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.

Sanjay Srinivasan


Department Head and Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Uncertainty, Seismic Data, Inversion, Drainage, Permeability

Alexandra Staub


Professor, Architecture
Top research keywords: Postwar West Germany, Space Utilization, Routledge Companion, Double Life, Social Stratification

Jay Stauffer Jr.


Distinguished Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Cichlidae, Cichlids, Lake Malawi, Lakes, Teleostei

Richard Stehouwer


Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Soil, Soils, Trace Elements, Nutrients, Compost

Kim Steiner


Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Oak, Quercus, Seedling, Quercus Rubra, Acer Rubrum

Peter Stempel


Associate Professor in Landscape Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Storm Surge, Visualization, Hazards, Sea Level, Hurricane

David Stensrud


Department Head, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Forecast, Convection, Radar, Convective System, Kalman Filter

Susan Stewart


Associate Teaching Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Top research keywords: Wind Turbines, Wind Power, Rotors, Condensers (liquefiers), Condenser Tubes

Amber Stilwell


Coastal Outreach Specialist, Pennsylvania Sea Grant

Martha Strickland


Associate Professor, School of Behavioral Sciences & Education (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Immigrant, Teacher, Personal Narratives , Conversation, Student Learning

Dana L. Stuchul


Associate Professor, Curriculum & Instruction
Top research keywords: Racial Violence, Liberation, Climate, Literacy, Anxiety

Mark Stutman


Research Associate, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Air Filters, Electric Power Measurement, HVAC, Fans, Life Cycle

Jodi Sulpizio


Master Watershed Steward Coordinator (York County)

Hongtao Sun


Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Graphene, Atomic Layer Deposition, Lithium-ion Batteries, Anodes, Atomic Layer Epitaxy

S. Shyam Sundar


Distinguished Professor, Film-Video and Media Studies
Top research keywords: Interactive Media, Websites, Experiments, User Experience, Communication

Troy Sutton


Associate Professor, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Top research keywords: Orthomyxoviridae, Ferrets, Viruses, Pandemics, Influenza A Virus

Emelie Swackhamer


Senior Extension Educator, Penn State Extension

Madhavan Swaminathan


Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Substrates, Electric Lines, Inductor, Networks (circuits), Liquid Crystal Polymers

Jon Sweetman


Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management

Janet Swim


Professor, Psychology
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Sexism, Discrimination, Psychology, Racism

Kristin Sznajder


Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Top research keywords: China, Pandemics, Latent Class Analysis, Cross-Sectional Studies, Occupational Stress

Derrick Taff


Associate Professor, Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
Top research keywords: National Park, Protected Area, National Parks, Outdoor Recreation, Pandemics

Sanaz M. Takaghaj


Assistant Teaching Professor in Engineering Design (Behrend)

Arash Dahi Taleghani


Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Cements, Hydraulic Fracturing, Fluids, Hydraulics, Rocks

Ken Tamminga


Distinguished Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Rivers, River, Learning, Climate Change, Sustainable Development

Fariborz Tavangarian


Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Scaffolds, Tissue Engineering, Mechanical Activation, Powders, Nanostructures

Alan Taylor


Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Fire Regime, Fire Severity, Coniferous Forests, Mixed Forests, Wildfires

Mauricio Terrones


George A. and Margaret M. Downsbrough Department Head, Evan Pugh University Professor, and Verne M. Willaman Professor of Physics, Physics
Top research keywords: Carbon Nanotubes, Nanotubes, Graphene, Carbon Nanotube, Nanotube

Alexander Thames


Ph.D. Candidate, Geosciences and Climate Science
Top research keywords: Dimethyl Sulfide, Troposphere, Tomography, Atmosphere, Hydroxyl Radical

Brian Thiede


Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Climate, Poverty, Household, Human Migration, Indigenous Forest

Darryl Thomas


Associate Professor, African American Studies
Top research keywords: Twenty-first Century, Black Internationalism, Commonwealth Of Independent States, Liberation, Commonwealth Of Nations

Emily Thomas


Assistant Teaching Professor, Wildlife Technology

Ryan Thombs


Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education

Cheryl Thompson


Professor, Interim Vice Chair for Education and Endowed Chair in Cancer Population Sciences Research, Department of Public Health Sciences
Top research keywords: Breast Neoplasms, Colonic Neoplasms, Adenoma, Melanoma, Neoplasms

Stefan Thynell


Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Thermolysis, Decomposition, Propellants, Radiation, RDX

Ming Tien


Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Phanerochaete, Lignin Peroxidase, Manganese Peroxidase, Peroxidase, Lignin

Timothy Tighe


Assistant Research Professor, Materials Characterization Lab
Top research keywords: Self Assembled Monolayers, Monolayers, Self Assembled Monolayer, Atoms, Monolayer

Ted Toadvine


Nancy Tuana Director of the Rock Ethics Institute and Associate Professor, Philosophy
Top research keywords: Phenomenology, Naturalism, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Nature, Philosophy Of Nature