Affiliated Researchers: Nature

Affiliates are Penn Staters who have a connection to or an interest in the work of the Institute of Energy and the Environment.

Displaying 196 search result(s) for Nature.

Anthony Richardella


Assistant Research Professor, Materials Research Institute (MRI)
Top research keywords: Topological Insulators, Insulators, Nonconductor, Ferromagnetism, Thin Films

Howard Salis


Associate Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Ribosomes, Kinetics, Proteins, Riboswitch, Machine Learning

Tak-Sing Wong


Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Carbon Nanotubes, Liquids, Lubricants, Silicones, Wetting

Bradley Cardinale


Department Head and Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Biomass, Ecosystems, Species Richness

Chris Marone


Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Slip, Earthquakes, Fault Gouge, Shear, Friction

Benjamin Cardenas


Assistant Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Mars, Dune, Dune Field, Outcrop, Outcrops

Robert Rioux


Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Catalysts, Nanoparticles, Hydrogenation, Adsorption, Silica

Laura Weyrich


Associate Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Microbiota, Ancient DNA, Soil, Dental Calculus, Microbiome

Konstantinos Alexopoulos


Assistant Research Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Catalysts, Dehydration, Butenes, Catalyst, Zeolites

Andrew Patterson


Professor, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Top research keywords: Metabolomics, Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Microbiota, Pharmacological Metabolism, Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptors

Saptarshi Das


Associate Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Field Effect Transistors, Field Effect, Monolayers, Transition Metals, Graphene

Yang Yang


Assistant Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Ion Beams, Radiation, Ions, Radiation Damage, Ion Beam

Zhiqiang Mao


Professor, Eberly College of Science
Top research keywords: Superconductivity, Superconductor, Superconducting Materials, Metalloids, Fermi Surface

Vivek Srikrishnan


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

Bert Chandler


Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Dendrimers, Catalysts, Gold Nanoparticles, Oxidation, Dendrimer

Donghai Wang


Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Anodes, Lithium Sulfur Batteries, Anode, Lithium-ion Batteries, Cathodes

Feifei Shi


Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Electric Batteries, Lithium, Electrolytes, Anodes, Lithium-ion Batteries

David Macauley


Associate Professor, Penn State Brandywine
Top research keywords: Philosophy, Empedocles, Aristotle, Pre-Socratics, Flowering

Sulin Zhang


Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Lithiation, Carbon Nanotubes, Lithium-ion Batteries, Lithium, Electric Batteries

Xuemei Huang


Associate Dean for Physician-Scientist Development, Penn State College of Medicine
Top research keywords: Parkinson Disease, Substantia Nigra, Manganese, Fingers, Welding

Todd Sowers


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

Vincent Crespi


Distinguished Professor, Physics
Top research keywords: Carbon Nanotubes, Monolayers, Nanotubes, Phonons, Graphene

Charles Anderson


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

Jon-Paul Maria


Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Thin Films, Barium Strontium Titanate, Ferroelectric Materials, Oxides, Barium Titanates

Peter Butler


Associate Dean for Education, College of Engineering
Top research keywords: Endothelial Cells, Enzymes, Cell Membranes, Membranes, Biophysics

Tong Qiu


Assistant Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Phenology, Climate Change, Urbanization, Climate, Fecundity

Brian Thiede


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

Laifang Li


Assistant Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Summer, Rainfall, Sea Surface Salinity, Moisture, Climate Models

Luke Trusel


Assistant Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Ice Shelf, Ice Sheet, Antarctica, Melt, Meltwater

Kimberly Van Meter


Assistant Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Water Quality, Nitrogen, Watershed, Watersheds, Rivers

Ryan Harne


Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Energy Harvesting, Harvesters, Vibration, Metamaterials, Energy

Philip Bevilacqua


Professor, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Catalytic RNA, RNA, Hepatitis Delta Virus, RNA Folding, Catalysis

Robersy Sanchez


Associate Research Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Genetic Code, Amino Acids, Epigenome, DNA Methylation, Arabidopsis

Tanya Renner


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

Chao-Yang Wang


William E. Diefenderfer Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Fuel Cells, Electrolytes, Polymers, Cathodes, Diffusion In Gases

Parisa Shokouhi


Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Ultrasonics, Surface Waves, Bridge Decks, Concretes, Rocks

Hong Ma



Top research keywords: Arabidopsis, Magnoliopsida, Genes, Flowers, Meiosis

Raymond Najjar


Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Ocean, Estuary, Chesapeake Bay (US), Chesapeake Bay, Estuaries

Timothy Bralower


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

Darrell Velegol


Distinguished Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Electrophoresis, Polystyrenes, Force, Sphere, Colloids