Affiliated Researchers: Urban Development

Douglas Wrenn

Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Subdivision Development, Residential Subdivisions, Pennsylvania, Shale Gas Development, Residential Development

Theodore R. Alter

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Community Development, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Tax Capitalization, Performance Evaluation

Samantha Powers

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

Julie Urban

Associate Research Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Hemiptera, Spotted Lanternfly, Fulgoridae, Lycorma Delicatula, Planthopper

Eric Zenner

Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Beech, Basal Area, Old-growth, Skid Trail, Overstory

Ken Tamminga

Distinguished Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Rivers, River, Learning, Climate Change, Sustainable Development

Travis Flohr

Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Environmental Justice, Methods Courses, Urban Trees, Mean Radiant Temperature, Virtual Field Trips

Chingwen Cheng

Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Climate Justice, Environmental Impact Assessment, Ecosystem Service, Social-ecological-technological Systems

Justine Lindemann

Assistant Professor of Community Development and Resilience, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Entrepreneurialism, Green Space, Place-making, Cleveland, Ohio

José Duarte

Professor and Stuckeman Chair in Design Innovation, Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Shape Grammar, Grammar, Design System, Urban Design, Three Dimensional Printing

Karl Zimmerer

Distinguished Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Agrobiodiversity, Bolivia, Andes, Environmental Impact Assessment, Peru

Stuart Patton Echols

Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Stormwater Management, Rainwater, Stormwater, Rain Water, Rain

Hong Wu

Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Green Stormwater Infrastructure, China, Public Perception, Prescribed Fire, Sponge City

Lisa Emili

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

Wangda Zuo

Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Fluid Dynamics, Air Flow, Fast Fluid Dynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Office Buildings

Andrew Mowen

Professor, Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
Top research keywords: Recreation Services, Local Parks, Park Service, Urban Parks, Leisure-time Physical Activity

Stephanie Buechler

Top research keywords: Mexico, Climate Change, Feminist Political Ecology, Environmental Degradation, Sonora

Timothy Michael Murtha Jr.

Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Guatemala, Vegetation, Mexico, Tikal, Land Use

Joseph Ranalli

Associate Professor, Penn State Hazleton
Top research keywords: Transfer Function, Irradiance, Heat Release Rate, Advection, Diffusion Flame

Rahman Azari

Associate Professor in Architecture, Architecture
Top research keywords: Embodied Carbon, Lifecycle, Environmental Impact, Building Envelope, Life Cycle Assessment

Lisa Iulo

Professor, Architecture
Top research keywords: Ecodesign, Energy Consumption, Energy Performance, Affordable Housing, Microgrid

Dave Biddinger

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Pollinator, Apoidea, Pennsylvania, Pollinators, Osmia

Andrew Warner

Top research keywords: River, Rivers, Prescription, Freshwater Conservation, Planning

Thandazile Moyo

Assistant Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Leaching, Electronic Waste (E-waste), Chalcopyrite, Electrochemistry, Urban Mining

Mallika Bose

Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: India, Transport, United States, Low Income, Focus Group

Roberto Iglesias-Prieto

Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Coral, Symbiodinium, Symbiont, Coral Reefs, Reef-building Corals

Anthony Foyle

Associate Professor, School of Science (Behrend)
Top research keywords: Pennsylvania, Lake Erie, United States, United States Of America, Great Lakes

Jennifer Baka

Associate Professor and John T. Ryan, Jr. Faculty Fellow, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences
Top research keywords: Biofuel, Wasteland, Hydraulic Fracturing, India, USA

Esther Prins

Professor, Learning and Performance Systems
Top research keywords: Literacy Programmes, Family Literacy Programmes, Family Literacy, Adult Literacy, Literacy

Shirley Clark

Professor, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Stormwater, Pollutants, Stormwater Runoff, Infiltration, Stormwater Treatment

Mihyun Kang

Director of Sustainability, Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Older Adults, Lighting System, Oklahoma, Field Study, Interior Design

Rick Bates

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Horticulture, Vegetative Buffers, Dust, Christmas Trees, Foliar Nitrogen

Denice Wardrop

Research Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Wetlands, Pennsylvania, United States Of America, Wetland Condition, Headwater

Christopher Scott

Maurice K. Goddard Chair of Forestry and Environmental Conservation, Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Mexico, India, Water Security, Water Scarcity, Irrigation

Kathryn Brasier

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Pennsylvania, USA, Agriculture, Stakeholder Engagement, Discourse

Lauren McPhillips

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Stormwater, Denitrification, Solar Farm, Methane, Stormwater Management

Kurt Vandegrift

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

Richard Roush

Executive Special Assistant to Interim Dean, College of Agricultural Sciences
Top research keywords: Bacillus Thuringiensis, Diamondback Moth, Plutella Xylostella, Broccoli, Lepidoptera

Greg Krawczyk

Research Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Lepidoptera, Oriental Fruit Moth, Tortricidae, Hemiptera, Pentatomidae

Ida Djenontin

Assistant Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Malawi, Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Decision Making, Southern Burkina Faso