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.

Kusumal Ruamsook


Assistant Research Professor, Center for Supply Chain Research
Top research keywords: Supply Chain Management, Transport, USA, Low-cost Countries, Comparative Analysis

Steven Rubin


Professor, School of Visual Arts

Sairam V. Rudrabhatla


Professor of Biology, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Hemp, Cannabis Sativa, Explant, Callus, Plant Regeneration

Tess Russo


Assistant Professor and Rudy L. Slingerland Early Career Professorship, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Groundwater, Water Management, Aquifer, Shale, Modeling

Timothy Ryan


Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Trabecular Bone, Primates, Hominin, Bone Volume Fraction, Locomotor

Mostafa Sabbaghi


Assistant Teaching Professor, Smeal College of Business

Autumn Sabo


Assistant Professor of Biology, Penn State Beaver
Top research keywords: Deer, Understory, Plant Community, Deer Herbivory, White-tailed Deer

Aly Said


Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Column Joint, Beam-Column, Reinforced Concrete Beam, Beam-column Joint, Fiber-Reinforced Polymer

Joyce Sakamoto


Assistant Research Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Wolbachia, Wolbachia Infection, Vaginal Microbiome, Vagina Flora, Ixodes Scapularis

Howard Salis


Associate Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Genetics, Dynamics, Promoter Region, Messenger RNA, Gene Expression

Elsa Sánchez


Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Pennsylvania, Cultivar, Cultivar Evaluation, Growers, Muskmelon

Robersy Sanchez


Associate Research Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Genetic Code, Amino Acids, Epigenome, DNA Methylation, Arabidopsis

Haley Sankey


Assistant Teaching Professor, Energy and Sustainability Policy

Mare Sarr


Associate Professor, School of International Affairs
Top research keywords: Technological Change, International Transfer Of Technology, Race-ethnicity, Risk Preferences, Rebound Effect

Ruairidh Sawers


Assistant Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Maize, Zea Mays, Zea, Allele, Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi

Raymond E. Schaak


DuPont Professor of Materials Chemistry, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Nanoparticle, Nanoparticles, Nanocrystals, Nanorod, Cation Exchange

Stephen Schaeffer


Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Drosophila, Gene Order, Drosophila Pseudoobscura, Chromosome Inversion, Chromosomes

Kai Schafft


Professor, Education Policy Studies
Top research keywords: Pennsylvania, Marcellus Shale, Boomtowns, Shale Gas, Rural Areas

Megan Schall



Top research keywords: Smallmouth Bass, Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania, Micropterus Dolomieu, Fisheries

Julianne Schieffer


Extension Educator, Regional Urban Forester

Rudolf Schilder


Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Alternative Splicing, Skeletal Muscle, Flight, Troponin T, Flight Muscle

Sven Schmitz


Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Top research keywords: Rotors, Rotor Hub, Compressed Air Motors, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Rotor

Ashley Schroeder


Assistant Professor, Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
Top research keywords: Tourism, Risk Perception, Tourists, Social Media, Crisis Communication

James Schupp



Top research keywords: Apples, Rootstocks, Fruit Size, Thinning (plants), Cultivars

Christopher Scott


Maurice K. Goddard Chair of Forestry and Environmental Conservation, Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Mexico, India, Water Security, Water Scarcity, Irrigation

Taylor Bishop Scott


Associate Research Professor, Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center (PRC)
Top research keywords: Politicians, Research Use, Evidence-based Policy, Policy Making, Use Of Research Evidence

Albert Segall


Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Transients, Thermal Stress, Aluminum Oxide, Stress State, Thermal Transient

Ayusman Sen


Distinguished Professor, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Palladium, Alkene, Copolymerization, Carbon Dioxide, Micromotors

Abhronil Sengupta


Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Neural Network, Spiking Neural Networks, Neuromorphic Computing, Magnetic Tunnel Junction, Computer Hardware

Mark Sentesy


Assistant Professor, Philosophy
Top research keywords: Aristotle's Metaphysics, Protagoras, Aristotle, Genesis, Accomplishment

Kathleen Sexsmith


Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Farmworkers, Immigrant, New York, USA, Agriculture

Uday V. Shanbhag


Gary and Sheila Bello Chair Professor, Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Top research keywords: Game, Nash Equilibrium, Variational Inequality Problem, Convex Optimization, Stochastic Optimization

Shunli Shang


Research Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: First-principles Calculations, Density, Density Functional Theory, Alloying, Elastic Moduli

Robert D. Shannon


Associate Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Peatland, Methane, Manure Application, Peatlands, Michigan

Priya Sharma


Associate Professor, Learning and Performance Systems
Top research keywords: Cognitive Engagement, Discourse, Blogs, Social Network Analysis, Student Learning