Affiliated Researchers: North America

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

Displaying 53 search result(s) for North America.

Melissa Gervais


Associate Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: North Atlantic, Sea Surface Temperature, Self Organizing Map, North America, North Atlantic Warming Hole

Pengfei Zhang


Assistant Research Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Arctic Sea, Temperate Region, Arctic Sea Ice, Eurasia, Climate Modeling

Laifang Li


Assistant Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: North Atlantic, United States Of America, Southeastern United States, Sea Surface Temperature, Summer Precipitation

Jacob Holland-Lulewicz


Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Southeast, Bayesian Modeling, Social Network, South-eastern United States, Mississippian

William Easterling III


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

Jesse Kreye


Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Fire Behavior, Quercus, Flammability, Pinus, Fuel Bed

Sarah Allen



Top research keywords: Flora, Fossil Record, Western North America, Paleoecology, Paullinieae

Kelli Hoover


Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Asian Long-Horned Beetle, Anoplophora Glabripennis, Spotted Lanternfly, Baculovirus, Hemiptera

George Milner


Distinguished Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Skeleton, Cemetery, Dental Calculus, Death, River

Kenneth Davis


Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Carbon Dioxide, Atmospherics, Methane, Boundary Layer, United States Of America

Andrew Deans


Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Hymenoptera, Ceraphronoidea, Gall Wasp, New Species, Cynipidae

David Toews


Associate Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Warbler, Genetics, Genomics, Hybrid Zone, Setophaga

Melik Demirel


Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Film, Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID), Nanostructures, Tandem Repeat Protein, Poly(p-xylylene)

Mary K. Shenk


Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Fertility, Bangladesh, Kinship, Mosuo, Rural Bangladesh

Kim Steiner


Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Oak, Quercus, Seedling, Quercus Rubra, Acer Rubrum

Mihail Kantor


Assistant Research Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Nematode, Nematodes, Molecular Characterization, Morphological Characterization, Nematoda

Bernd J. Haupt


Senior Research Associate, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: Global Ocean, Conveyor, Ocean Circulation, North Atlantic, Ocean Conveyor

David A.W. Miller


Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Amphibian, Amphibians, Life History, Species Distribution, Occupancy

Jill Hamilton


Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Genetics, Genetic Divergence, Seeds, Hybrid Zone, Genomics

Lara Fowler


Teaching Professor, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: USA, Stakeholder Engagement, United States, Water Management, Gasses

Erika Machtinger


Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Diptera, House Fly, Muscidae, Parasitoid, Tick Control

Dave Biddinger


Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Bee, Pollinator, Apoidea, Pennsylvania, Apple Orchard

Mark J. Guiltinan


Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Theobroma Cacao, Cacao, Somatic Embryogenesis, Glycogen Branching Enzyme, Starch Branching Enzyme

Laura Leites


Associate Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Quercus, Growth Potential, Response To Climate, Pseudotsuga Menziesii

Patrick Drohan


Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Pennsylvania, United States Of America, Water Quality, Land Use, Watersheds

Lisa Emili


Associate Professor, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Peatland, British Columbia, Surface Water, Creek, National Memorial

John Tooker


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

Tim White


Associate Research Professor, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: Observatory, Paleosol, Critical Zone Observatory, United States Of America, Eocene

Isabelle Holland-Lulewicz


Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Florida, Mounds, United States Of America, Shell, Oyster

Kurt Vandegrift


Associate Research Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Virus, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, Rodents, COVID-19, White-tailed Deer

Alan Taylor


Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Fire Regime, Fire Severity, Coniferous Forests, Mixed Forests, Wildfires

Colin Zarzycki


Associate Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Tropical Cyclone, Tropical Cyclones, Protective Atmosphere, Variable Resolution, Climate Modeling

José M. Capriles


Associate Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Bolivia, Chile, Andes, Altiplano, Radiocarbon Dating

Michael Skvarla


Assistant Research Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Acari, Diptera, Arthropod, North America, Hemiptera

Shelby Fleischer


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

Ottar Bjornstad


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

Sarah Nilson


Associate Professor, Penn State Beaver
Top research keywords: Allium Tricoccum, Heterotrimeric G Protein, G Protein, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Eastern North America

Samantha Powers


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

Margarita López-Uribe


Lorenzo L. Langstroth Early Career Professor and Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Bee, Apoidea, Pollinator, Pollinators, Hymenoptera

Tom Richard


Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Manures, Composting, Manure, Compost, Composts