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, 1020 faculty and researchers from across Penn State, including the Commonwealth campuses, are affiliates of IEE.

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: Safe Assets, Fair Lending, Mortgage, Bank Productivity, Bank Value

Jia Li


Professor, Statistics
Top research keywords: Annotation, Hidden Markov Model, Information Retrieval, Content-based Image Retrieval, Image Database

Jie Li


Ph.D. Candidate, Architecture

Laifang Li


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

Li Li


Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Reactive Transport, Streamflow, Carbon Dioxide, Solute, Dissolved Organic Carbon

Wenjie Li


Assistant Research Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Thermoelectrics, Thermoelectricity, Sintering, Thermoelectric Materials, Yb3+

Yan Li


Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Microgrid, Power Engineering, Networked Microgrids, Power System, Transients

Xiaojun "Lance" Lian


Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Top research keywords: Human Pluripotent Stem Cells (hPSCs), Stem Cell, Human Pluripotent Stem Cell, Cardiomyocytes, Cardiac Muscle Cell

Heather Ligler


Assistant Teaching Professor of Architecture

Jules Lindau



Top research keywords: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Cavitation, Supercavity, Supercavities, Multiphase CFD

Darla Lindberg


Professor of Architecture, Architecture
Top research keywords: Porous Borders, Food Safety Assurance, Policy Response, Air Quality, Glycemic Index

Justine Lindemann


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

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: Gamma Ray, Multiplicity, Gamma Rays, Neutron, Learning System

Dale Litwhiler


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

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: Herbaceous Biomass, Switchgrass, Hemp, Harvest-assist, Apple Harvest

Na Liu


Postdoctoral Scholar

Shimin Liu


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

Xiaofeng Liu


Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Earth Surface Sediment Transport, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Free Surface, Suspended Sediment, Hydraulics

Zhiwen Liu


Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Supercontinuum, Raman Spectra, Fiber Taper, Supercontinuum Generation, Holography

Zi-Kui Liu


Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: First-principles Calculations, Density, Thermodynamics Modeling, Thermodynamic Modeling, Thermodynamic Properties

Manuel Llinás


Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium, Malaria Parasite, Gametocyte, Gene Expression

Max Lloyd


Assistant Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Isotopic Composition, Clumped Isotopes, Calcite, Wood, Dolomite

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

Bruce Logan


Evan Pugh University Professor and Kappe Professor of Environmental Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Microbial Fuel Cell, Microbial Electrolysis Cell, Power Generation, Reactor, Power Density

Elizabeth Long


Assistant Research Professor, Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center (PRC)
Top research keywords: Politicians, Alcohol Use Disorder, Substance Use Disorder, Research Use, Alcohol Use

Margarita López-Uribe


Lorenzo L. Langstroth Early Career Professor and Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Apoidea, Pollinator, Hymenoptera, Pollinators, Apidae

Carolyn Lowry


Assistant Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Cover Crop, Cover Crops, Weeds, Vicia, Vetch

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: Turbine, Heat Transfer, Cooling Hole, Endwall, Additive Manufacturing

Hong Ma



Top research keywords: Arabidopsis, Angiosperm, Meiosis, Cladistics, Angiosperms

Jennifer Macalady


Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Biofilm, Microorganism, Microbial Community, Sulfide, Frasassi Caves

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