Affiliated Researchers: Surface States

Zhiqiang Mao

Professor, Eberly College of Science
Top research keywords: Superconductivity, Superconductor, Superconducting Materials, Metalloids, Fermi Surface

Laifang Li

Assistant Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Summer, Rainfall, Sea Surface Salinity, Moisture, Climate Models

Jeffrey Grimm

Research Assistant, Institute of Energy and the Environment (IEE)
Top research keywords: Wet Deposition, Precipitation (chemistry), Atmospheric Deposition, Watershed, Watersheds

Jose D. Fuentes

Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Isoprene, Ozone, Canopy, Boundary Layer, Deciduous Forest

Xiaofeng Liu

Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Sediment Transport, Sediments, Scour, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Suspended Sediments

Michael G. Jacobson

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Landowners, Landowner, Sustainable Forestry, Economic Incentives, Agroforestry

Felipe Montes

Associate Research Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Manure, Silage, Ammonia, Nitrous Oxide Production, Animal Manures

Kenneth Davis

Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Boundary Layer, Carbon, Carbon Dioxide, Troposphere, Net Ecosystem Exchange

Benjamin Lear

Professor of Chemistry, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Mixed Valence, Ligands, Gold Nanoparticles, Electrons, Gold Nanoparticle

Carolyn Lowry

Assistant Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Cover Crops, Rye, Weeds, Vicia, Tillage

Nelson Yaw Dzade

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Density Functional Theory, Adsorption, Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Surface, Nanorods

Hannah Wiseman

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

Douglas A. Miller

Senior Scientist, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: River Basin, Agricultural Watersheds, Geographic Information Systems, Remote Sensing, Simulation

Brian Kelley

Assistant Professor in Geosciences, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Triassic, Carbonate Platform, Permian, Basin, Mass Extinction

Armen Kemanian

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Corn, Maize, Crop, Crops, Cover Crops

Dennis Decoteau

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Ozone, Far-red Light, Watermelons, Tomatoes, Petioles

Vincent Crespi

Distinguished Professor, Physics
Top research keywords: Carbon Nanotubes, Monolayers, Nanotubes, Phonons, Graphene

Jenni L. Evans

Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Tropical Cyclone, Cyclone, Transition, Cyclogenesis, Forecast

Elizabeth W. Boyer

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Nitrogen, Watershed, Catchment, Nitrate, Dissolved Organic Carbon

Tak-Sing Wong

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Carbon Nanotubes, Liquids, Lubricants, Silicones, Wetting

Chaopeng Shen

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Learning, Streamflow, Soil Moisture, Hydrology, Land Surface

Heather Karsten

Associate Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Corn, No-tillage, Dairies, Forage, Manure

Daniel Cosgrove

Eberly Family Chair Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Cell Wall, Plant Cells, Expansins, Cellulose, Cell Walls

John Hellmann

Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences
Top research keywords: Fibers, Sapphire, Fiber, Composite Materials, Float Glass

Roman Dibiase

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

Anthony Foyle

Associate Professor, School of Science (Behrend)
Top research keywords: Lake Erie, Lakes, Coastal Zones, Lake, Sediments

Nina Jablonski

Evan Pugh University Professor of Anthropology, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Skin Pigmentation, Hominidae, Theropithecus, Vitamin D, Ultraviolet Rays

Maria Herrmann

Associate Research Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Chesapeake Bay (US), Estuary, Organic Carbon, Net Ecosystem Production, Ecosystem

Christopher House

Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Mars Craters, Methane, Mars, Crater, Oceans And Seas

John Asbury

Professor, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Electrons, Singlet Fission, Infrared Spectroscopy, Excited States, Electron Injection

Shujie Wang

Assistant Professor in Geography, Geography
Top research keywords: Ice Shelf, Land Ice, Altimetry, ICESat, Ice

Christopher Gorski

Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Battery, Electrode, Clay, Ferric Oxide, Minerals

Luke LaBorde

Professor, Food Science
Top research keywords: Agaricales, Listeria Monocytogenes, Malus, Mushrooms, Food Safety

Anthony Richardella

Assistant Research Professor, Materials Research Institute (MRI)
Top research keywords: Topological Insulators, Insulators, Nonconductor, Ferromagnetism, Thin Films

Mark Shriver

Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Population, Skin Pigmentation, Single Nucleotide Polymorphism, African Americans, Alleles

Gordon Warn

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Structural Frames, Design, Bridge Decks, Earthquakes, Concrete Bridges

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

Melik Demirel

Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Proteins, Protein, Liquid Film, Thin Films, Polymers

Scott Richardson

Research Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Fluxes, Greenhouse Gases, Methane, Atmospheric Inversion, Greenhouse Gas

James Kasting

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