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.

Tonya Peeples


Harold and Inge Marcus Dean, College of Engineering
Top research keywords: Bioconversion, Extremophiles, Methanocaldococcus, Hydrolysis, Biocatalysis

Eliza Pennypacker


Department Head and Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Stormwater, Runoff, Amenity, Studios, Rainwater

Gary Perdew


John T. And Paige S. Smith Professor, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Top research keywords: Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptors, Hydrocarbon, Ligands, Human AHR Protein, Protein

Susan Perrine


Research Assistant, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Acrocephalosyndactylia, Craniofacial Dysostosis, Skull, Craniosynostoses, Mutation

George Perry


Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Primates, Genome, Rainforest, Lemur, Pan Troglodytes

Christian Pester


Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Brushes, Polymer Brush, Block Copolymers, Polymers, Polymerization

Jeffrey Peters


Distinguished Professor, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Top research keywords: Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors, Peroxisome Proliferators, Ligands, Carcinogenesis, Liver

Karen Pham


Ph.D. Candidate

Martin Pietrucha


Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Variable Message Signs, Visibility, Highway Systems, Traffic Signs, Travel Time

Ross Pifer


Clinical Professor, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Cap-and-trade, Greenhouse Gas, India, Coal-fired Power Plant

Anastasia Piliouras


Assistant Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Rivers, Permafrost, Sediments, River, Planforms

Juliet Pinto


Associate Professor, Journalism
Top research keywords: News, Coverage, Journalism, Social Construction, Latin America

Sarma Pisupati


Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Coal, Gasification, Ashes, Fluidized Bed, Fluidized Beds

Ute Poerschke


Professor of Architecture, Architecture
Top research keywords: Studios, Ecodesign, Solar Buildings, Zero Energy Buildings, Architect

David Pollard


Senior Scientist, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: Ice Sheet, Ice, Climate, Climate Modeling, Simulation

Frederic Joseph Pollock


Academic Affiliate of Biology

Denise Potosky


Professor, Management Division (Great Valley)
Top research keywords: Work Performance, Job Performance, Cognitive Ability, Personnel, Predictors

Bed Poudel


Associate Research Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Thermoelectricity, Skutterudites, Figure Of Merit, Nanostructures, Bismuth

Bronwen Powell


Associate Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Forests, Food, Diet, Morocco, Tanzania

Samantha Powers


Assistant Professor of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, Division of Social Sciences (Abington)
Top research keywords: Recreation, Pandemics, Social Capital, Staff, Public Perception

Sandeep Prabhu


Department Head and Professor, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Top research keywords: Selenium, Selenoproteins, Macrophages, Inositol Oxygenase, Inflammation

Heather Preisendanz


Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Drug Products, Wastewater, Nutrients, Impurities, Runoff

Sarah Princiotta


Assistant Professor, Biology, Penn State Schuylkill
Top research keywords: Lakes, Lake, Cryptophyta, Dinobryon, Phototrophic Processes

Esther Prins


Professor, Learning and Performance Systems
Top research keywords: Literacy, Adult Education, El Salvador, Basic Education, Participation

Virendra M. Puri


Distinguished Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Powders, Hot Temperature, Moisture, Heat Exchangers, Temperature

Robin Guanghua Qiu


Professor, Engineering Division (Great Valley)
Top research keywords: Semiconductor Materials, Industry, Supply Chains, Information Systems, Alzheimer's Disease

Aleksandra Radlinska


Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Slags, Concretes, Slag, Portland Cement, Drying

Sean Rafferty


Research Director and Associate Director, Pennsylvania Sea Grant

Christopher Rahn


Associate Dean for Innovation, College of Engineering
Top research keywords: Fluidics, Actuators, Lithium-ion Batteries, Damping, Composite Materials

Cibin Raj


Associate Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Soil And Water Assessment Tool Model, Soil And Water Assessment Tool, Watersheds, Watershed, Water Quality

Farshad Rajabipour


Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Concretes, Fly Ash, Silica, Cements, Mortar

Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan


Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Carbon, Carbon Atom, Alcohols, Nanoporosity, Polypyrroles

Ed Rajotte


Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Bees, Malus, Orchard, Orchards, Apples

Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado


Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Liquids, Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFC), Heat Sinks, Wettability, Fuel Cells

Joseph Ranalli


Associate Professor, Penn State Hazleton
Top research keywords: Flames, Flame, Students, Transfer Functions, Advection

Clive Randall


Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Sintering, Ceramic, Ferroelectric Materials, Temperature, Dielectric Material

Clare Randolph


Ph.D. Student

Andisheh Ranjbari


Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Curbs, Rural Roads, Travel, Network Design, Demand

Elizabeth Ransom


Associate Professor, School of International Affairs
Top research keywords: Food, Local Food Systems, Global Commodity Chains, Gender, Rural Communities