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.

Wenjie Li


Assistant Research Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Thermoelectricity, Ceramic, Sintering, Yttrium Oxide, Skutterudites

Yan Li


Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Microgrids, Energy Resources, Microgrid, DC-DC Converter, Wind Power

Xiaojun "Lance" Lian


Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Top research keywords: Pluripotent Stem Cells, Stem Cells, Cardiac Myocytes, Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, Catenins

Heather Ligler


Assistant Teaching Professor of Architecture

Jules Lindau


Senior Research Associate, Applied Research Laboratory (ARL)
Top research keywords: Cavitation, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Multiphase Flow, Volume Fraction, Gases

Darla Lindberg


Professor of Architecture, Architecture
Top research keywords: Farm To Fork, Glycemic Index, Public Policy, Poultry Housing, Video Games

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

Dwight Lingenfelter


Extension Associate, Weed Science
Top research keywords: Isoxaflutole vs. Mesotrione, Herbicide, Agronomic, Weed, Pigweed

Azaree Lintereur


Assistant Professor, Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering
Top research keywords: Neutrons, Gamma Rays, Neutron Counters, Detectors, Lithium Fluoride

Dale Litwhiler


Associate Professor, Division of Engineering, Business & Computing (Berks)
Top research keywords: Students, Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Energy Harvesting, Accelerometers

Thomas Litzinger


Assistant Dean for Educational Innovation and Accreditation, College of Engineering
Top research keywords: Soot, Fuel, Students, Flame, Flames

Fiona Si Ting Liu


Ph.D. Candidate, Environmental Engineering

Jiangtao Liu


Ph.D. Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Jude Liu


Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Bales, Biomass, Soils, Straw, Square Bales

Na Liu


Postdoctoral Scholar

Shimin Liu


Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Coal, Coal Bed Methane, Shale, Sorption, Methane

Xiaofeng Liu


Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Sediment Transport, Sediments, Scour, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Suspended Sediments

Zhiwen Liu


Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Imaging Techniques, Raman Scattering, Fibers, Photonic Crystal Fibers, Wavelength

Zi-Kui Liu


Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Thermodynamics, Alloy, Phonons, Thermodynamic Property, Thermodynamic Properties

Manuel Llinás


Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Parasites, Plasmodium Falciparum, Malaria, Antimalarials, Plasmodium

Max Lloyd


Assistant Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Isotope, Calcite, Isotopes, Geochemistry, Carbonate Mineral

Chiara Lo Prete


Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Power Markets, Microgrids, Electricity, Market, Sustainable Development

Bruce Logan


Evan Pugh University Professor and Kappe Professor of Environmental Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Microbial Fuel Cells, Cathodes, Fuel Cell, Cathode, Regenerative Fuel Cells

Elizabeth Long


Assistant Research Professor, Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center (PRC)
Top research keywords: Alcoholism, Alcohols, Alcohol, Twin Studies , Substance-Related Disorders

Margarita López-Uribe


Lorenzo L. Langstroth Early Career Professor and Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Bees, Bee, Hymenoptera, Apidae, Pollinating Insects

Carolyn Lowry


Assistant Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Cover Crops, Rye, Weeds, Vicia, Tillage

Nicole Lowry


Assistant Director, Personal Counseling

Serguei Lvov


Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Membranes, Corrosion, Temperature, Protons, Corrosion Rate

Jonathan Lynch


Distinguished Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Zea Mays, Soil, Phosphorus, Corn, Beans

Stephen Lynch


Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Turbines, Heat Transfer, Cooling, Turbomachine Blades, Vortex Flow

Hong Ma



Top research keywords: Arabidopsis, Magnoliopsida, Genes, Flowers, Meiosis

Jennifer Macalady


Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Sulfur, Caves, Sulfides, Lakes, Cave

David Macauley


Associate Professor, Penn State Brandywine
Top research keywords: Philosophy, Empedocles, Aristotle, Pre-Socratics, Flowering

Alan MacEachren


Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Visualization, Map Symbols, Geographic Information Systems, Cartography, Decision Making

Erika Machtinger


Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Diptera, Ticks, Musca Domestica, Muscidae, Deer

Sally Mackenzie


Lloyd and Dottie Huck Chair for Functional Genomics and Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Mitochondrial Genome, Arabidopsis, Fertility, Plastids, Male Infertility

Samy Madbouly


Assistant Professor of Engineering, Plastics Engineering Technology, School of Engineering (Behrend)
Top research keywords: Polyurethanes, Dispersions, Polymers, Polymethyl Methacrylates, Shear

Carolyn Mahan


Professor, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Tamias Striatus, Sciuridae, National Parks, Flying Squirrels, Glaucomys Sabrinus

Mehrdad Mahdavi


Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Harmony Search, Random Projection, Convex Optimization, Clustering Algorithms, Sketching

Brian Maicke


Associate Professor, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Mach Number, Vortex Flow, Rocket Engines, Rocket Nozzles, Nozzles