Affiliated Researchers: Mineral

Anne Menefee

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

Christopher Gorski

Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Battery, Electrode, Clay Mineral, Magnetite, Waste Heat

Ekaterina Bazilevskaya

Researcher, Materials Characterization Lab
Top research keywords: Weathering, Soil, Regolith, Diabase, Goethite

Matthew Fantle

Associate Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Isotope, Fractionation, Isotopic Composition, Calcium, Carbonate

Tanya Furman

Associate Vice President and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, The Pennsylvania State University
Top research keywords: Geochemistry, Mantle, Basalt, Melting, Volcano

Miriam Freedman

Associate Professor, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Aerosol, Aerosols, Phase Separation, Nucleation, Dust

Juan Pablo Gevaudan

Assistant Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Degradation, Data Links, Durability, Solid Phases, X Ray Diffraction

Lee Kump

Department Head, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Carbon Isotope, Mass Extinction, Ocean, Permian, Paleocene

Tim White

Senior Scientist, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: Paleosol, Cretaceous, Observatory, Shale, Siderite

Sarma Pisupati

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Coal, Gasification, Ashes, Fluidized Bed, Fluidized Beds

Erin Connolly

Department Head and Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Arabidopsis, Iron, Ferric Citrate Iron Reductase, Homeostasis, Ferric Chelate Reductases

Peter Heaney

Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: X-ray Diffraction, Birnessite, Rietveld Refinement, Synchrotrons, Diffraction

Maureen Feineman

Associate Research Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Nicaragua, Volcanoes, Island Arcs, Magma, Eclogite

Max Lloyd

Assistant Research Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Isotope, Calcite, Isotopes, Carbonate Mineral, Dolomite

Susan Brantley

Dr. Hubert Barnes and Dr. Mary Barnes Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Weathering, Dissolution, Regolith, Shale, Soil

Li Li

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Reactive Transport, Mineral, Dissolution, Flow, Shale

Mark Klima

Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Coal, Refuse, Bituminous Coal, Slurry, Coal Preparation

Renee Obringer

Assistant Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering

Barbara Arnold

Professor Of Practice in Energy and Mineral Engineering, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Coal, Flotation, Froth Flotation, Coal Preparation, Density (specific Gravity)

Luis Ayala

William A. Fustos Family Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Gases, Gas Condensates, Fluids, Gas, Gas Reservoir

Russell T. Johns

Professor and FCMG Chair in Fluid Behavior and Rock Interactions, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Phase Behavior, Oils, Solubility, Recovery, Equations Of State

Sanjay Srinivasan

Department Head and Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Uncertainty, Seismic Data, Inversion, Permeability, Statistics

Zuleima Karpyn

Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research; Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Rocks, Permeability, Fluids, Fluid, Capillarity

Gregory Jenkins

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

Mark Kleinginna

Adjunct Lecturer, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

Ryan Baxter

Senior Research Assistant, John A. Dutton e-Education Institute
Top research keywords: Crops, Biomass, Energy Crop, Watersheds, Biofuels

Joel Landry

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Biofuels, Land Market, Housing Market, Pork, Savings

Eugene Morgan

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Data Analytics, Big Data, Landslides, Sediments, Shale Gas

John Yilin Wang

Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Shale Gas, Gas Reservoir, Proppants, Shale, Tight Gas

Chiara Lo Prete

Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Power Markets, Microgrids, Electricity, Sustainable Development, Market

Hamid Emami

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Shale Gas, Oils, Porous Materials, Aquifers, Recovery

Dahi Taleghani Arash

Associate Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Cements, Hydraulic Fracturing, Hydraulics, Fluids, Proppants

Jeffrey Brownson

Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Thin Films, Tin, Solar Energy, Nanorods, Electricity

Amin Mehrabian

Assistant Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Fluids, Porosity, Rocks, Pore Pressure, Poroelasticity

Hannah Wiseman

Professor in Law Faculty, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Energy, Governance, Federalism, Regulation, Oil Spill

Jennifer Baka

John T. Ryan, Jr. Faculty Fellow, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences
Top research keywords: Biofuel, Energy, Wasteland, Biofuels, Energy Security

Zhen Lei

Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Patents, Citations, Patent Citations, Deregulation, Licensing

Yashar Mehmani

Assistant Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Kerogen, Porosity, Direct Numerical Simulation, Porous Materials, Multiscale Methods

Seth Blumsack

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Electricity, Natural Gas, Power Markets, Costs, Economics

Mohammad Rezaee

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Rare Earth Elements, Coal, Rare Earth Element, Mine Dust, Lanthanoid Atom