Affiliated Researchers: Urban Environment

Chingwen Cheng

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

William F. Elmendorf

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Urban Parks, Arborists, Foresters, Arborist, Urban Forest

Justine Lindemann

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

Travis Flohr

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

Ken Tamminga

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

Jacob Benfield

Professor of Psychology, Division of Social Sciences (Abington)
Top research keywords: Natural Sounds, Wildlife, Psychology, National Park, Social Interaction

Hong Wu

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

Natasha Miles

Associate Research Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Emissions, Carbon Dioxide, Indianapolis, Atmospherics, Methane

Junjun Yin

Assistant Research Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Twitter Data, Spatial Interaction, Mobile Device, Twitter User, Social Media

Margaret C. Hoffman

Assistant Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Biodiversity, Mean Radiant Temperature, Water Storage, Natural Swimming Pool, Stormwater Bioretention

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

Stuart Patton Echols

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

Lisa Iulo

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

Andrew Mowen

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

Rahman Azari

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

Renee Obringer

Assistant Professor in Energy and Mineral Engineering, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Electricity Demand, United States, Climatic Change, Climate Change, Water Demand

Leann Andrews

Assistant Professor in Landscape Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Peru, Iquitos, Floating Community, Juvenile Salmon, Justice

Ute Poerschke

Professor of Architecture, Architecture
Top research keywords: Environmental Sensitivity, Microclimate, Building Information Modeling, Building Performance, Technical System

Jonathan Duncan

Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Nitrate, Urban Watershed, Storm, Denitrification, Base Flow

Wangda Zuo

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

Linlin Fan

Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Obesity Prevalence, Mississippi, Oral Nutritional Supplements, 30-day Readmission, Supplementary Feeding

Stephanie Buechler

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

Lauren McPhillips

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

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

Mallika Bose

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

Mónica Medina

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

Bryan McDonald

Sherwin Early Career Professorship and Associate Professor, History
Top research keywords: Americas, Environmental Change, Food Systems, Hostility, Culture Industry

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

Emily Rosenman

Assistant Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Economic Geography, Finance, USA, Financialization, Investors

Dennis Shea

Associate Dean, College of Health and Human Development
Top research keywords: Nursing Home, Medicare, Nursing Homes, Mental Health Service, Employers

Roberto Iglesias-Prieto

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

Theodore R. Alter

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

Lisa Emili

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

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

Houtan Jebelli

Assistant Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Electroencephalography, Robots, Robotics, Biosensors, Wearable Sensors

Julie Urban

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

Mihyun Kang

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

Xianbiao Hu

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Connected Vehicles, Autonomous Vehicles, Case Study, Multi Agent Systems, Global Positioning System

Robert Chiles

Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Meat, Qualitative Research Ethics, Big Data Era, Ethics, Cellular Agriculture

Gregory Pavlak

Assistant Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Thermal Comfort, Heat Storage, Energy Use, Energy Systems, Residential Building