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, 1013 faculty and researchers from across Penn State, including the Commonwealth campuses, are affiliates of IEE.
Jesse Kreye
Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Fire Behavior, Flammability, Litter, Forest Litter, Fuels (fire Ecology)
Melissa Kreye
Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Private Forest, Private Land, Landowner, Private Forestry, Private Lands
Christopher Kube
Associate Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Ultrasonics, Polycrystals, Waves, Scattering, Ultrasound
László Kulcsár
Department Head and Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Hungary, Demographic Trend, Biofuel, Biofuel Production, Aging Population
Gretchen A. Kuldau
Associate Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Fusarium, Zea Mays, Mycotoxins, Deoxynivalenol, Fusarium Verticillioides
Anil Kulkarni
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Spark Plasma Sintering, Sintering, Tungsten, Fires, Heat
Soundar Kumara
Allen E. Pearce and Allen M. Pearce Professor, Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Top research keywords: Planning, Neural Networks, Supply Chains, Multi Agent Systems, Manufacturing
Lee Kump
The John Leone Dean in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences and Professor of Geosciences, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Carbon Isotope, Mass Extinction, Ocean, Permian, Paleocene
Anthony Kwasnica
Professor, Risk Management
Top research keywords: Auctions, Ascending Auctions, Seller, Sealed-bid Auction, Double Auction
Luke LaBorde
Professor, Food Science
Top research keywords: Agaricales, Listeria Monocytogenes, Malus, Mushrooms, Food Safety
Todd LaJeunesse
Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Symbiodinium, Dinoflagellida, Symbiont, Anthozoa, Corals
Akhlesh Lakhtakia
Evan Pugh University Professor and Charles G. Binder Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Thin Films, Surface Plasmons, Dielectric Material, Plane Wave, Wave
Joshua D. Lambert
Professor, Food Science
Top research keywords: Tea, Polyphenols, Epigallocatechin Gallate, (-)-Epigallocatechin 3-Gallate, Polyphenol
Michael Lanagan
Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Permittivity, Dielectric Material, Dielectric Properties, Superconducting Materials, Ceramic
Joel Landry
Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Biofuels, Land Market, Housing Market, Pork, Savings
Jacob Langelaan
Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Top research keywords: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), Trajectories, Aircraft, Landing, Navigation
Tracy Langkilde
Interim Executive Vice President and Provost, Eberly College of Science
Top research keywords: Lizard, Lizards, Sceloporus Undulatus, Fire Ants, Ant
Janelle Larson
Professor, Division of Engineering, Business & Computing (Berks)
Top research keywords: Land Titling, Honduras, Credit, Land Market, Farm
Jesse Lasky
Associate Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Arabidopsis, Genomics, Climate, Local Adaptation, Forests
Aron Laszka
Assistant Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Blockchain, Attack, Game, Ethereum, Topology
Kimberly Lau
Assistant Professor in Geosciences, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Uranium Isotope, Isotope, Triassic, Anoxia, Permian
Stephanie Law
Associate Professor and Norris B. McFarlane Faculty Career Development Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Topological Insulators, Plasmonics, Nonconductor, Plasmons, Semiconductor Materials
Benjamin Lear
Professor of Chemistry, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Mixed Valence, Ligands, Gold Nanoparticles, Electrons, Gold Nanoparticle
Dongwon Lee
Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Web Services, XML, Digital Libraries, Chemical Analysis, Access Control
Saya Lee
Assistant Professor in Nuclear Engineering, Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering
Top research keywords: Steam Generators, Boilers, Velocity Measurement, Particle Image Velocimetry, Debris
Sukyoung Lee
Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Eddy, Heating, Warming, Convection, Winter
Zhen Lei
Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Patents, Citations, Patent Citations, Deregulation, Licensing
Robert Leicht
Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Construction Industry, Students, Project Delivery, Industry, Contractors
Laura Leites
Associate Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Climate, Quercus, Oak, Pseudotsuga Menziesii, Pinus Ponderosa
George Lesieutre
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs, College of Engineering
Top research keywords: Damping, Actuators, Actuator, Composite Materials, Helicopters
Stefan Lewellen
Assistant Professor of Finance, Finance
Top research keywords: Mortgages, High-growth Firms, Consumer Credit, Fair Lending, Cross Section
Jia Li
Professor, Statistics
Top research keywords: Hidden Markov Models, Image Retrieval, Clustering, Painting, Image Annotation
Laifang Li
Assistant Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Summer, Rainfall, Sea Surface Salinity, Moisture, Climate Models
Li Li
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Reactive Transport, Mineral, Solute, Watershed, Dissolution