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.

Francisco Dini-Andreote


Assistant Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Soil, Microbiota, Rhizosphere, Ecosystem, Microbiome

Lee Kump


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

Qing Wang


Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Polymers, Ferroelectric Materials, Nanocomposites, Dielectric Material, Poly(vinylidene)

Paul Cremer


J. Lloyd Huck Chair in Natural Sciences, Eberly College of Science
Top research keywords: Lipid, Lipid Bilayers, Lipids, Water, Negative Ions

Stephanie Law


Associate Professor and Norris B. McFarlane Faculty Career Development Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Topological Insulators, Plasmonics, Nonconductor, Plasmons, Semiconductor Materials

Kimberly Lau


Assistant Professor in Geosciences, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Uranium Isotope, Isotope, Triassic, Anoxia, Permian

Li Li


Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Reactive Transport, Mineral, Solute, Watershed, Dissolution

Justin Silverman


Assistant Professor in Data Sciences, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Microbiota, Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Microbiome, Datasets , Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Patrick Drew


Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Neurovascular Coupling, Brain, Hemodynamics, Vibrissae, Arterioles

Huanyu "Larry" Cheng


Associate Professor and Dorothy Quiggle Career Development Professor in Engineering, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Electronic Equipment, Graphene, Mechanics, Skin, Substrates

Wenjie Li


Assistant Research Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Thermoelectricity, Ceramic, Sintering, Yttrium Oxide, Skutterudites

Enrique Gomez


Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Block Copolymers, Conjugated Polymers, Polymers, Block Copolymer, Conjugated Polymer

Michael Janik


Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Density Functional Theory, Adsorption, Catalysts, Oxidation, Surface

Alfonso Mejia


Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Streamflow, Forecast, Basin, Water, Water Flow

Jennifer Gray


Assistant Research Professor, Materials Characterization Lab
Top research keywords: Nanostructures, Epitaxial Growth, Molecules, Substrates, Quantum Dot

Nasim Alem


Norris B. McFarlane Faculty Career Development Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Monolayers, Transition Metals, Monolayer, Boron Nitride, Graphene

Christine J. Kirchhoff


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

Keith Cheng


Distinguished Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Top research keywords: Zebrafish, Histology, Skin Pigmentation, Pigmentation, Mutation

Katriona Shea


Alumni Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Carduus Nutans, Carduus, Carduus Acanthoides, Invasive Species, Seed

Mark Sentesy


Assistant Professor, Philosophy
Top research keywords: Aristotle's Metaphysics, Protagoras, Aristotle, Genesis, Accomplishment

Justine Lindemann


Assistant Professor of Community Development and Resilience, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Land Reform, Green Infrastructure, Politics, Community Development, Agricultural Sciences

Lindsay Fernández-Rhodes


Assistant Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Top research keywords: Hispanic Americans, Menarche, Genomics, Single Nucleotide Polymorphism, Genome-Wide Association Study

Roberto Fernández


Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Sediments, Rivers, Ports And Harbors, Siltation, Sediment

Ángel Ferrero-Serrano


Assistant Research Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Oryza, Heterotrimeric GTP-binding Proteins, Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins, Droughts, Arabidopsis

Pengfei Zhang


Assistant Research Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Anticyclones, Monsoons, Sea Ice, Summer, Anticyclone

Trevor Birkenholtz


Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: India, Farmer, Irrigation, Groundwater, Water

Renee Obringer


Assistant Professor in Energy and Mineral Engineering, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Demand, Smart City, Climate, Electricity, Sustainable Development

Robert Chiles


Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Research Ethics, Big Data, Qualitative Research, Meat, Cellular Agriculture

Nathan Keim


Associate Research Professor, Physics
Top research keywords: Fluid, Fluids, Shear, Rheology, Propulsion

Karen Fisher-Vanden


Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Carbon, Climate Change, China, Carbon Tax, Taxation

Mort Webster


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

Ezra Clark


Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Electrochemical Reduction, Nanowires, Reduction, Nanowire, Positive Ions

Weihua Guan


Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Nanopores, Nucleic Acids, Microfluidics, Nanocrystals, Fabrication

Marc D. Abrams


Nancy and John Steimer Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Quercus, Oak, Dendroecology, Acer Rubrum, Species Recruitment

James Kasting


Evan Pugh University Professor of Geosciences and Meteorology, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Planets, Planet, Atmosphere, Atmospheres, Climate

Gui Becker


Associate Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Chytridiomycota, Amphibian, Amphibians, Batrachochytrium Dendrobatidis, Ecosystem

Sagan Friant


Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Parasites, Cercocebus, Bushmeat, Rivers, Food Supply

Xiaojun "Lance" Lian


Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Top research keywords: Pluripotent Stem Cells, Stem Cells, Cardiac Myocytes, Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, Catenins

Susan Perrine


Research Assistant, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Acrocephalosyndactylia, Craniofacial Dysostosis, Skull, Craniosynostoses, Mutation

William Driscoll



Top research keywords: Altruism, Allelopathy, Sociobiology, Eutrophication, Haptophyta