Affiliated Researchers: Recent Advances

Mariantonieta Gutierrez Soto

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering Design and Innovation
Top research keywords: Vibration Control, Building Structure, Semi-active, Tornado, Actuator

Juliana Vasco-Correa

Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Pretreatment, Fungal Pretreatment, Miscanthus, Bioproducts, Feedstock

Meng Wang

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Anaerobic Co-digestion, Wastewater, Microalgae, Anaerobic Digestion, Wastewater Treatment

Scott H. Medina

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Top research keywords: Anticancer Peptides, Antimicrobial Peptides, Drug Discovery, Fluorous, Peptide Assembly

Julian Wang

Associate Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Energy Conservation, Thermal Comfort, Thermal Performance, Building Envelope, Energy Performance

Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Flow Distribution, Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells, Computer Simulation, Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC), Heat Sink

Aida Ebrahimi

Associate Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Top research keywords: Silicon, Laser-induced Graphene, Hydrogenation, Carbon Nanotube, Graphene

Ryan Thombs

Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Carbon Dioxide, United States, CO2 Emissions, Economic Growth, Life Expectancy

Arash Dahi Taleghani

Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Hydraulic Fracturing, Wellbore, Hydraulic Fracture, Natural Fracture, Lost Circulation Material

Squire Booker

Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: S-Adenosyl Methionine, Enzyme, Radical S-Adenosylmethionine, S-adenosylmethionine, Synthase

Wenjie Li

Assistant Research Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Thermoelectrics, Thermoelectricity, Sintering, Thermoelectric Materials, Yb3+

Scott A. Showalter

Professor, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Intrinsically Disordered Protein, Intrinsically Disordered Proteins, Dynamics, C-Terminus, FCP1

Samy Madbouly

Assistant Professor of Engineering, Plastics Engineering Technology, School of Engineering (Behrend)
Top research keywords: Polyurethanes, Dispersions, Polymers, Polymethyl Methacrylates, Shear

Bed Poudel

Associate Research Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Thermoelectrics, Thermoelectricity, Thermoelectric Materials, Thermal Conductivity, Nanostructures

John Mauro

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Phase Composition, Aluminosilicate, Glass Transition, Glass Transition Temperature, Silicate Glass

Alexander Hristov

Professor, Animal Science
Top research keywords: Dairy Cows, Methane, Dairy Cow, Rumen, Cow

Stephanie Law

Associate Professor and Norris B. McFarlane Faculty Career Development Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Film, Topological Insulator, Thin Films, Bismuth Telluride, Mid-infrared

Sairam V. Rudrabhatla

Professor of Biology, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Hemp, Cannabis Sativa, Explant, Callus, Plant Regeneration

Sharifa Crandall

Assistant Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Fungal Spores, Plant Diseases, Vegetation Type, Plant Pathogen, Airborne Spores

Jill Hamilton

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

Sarah Assmann

Waller Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Guard Cell, Arabidopsis, Abscisic Acid, G Protein, Heterotrimeric G Protein

Wayne Curtis

Professor of Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Root Culture, Hyoscyamus Muticus, Hyoscyamus, Reactor, Cell Suspension

Robert Beelman

Professor Emeritus of Food Science; Director, Center for Plant and Mushroom Foods for Health
Top research keywords: Nutritional and medicinal properties of mushrooms, Antioxidants-selenium and ergothioneine, Vitamin D-enrichment of mushrooms

Richard Alley

Evan Pugh University Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Ice Sheet, Greenland, Antarctic Region, Ice Stream, West Antarctica

Tak-Sing Wong

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Surface (Surface Science), Carbon Nanotubes, Carbon Nanotube, Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs), Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube

Yashar Mehmani

Assistant Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Multiscale, Pore Network Model, Porosity, Porous Media, Pore Level

Mehrdad Mahdavi

Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Harmony Search, Neural Network, Optimization Problem, Gradient Descent, Approximation (Algorithm)

Isabelle Holland-Lulewicz

Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Florida, United States Of America, Mounds, Calusa, Native American

Donald Bryant

Ernest C. Pollard Professor of Biotechnology and Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Synechococcus, Cyanobacteria, Photosystem I Protein Complex, Chlorobi, Light

Eugene Clothiaux

Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Atmospheric Radiation, Radiation Measurement, Atmospheric Measurements, Atmospherics, Cloud Radar

Lindsay Fernández-Rhodes

Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Top research keywords: Genetics, Latino, Hispanic Community, Genomics, Hispanic Or Latino

Colin Zarzycki

Associate Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Tropical Cyclone, Tropical Cyclones, Earth System Model, Climate Modeling, Variable Resolution

Kofi Adu

Professor of Physics, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Carbon Nanotube, Nanowire, Carbon Nanotubes, Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs), Thermoelectrics

Jian Hsu

Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Quantum Dot, Light-Emitting Diode, Quantum Dots, Nanocrystal Quantum Dots, Nanocrystalline Material

Yunji Zhang

Assistant Research Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Thermodynamics, All-sky, Thunderstorm, China, Tropical Cyclone

David Stensrud

Department Head, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Thermodynamics, Ensemble Forecast, Storm, Data Assimilation, Thunderstorm

Nutifafa Yao Doumon

Assistant Professor and Virginia S. & Philip L. Walker Jr. Faculty Fellow, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Organic Solar Cells, Solar Cell, Perovskite Solar Cell, Fullerene, Photostability

Jennifer Wagner

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering Design and Innovation
Top research keywords: DNA Testing, Ethical Considerations, United States, Genomic Medicine, Direct-to-consumer

Luis Ayala

William A. Fustos Family Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Gas Reservoir, Gas Well, Gas Condensate Reservoir, Production Data, Condensate Gas

Nathan Keim

Associate Research Professor, Physics
Top research keywords: Mechanical Properties, Microstructure, Disordered Materials, Disordered Solids, Amorphous Solids