Affiliated Researchers: Urban 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: Recreation, Pandemics, Social Capital, Staff, Public Perception

Eric Zenner

Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Man-made Trails, Overstory, Traffic, Harvest, Regeneration

Douglas Wrenn

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

Julie Urban

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

William F. Elmendorf

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Urban Forests, Arborists, Urban Forestry, Urban Parks, Land Use Planning

Ken Tamminga

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

Joseph Ranalli

Associate Professor, Penn State Hazleton
Top research keywords: Flames, Flame, Students, Transfer Functions, Advection

Stuart Patton Echols

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

Karl Zimmerer

Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Agrobiodiversity, Bolivia, Food, Peasant, Livelihood

Andrew Mowen

Professor, Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
Top research keywords: Recreation, Leisure, Services, Public, Participation

Hong Wu

Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Stormwater, Infrastructure, Sponge, Development Planning, Audiovisuals

Lisa Emili

Associate Professor, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Peatland, Peatlands, Non-Point Source Pollution, British Columbia, Groundwater Flow

Emily Pakhtigian

Assistant Professor in School of Public Policy, School of Public Policy
Top research keywords: Nepal, Household, Sanitation, River Basin, Hydropower

Justine Lindemann

Assistant Professor of Community Development and Resilience, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Land Reform, Green Infrastructure, Politics, Community Development, Agricultural Sciences

Jennifer Baka

Associate Professor and John T. Ryan, Jr. Faculty Fellow, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences
Top research keywords: Biofuel, Energy, Wasteland, Biofuels, Energy Security

José Duarte

Professor and Stuckeman Chair in Design Innovation, Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Grammar, 3D Printers, Concretes, Fabrication, Urban Planning

Rahman Azari

Associate Professor in Architecture, Architecture
Top research keywords: Life Cycle, Environmental Impact, Algae, Office Buildings, Daylighting

Stephanie Buechler

Top research keywords: Livelihood, Mexico, Global Change, Environmental Policy, Water

Timothy Michael Murtha Jr.

Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Lidar, Conservation, Planning, Land Use, Resource

Mallika Bose

Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Built Environment, India, Woman, Income, Residential Satisfaction

Dave Biddinger

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Bees, Bee, Malus, Orchards, Orchard

Andrew Warner

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

Lisa Iulo

Professor, Architecture
Top research keywords: Education, Ecodesign, Microgrids, Students, Renewable Energy Resources

Deborah Ehrenthal

Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Top research keywords: Mothers, Pregnancy, Medicaid, Parturition, Pregnancy Outcome

Guangqing Chi

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: County, Land Use, Amenity, Migration, Twitter

Christopher Scott

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

Anthony Foyle

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

Roberto Iglesias-Prieto

Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Anthozoa, Corals, Coral, Coral Reefs, Symbiodinium

Renee Obringer

Assistant Professor in Energy and Mineral Engineering, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Demand, Smart City, Climate, Electricity, Sustainable Development

Thandazile Moyo

Assistant Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Chalcopyrite, Electronic Waste, Dissolution, Ammonia, Electrochemistry

Esther Prins

Professor, Learning and Performance Systems
Top research keywords: Literacy, Adult Education, El Salvador, Basic Education, Participation

Shirley Clark

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

Wangda Zuo

Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Modelica, Fluid Dynamics, Buildings, Office Buildings, HVAC

Laura Weyrich

Associate Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Microbiota, Ancient DNA, Soil, Dental Calculus, Microbiome

Lauren McPhillips

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Stormwater, Denitrification, Watershed, Infrastructure, Urban Ecosystem

Rick Bates

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Abies Fraseri, Fans (equipment), Ammonia, Farms, Phytophthora Drechsleri

Mihyun Kang

Director of Sustainability, Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Lighting, Rural Community, Energy Saving, Energy Conservation, Cost Savings

Denice Wardrop

Research Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Wetlands, Wetland, Headwater, Watershed, Mid-Atlantic Region

Kurt Vandegrift

Associate Research Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Peromyscus, Ecology, Deer, SARS Virus, Peromyscus Leucopus