Affiliated Researchers: National Development

Dave Yoxtheimer

Senior Research Assistant, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: Natural Gas, Gas Well, Shale Gas, Groundwater, Gases

Carolyn Mahan

Professor, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Tamias Striatus, Sciuridae, National Parks, Flying Squirrels, Glaucomys Sabrinus

Timothy W. Kelsey

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Farms, Farm, Agriculture, Mushroom, Costs

Lisa Emili

Associate Professor, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Peatland, Peatlands, Non-Point Source Pollution, British Columbia, Groundwater Flow

Jennifer Baka

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

Laura Y. Cabrera

Associate Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Deep Brain Stimulation, Psychiatry, Neurosurgery, Ethics, Brain

Joseph Ranalli

Associate Professor, Penn State Hazleton
Top research keywords: Flames, Flame, Students, Transfer Functions, Advection

Lee Ahern

Associate Professor, Advertising and Public Relations
Top research keywords: News, Magazine, Gun Control, News Channel, News Value

Azaree Lintereur

Assistant Professor, Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering
Top research keywords: Neutrons, Gamma Rays, Neutron Counters, Detectors, Lithium Fluoride

Andrew Warner

Top research keywords: River, Rivers, Prescription, Freshwater Conservation, Planning

Taylor Bishop Scott

Associate Research Professor, Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center (PRC)
Top research keywords: Evidence, Legislation , Bill, Language, Research Personnel

Larry Gorenflo

Eleanor R. Stuckeman Chair in Design and Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Mexico, Biodiversity, Settlement Pattern, Micronesia, World Heritage Site

Guangqing Chi

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: County, Land Use, Amenity, Migration, Twitter

Timothy Ryan

Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Cancellous Bone, Bones, Bone, Hominidae, Primates

Manuel Llinás

Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Parasites, Plasmodium Falciparum, Malaria, Antimalarials, Plasmodium

Erica Smithwick

Distinguished Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Forests, Ecosystem, Ecosystems, Nitrogen, Pinus Contorta Var. Latifolia

Juliet Pinto

Associate Professor, Journalism
Top research keywords: News, Coverage, Journalism, Social Construction, Latin America

Istvan Albert

Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Genome, Jamming, Granular Media, Microbiota, Drag

Mihyun Kang

Director of Sustainability, Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Lighting, Rural Community, Energy Saving, Energy Conservation, Cost Savings

Shelby Fleischer

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Chrysomelidae, Beetle, Coleoptera, Acalymma Vittatum, Potato

László Kulcsár

Department Head and Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Hungary, Demographic Trend, Biofuel, Biofuel Production, Aging Population

Chris Fowler

Associate Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Segregation, Geography, Geographical Economics, Poverty, Labor

Kurt Vandegrift

Associate Research Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Peromyscus, Ecology, Deer, SARS Virus, Peromyscus Leucopus

Margarita López-Uribe

Lorenzo L. Langstroth Early Career Professor and Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Bees, Bee, Hymenoptera, Apidae, Pollinating Insects

Claude dePamphilis

Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Magnoliopsida, Genes, Genome, Gene, Plastids

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

Helene Hopfer

Associate Professor, Food Science
Top research keywords: Wine, Wines, Odorants, Chocolate, Odors

Greg Krawczyk

Research Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Halyomorpha Halys, Grapholita Molesta, Orchards, Moth, Apples

Yuka Imamura

Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology
Top research keywords: Genes, Brain, Gene Expression Profiling, Gene Expression, RNA-Seq

Semih Eser

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Jet Fuel, Carbon, Deposits, Carbonization, Jet

Cooduvalli Shashikant

Associate Professor, Animal Science
Top research keywords: Homeobox Genes, Neural Tube, Transgenic Mice, Genes, Mesoderm

Kristina Brant

Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Deferred Action, Childhood, Illegality, Family Formation, Deportation

William Easterling III

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

Mark J. Guiltinan

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

Charles Anderson

Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Arabidopsis, Cell Wall, Pectins, Plant Cells, Cellulose

Brian Thiede

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

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

Elizabeth Long

Assistant Research Professor, Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center (PRC)
Top research keywords: Alcoholism, Alcohols, Alcohol, Twin Studies , Substance-Related Disorders

Sarah Assmann

Waller Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Arabidopsis, Abscisic Acid, Guard Cells, Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins, GTP-Binding Proteins

Tanya Renner

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Carnivorous Plants, Caryophyllales, Coleoptera, Carnivory, Harpalus