Lee Ahern

Associate Professor, Advertising and Public Relations
Top research keywords: Environmental Advertising, Government Policy, Communication Campaign, Advertising, National Geographic Magazine

Jesse Lasky

Associate Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Genomics, Arabidopsis Thaliana, Local Adaptation, Genetics, Arabidopsis

Konstantinos Alexopoulos

Assistant Research Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: ZSM-5, Microkinetic Modeling, Single-atom Catalysts, Butene, Formation

Nasim Alem

Norris B. McFarlane Faculty Career Development Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Monolayers, Film, Graphene, Thin Films, Density

Autumn Sabo

Assistant Professor of Biology, Penn State Beaver
Top research keywords: Deer, Understory, Plant Community, Deer Herbivory, White-tailed Deer

Xiaofeng Liu

Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Earth Surface Sediment Transport, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Free Surface, Suspended Sediment, Hydraulics

Kathy Kelley

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Wine, Pennsylvania, Consumer Preferences, Edible Flower, Edible Flowers

Sarah Allen

Top research keywords: Angiosperm, Western North America, Paleoecology, Paullinieae, Leaf Area

John Tooker

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Host Plant, Herbivore, Plant Defense, Neonicotinoid, Pest Management

Guoray Cai

Associate Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Crisis Management, Geographic Information, Decision-Making, Multimodal Interface, Spatial Data

Edward C. Jaenicke

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Private Label, United States, Household Level, Food Waste, Retailers

Elizabeth Ransom

Associate Professor, School of International Affairs
Top research keywords: Botswana, Livestock, Beef, Uganda, Technology

Paul Esker

Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Fungicide, Soybean Yield, United States, Cultivar, Seeds

Ottar Bjornstad

Distinguished Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Population Dynamics, Density Dependence, Vaccination, Measles, Spatial Synchrony

Allison Beese

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Three Dimensional Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Ti-6Al-4V (Ti64), Mechanical Properties, Ti-6Al-4V

Andrew Carleton

Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Southern Hemisphere, Climate, Sea Ice, Cold Air, Vortex

Anthony Kwasnica

Professor, Risk Management
Top research keywords: Auctions, Ascending Auctions, Seller, Sealed-bid Auction, Double Auction

Zi-Kui Liu

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: First-principles Calculations, Density, Thermodynamics Modeling, Thermodynamic Modeling, Thermodynamic Properties

Carolyn Lowry

Assistant Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Cover Crop, Cover Crops, Vicia, Vetch, Tillage

Brian King

Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: South Africa, AIDS/HIV, Okavango Delta, Botswana, Diseases

Jennifer Kraschnewski

Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine
Top research keywords: Pennsylvania, Obesity, Health Systems, Patient-centered, Health System

Christina Grozinger

Distinguished Professor and Publius Vergilius Maro Professor of Entomology, Entomology
Top research keywords: Honey Bee, Honey Bees, Apis Mellifera, Apoidea, Pollinator

Matthew Fantle

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

Aly Said

Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Column Joint, Beam-Column, Reinforced Concrete Beam, Beam-column Joint, Fiber-Reinforced Polymer

Emily Pakhtigian

Assistant Professor in School of Public Policy, School of Public Policy
Top research keywords: Household, Coal-fired Power Plant, Cholera, Plant Closure, Risk Information