Affiliated Researchers: Shale

Anne Menefee

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Shale, Basalt, Mineral, Fluid, Carbonate

Dave Yoxtheimer

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

Margaret Brittingham

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Bird, Songbird, Shale Gas, Habitat, Songbirds

Kai Schafft

Professor, Education Policy Studies
Top research keywords: Poverty, District, Natural Gas, Rural Area, Economics

Timothy W. Kelsey

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

John Yilin Wang

Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Shale Gas, Gas Reservoir, Proppants, Shale, Tight Gas

Susan Brantley

Dr. Hubert Barnes and Dr. Mary Barnes Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Weathering, Dissolution, Regolith, Shale, Soil

Jeremy Gernand

Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Toxicity, Nanostructured Materials, Nanoparticles, Particulate Matter, Health Risks

Xianzeng Niu

Research Associate, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: Shale Gas, Natural Gas, Sulfates, Gas, Groundwater

Shimin Liu

Associate Professor and Joseph Kreutzberger Early Career Professorship, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Coal, Coal Bed Methane, Sorption, Shale, Methane

Roman Dibiase

Associate Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Bedrock, Hillslope, Erosion Rate, Sediments, Mountains

Eugene Morgan

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Data Analytics, Big Data, Landslides, Sediments, Shale Gas

Margot Kaye

Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Fire History, Deciduous Forests, Pinus Ponderosa, Climate, Rocky Mountain Region

Hamid Emami

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Shale Gas, Oils, Porous Materials, Aquifers, Recovery

Yashar Mehmani

Assistant Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Kerogen, Porosity, Direct Numerical Simulation, Porous Materials, Multiscale Methods

Derek Elsworth

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Permeability, Coal, Shale, Rocks, Shales

Andrew Kleit

Professor and MICASU Fellow, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Arbitrage, Power Markets, Electricity, Costs, Market

Ekaterina Bazilevskaya

Researcher, Materials Characterization Lab
Top research keywords: Weathering, Soil, Regolith, Diabase, Goethite

Douglas Wrenn

Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Zoning, Purchase, Shale Gas, Land Use, Duration Models

Tess Russo

Assistant Professor and Rudy L. Slingerland Early Career Professorship, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Groundwater, Aquifer, Shale, Water Management, Modeling

Kathryn Brasier

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Farm, Women In Agriculture, Farmer, Agriculture, Shale

Bruce Miller

Senior Research Associate, EMS Energy Institute
Top research keywords: Coal, Adsorbents, Flue Gases, Adsorption, Fuel

Jeffrey Grimm

Top research keywords: Wet Deposition, Precipitation (chemistry), Atmospheric Deposition, Watershed, Watersheds

Matthew Fantle

Associate Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Isotope, Fractionation, Isotopic Composition, Calcium, Carbonate

Jonathan Mathews

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Coal, Bituminous Coal, Molecules, Simulation, Vitrinite

Andrew Nyblade

Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Earth Mantle, Upper Mantle, Cratons, Tanzania, Antarctic Regions

Peter Newman

Department Head, Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
Top research keywords: National Park, National Parks, Protected Area, Recreation, Protected Areas

Dahi Taleghani Arash

Associate Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Cements, Hydraulic Fracturing, Hydraulics, Fluids, Proppants

William Burgos

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Hematite, Iron, Mine Drainage, Oxidation, Reduction

Edward C. Jaenicke

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Food, Organic Food, Organic Foods, Private Labels, Retail

Fred Cannon

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Activated Carbon, Perchlorate, Coal, Adsorption, Removal

Amin Mehrabian

Assistant Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Fluids, Porosity, Rocks, Pore Pressure, Poroelasticity

Zuleima Karpyn

Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research; Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Rocks, Permeability, Fluids, Fluid, Capillarity

Hannah Wiseman

Professor in Law Faculty, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Energy, Governance, Federalism, Regulation, Oil Spill

Leland Glenna

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Biotechnology, Farmer, Sustainability, Agriculture, Research Ethics

Patrick Drohan

Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Soil, Appalachian Region, Shale Gas, Hydric Soils, Biochar

Li Li

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Reactive Transport, Mineral, Dissolution, Flow, Shale

Tim White

Senior Scientist, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: Paleosol, Cretaceous, Observatory, Shale, Siderite

Jason Kaye

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Cover Crops, Soil, Cover Crop, Pinus Ponderosa, Nitrogen

Ross Pifer

Clinical Professor, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Politics, Climate Change, University Teacher, Coal-fired Power Plant, Environmental Policy