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.

Erika Machtinger


Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Diptera, House Fly, Muscidae, Tick Control, Filth Flies

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: Eastern Chipmunk, Tamias, Pennsylvania, Tamias Striatus, National Parks

Mehrdad Mahdavi


Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Harmony Search, Neural Network, Optimization Problem, Gradient Descent, Approximation (Algorithm)

Brian Maicke


Associate Professor, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Vortex, Mach Number, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Rocket Engine, One Dimensional

Stephen Mainzer


Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Chesapeake Bay, USA, Collective Identity, Collective Action

Daniel Mallinson


Associate Professor of Public Policy and Administration, School of Public Affairs (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Policy Diffusion, American States, Pennsylvania, Narcotic Drugs, Innovation Policy

Guha Manogharan


Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Additive Manufacturing, Metal Additive Manufacturing, Ti-6Al-4V (Ti64), Binder Jetting, 3D Sand Printing

Yingwei Mao


Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: DISC1, Exon Junction Complex, RBM8A, αB-crystallin, Interneuron

Zhiqiang Mao


Professor, Eberly College of Science
Top research keywords: Strontium Ruthenate, Superconducting Material, Surface (Surface Science), Superconductivity, Magnetism

Costas Maranas


Donald B. Broughton Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Metabolite, Escherichia Coli, Metabolic Pathway, Metabolic Network, Enzyme

James Marden


Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Flight, Flight Muscle, Dragonfly, Butterfly, Locomotion

Jon-Paul Maria


Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Thin Films, Film, Oxide Compound, Ferroelectric Material, Permittivity

Paul Markowski


Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Supercell, Storm, Supercells, Tornado, Thunderstorm

Jonathan Marks


Professor, Philosophy
Top research keywords: Nutrition Policy, Law, Corporate Influence, Public Health, Advocacy

Chris Marone


Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Fault Gouge, Fault Zone, Friction, Earthquake, Fault Slip

Paul Daniel Marriott


Associate Professor, Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: UK, Twentieth Century, Early Twentieth Century, Professional Occupations, Landscape Architect

Matt Marshall



Top research keywords: Songbird, Bird, Nest, Birds, Caterpillar

Megan Marshall


Research Assistant, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Pretreatment, Corn Stover, Ensilage, Solarization, Silage

Michael Mashtare


Assistant Professor in BioRenewable Systems, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Polyfluoroalkyl Substances, 17-estradiol, Pennsylvania, Cotton Gin Waste, Biochar

Robert Mathers


Professor, Penn State New Kensington
Top research keywords: Polymerization, Hydrophobicity, Self Assembly, Copolymer, Monomer

Jonathan Mathews


Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Bituminous Coal, Vitrinite, High-resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM), Aromatics, Inertinite

Mark Maughmer


Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Top research keywords: Airfoil, Trailing Edge, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Rotorcraft, Winglet

John Mauro


Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Phase Composition, Aluminosilicate, Glass Transition, Glass Transition Temperature, Silicate Glass

Siela Maximova


Research Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Cacao, Theobroma Cacao, Somatic Embryogenesis, Infectious Agent, Arabidopsis

Marc E. McDill


Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Pennsylvania, Forest Planning, Forest Management, Quercus, Harvest-scheduling Model

Bryan McDonald


Sherwin Early Career Professorship and Associate Professor, History
Top research keywords: Americas, Environmental Change, Food Systems, Hostility, Culture Industry

Shannon McGee


Graduate Student, Chemistry

Jacqueline McLaughlin


Professor of Biology, Penn State Lehigh Valley
Top research keywords: Undergraduate Research, Pedagogical Framework, Biology Laboratory, Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience, Four-step

Timothy W. McNellis


Associate Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Erwinia Amylovora, Arabidopsis, Apple, Virulence, Wild Type

Lauren McPhillips


Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Stormwater, Greenhouse Gas Emission, Denitrification, Methane, Solar Farm

Michael McShane


Assistant Professor, College of Medicine (University Park Curriculum)
Top research keywords: Communities, Interactive Cases, Medication Reconciliation, Pennsylvania, Community-Based

Mónica Medina


Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Coral, Symbiodinium, Symbiont, Microbiome, Reef-building Corals

Scott H. Medina


Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Top research keywords: Nanoemulsion, Anticancer Peptides, Antimicrobial Peptides, Fluorous, Drug Discovery

Yashar Mehmani


Assistant Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Multiscale, Pore Network Model, Porosity, Porous Media, Pore Level

Amin Mehrabian


Associate Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Wellbore, Porosity, Poroelasticity, Pore Fluid, Loss Of Circulation

Alfonso Mejia


Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Streamflow, United States, United States Of America, Water Footprint, Water Flow