Affiliated Researchers: Western United States

Karen Fisher-Vanden

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: China, Integrated Assessment Model, Climate Change Impacts, Energy Intensity, Carbon Tax

Antonia Hadjimichael

Assistant Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Vulnerability, Exploratory Modelling, Water Scarcity, River Basin, Modeller

Alan Taylor

Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Fire Regime, Fire Severity, Coniferous Forests, Mixed Forests, Wildfires

Lara Fowler

Senior Lecturer, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Stakeholder Engagement, Water Resources Management, Water Management, Climate Change, Washington

Chiara Lo Prete

Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Microgrid, Crossed Product, Financial Transmission Rights, Power Engineering, Game Analysis

Harland Patch

Assistant Research Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Pollinator, Honey Bees, Apis Mellifera, Apoidea, Honey Bee

Laifang Li

Assistant Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: North Atlantic, United States, North Atlantic Subtropical High, Southeastern United States, Sea Surface Temperature

Elizabeth Hajek

Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Stratigraphy, Flood Plain, Tectonics, Morphodynamics, Avulsion

Trevor Birkenholtz

Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: India, Rajasthan, Groundwater, Household, Water Supply

Cheryl Thompson

Professor, Interim Vice Chair for Education and Endowed Chair in Cancer Population Sciences Research, Department of Public Health Sciences
Top research keywords: Breast Cancer, Colon Cancer, Neoplasm, Colon, Malignant Neoplasm

George Perry

Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Evolution, Genomics, Primates, Copy-Number Variation, Lemur

Rebecca Bliege Bird

Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Martu, Australia, Western Desert, Foragers, Hunters

Eileen Kane

Professor, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Vaccinia Virus, Virion, Temperature-sensitive Mutant, Polypeptide, DNA Topoisomerase

Margot Kaye

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Pinus, Quercus, Fire Regime, Climate Change, Populus

Erica Smithwick

Distinguished Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Pinus, Carbon Sink, Pennsylvania, Lodgepole Pine

Gregory Jenkins

Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Climate Modeling, Western Africa, West Africa, Senegal, Troposphere

László Kulcsár

Department Head and Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Hungary, Post-socialist, Communities, USA, Biofuel

Nathaniel Warner

Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Produced Water, Radium, Surface Water, Wastewater, Pennsylvania

Christopher House

Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Mars, Gale Crater, Mars Crater, Methane, Carbon Dioxide