Affiliated Researchers: Shale Gas

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

Anne Menefee

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

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

Timothy W. Kelsey

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

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

Kai Schafft

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

Xianzeng Niu

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

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

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

Luis Ayala

William A. Fustos Family Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Gases, Gas Condensates, Fluids, Gas, Gas Reservoir

Hamid Emami

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

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

Derek Elsworth

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

Susan Brantley

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

Douglas Wrenn

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

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

Bruce Miller

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

Kathryn Brasier

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

Scott Richardson

Senior Research Associate, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Fluxes, Atmospheric Inversion, Greenhouse Gases, Boundary Layer, Towers

William Burgos

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

Peter Newman

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

Natasha Miles

Research Associate, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Fluxes, Atmospheric Inversion, Boundary Layer, Methane, Greenhouse Gases

Dahi Taleghani Arash

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

Seth Blumsack

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Electricity, Natural Gas, Power Markets, Costs, Economics

Jonathan Mathews

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

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

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

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

Hilal Ezgi Toraman

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Pyrolysis, Xylans, Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography, Bio-Oil, Lignin