Affiliated Researchers
Affiliates are Penn Staters who have a connection to or an interest in the work of the Institute of Energy and the Environment. Currently, 1018 faculty and researchers from across Penn State, including the Commonwealth campuses, are affiliates of IEE.
Luis Ayala
William A. Fustos Family Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Gas Reservoir, Gas Well, Gas Condensate Reservoir, Production Data, Condensate Gas
Rahman Azari
Associate Professor in Architecture, Architecture
Top research keywords: Embodied Carbon, Lifecycle, Environmental Impact, Building Envelope, Life Cycle Assessment
William Bahnfleth
Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation, Chilled Water, Storage Tank, Air Quality, Irradiation System
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
Mook Bangalore
Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy
Top research keywords: Poverty, Climate Change, Natural Disaster, Poor People, Poverty Reduction
Greg Barber
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Photonic Crystals, Surface Plasmons, Photonic Crystal, Solar Cells, Dye-sensitized Solar Cells
Mary Barbercheck
Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Cover Crops, Cover Crop, Entomopathogenic Nematodes, Entomopathogenic Nematode, Tillage
Joshua Trey Barnett
Assistant Professor in Communication Arts & Sciences (College of the Liberal Arts), Communication Arts and Sciences
Top research keywords: Ecological, Authors, Scholars, Anthropocene, Partiality
Adrian Barragan
Assistant Research Professor, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Top research keywords: Cow, Dairy Cows, Milk, Lactating Cows, Metritis
Michael Barringer
Associate Research Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Turbine, Vane, Combustor, High Pressure Turbine, High-Pressure Turbine
Amrita Basak
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Epitaxy, Scanning Laser Epitaxy, Three Dimensional Printing, Powder Bed Fusion, Additive Manufacturing
Rebecca Bascom
Professor, Department of Medicine
Top research keywords: Bronchoscopy, Endobronchial Ultrasonography, Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Lung Cancer
Saurabh Basu
Associate Professor, Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Top research keywords: Surface (Surface Science), Machining, Plastic Deformation, Microstructure Evolution, Additive Manufacturing
Rick Bates
Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Horticulture, Vegetative Buffers, Dust, Christmas Trees, Foliar Nitrogen
Ryan Baxter
Associate Teaching Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Double Crop, Biomass Potential, Winter Crops, United States, Energy Crop
Ekaterina Bazilevskaya
Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Regolith, Porosity, Diabase, Borehole, Carbon Dioxide
Gui Becker
Associate Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Batrachochytrium Dendrobatidis, Amphibians, Anura, Chytridiomycosis, Microbiome
Robert Beelman
Professor Emeritus of Food Science; Director, Center for Plant and Mushroom Foods for Health
Top research keywords: Nutritional and medicinal properties of mushrooms, Antioxidants-selenium and ergothioneine, Vitamin D-enrichment of mushrooms
Allison Beese
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Three Dimensional Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Ti-6Al-4V (Ti64), Mechanical Properties, Ti-6Al-4V
Deanna Behring
Top research keywords: Modality, Disease Threat, Animal Infectious Diseases, Intercultural Virtual Collaboration, Conference Report
Alfredo Bellon
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Top research keywords: Schizophrenia, Neuronal Cells, Neurite, Melatonin, Dementia Praecox
Jacob Benfield
Professor of Psychology, Division of Social Sciences (Abington)
Top research keywords: Natural Sounds, Psychology, National Park, Social Interaction, Recreation
Louis Bengyella
Assistant Research Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Cochliobolus Lunatus, Curvularia Lunata, Conidium, Solanum Tuberosum, Lycopersicon
Sheri A. Berenbaum
Professor, Psychology
Top research keywords: Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, Androgens, Sex Characteristics, Gonadal Steroid Hormones, Spatial Navigation
Robert D. Berghage
Associate Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Roofs, Roof, Green Roofs, Stormwater, Runoff
Philip Bevilacqua
Professor, Chemistry
Top research keywords: RNA, Ribozyme, Mg2+, RNA Structure, Hepatitis Delta Virus
David M. Beyer
Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Mushroom Substrate, Substrate Preparation, Agaricus Bisporus, Hypnum, Spawning
Nita Bharti
Associate Professor And Lloyd Huck Early Career Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Measles, Niger, COVID-19, Hendra Virus, Wintering Habitat
Gopal Bhatt
Assistant Research Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Penn State
Top research keywords: hydrology, open-source, watershed, watershed modeling, geographical information systems
David Bice
Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Stratotype, Eocene-Oligocene Boundary, Oligocene, Eccentricity, Eocene
Dave Biddinger
Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Pollinator, Apoidea, Pennsylvania, Pollinators, Osmia
Trevor Birkenholtz
Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: India, Rajasthan, Groundwater, Household, Water Supply
Jordan Bisanz
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Intestine Flora, Microbiome, Gut Microbiome, Microflora, Microbiota