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, 1018 faculty and researchers from across Penn State, including the Commonwealth campuses, are affiliates of IEE.

Xingchao Chen


Assistant Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Thermodynamics, Convective System, Mesoscale Convective Systems, China, Data Assimilation

Chingwen Cheng


Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Climate Justice, Environmental Impact Assessment, Ecosystem Service, Social-ecological-technological Systems

Huanyu "Larry" Cheng


Associate Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Stretchable, Laser-Induced Graphene, Silicon, Surface (Surface Science), Graphene

Keith Cheng


Distinguished Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Top research keywords: Zebra Fish, Zebrafish, Genetics, Pigmentation, Histology

Fan-Bill Cheung


George L. Guillet Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Rod Bundle, Transients, Heat Transfer, Heat Flux, Natural Convection

Robert Chiles


Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Meat, Qualitative Research Ethics, Big Data Era, Ethics, Cellular Agriculture

Stephen Chmely


Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Lignin, Density Functional Theory, 3D Printing, Mixed Metal Oxide Catalyst, Phosphide

Sukwon Choi


Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Nitride, Transistor, GaN HEMT, Electron Mobility, Gallium Nitride

Phil Choo



Top research keywords: Physical Impairment, Older Adults, Amnesia, Information Systems, Physical Disease

Surinder Chopra


Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Maize, Sorghum, Allele, Flavonoids, Pericarp

Nicolas Choquette-Levy


Assistant Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Climate Risk, Risk Transfer, Household, Farming Communities, Subsistence Agriculture

Katie Chriest


Coordinator, Sustainable Food Systems Program

T.C. Mike Chung


Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Copolymers, Organometallics, Polypropylenes, Polyolefins, Polymers

Taejung Chung


Ph.D. Candidate, Food Science

John Cimbala


Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Vortex, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Heat Pipes, Water Turbine, Hydro Turbine

Richard Ciocci



Top research keywords: Free Solder, Engineering, Ecodesign, Community College, Design For Environment

Daniel Ciolkosz


Associate Research Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Torrefaction, Energy Use, Torrefied, Glucose Yield, Pellet Production

Ezra Clark


Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Carbon Dioxide, Electrocatalysts, CO2 Reduction Reaction (CO2RR), Electrochemical Reaction, Surface (Surface Science)

Shirley Clark


Professor, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Stormwater, Pollutants, Stormwater Runoff, Infiltration, Stormwater Treatment

Eugene Clothiaux


Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Atmospheric Radiation, Radiation Measurement, Atmospheric Measurements, Atmospherics, Cloud Radar

Jamison Colburn


Professor, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Environmental Policy, National Environmental Policy Act, Law, Courts

Ralph Colby


Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Ionomer, Rheology, Polyethylene Glycol, Copolymer, Permittivity

Charles Andrew Cole


Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Pennsylvania, Wetlands, United States Of America, Hydrogeomorphic, Flood Plain

Alyssa Collins


Director, Southeast Agricultural Research & Extension Center; Asssociate Research Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: United States, Yield Loss, Ontario Canada, Loss Measurement, Soybean Yield

Erin Connolly


Department Head and Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Arabidopsis, Ferric Reductase, Oxidoreductase, Reductase, Iron Uptake

Jessica Conway


Associate Professor, Mathematics
Top research keywords: Dynamics, Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Rebound, Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection, Viral Load

Daniel Cosgrove


Eberly Family Chair Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Expansin, Cell Wall, Plant Cell Wall, Cellulose, Cellulose Nanofibrils

Christine Costello


Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: United States, Missouri, Climate Change, Land Use, Waste Management

Vincent Cotrone


Extension Educator, Urban Forestry

Estelle Couradeau


Assistant Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Cyanobacteria, Biological Soil Crust, Microorganism, Microbialites, Microbiome

Douglas Cowen


Professor, Physics
Top research keywords: IceCube, Neutrinos, Muon, Observatory, Atmospherics

David Craft


Professor Emeritus, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Top research keywords: Acinetobacter Baumannii, Military Facilities, Iraq, Microbiology, Acinetobacter

Timothy Craig


Professor, Department of Medicine
Top research keywords: Hereditary Angioedema, Angioneurotic Edema, Complement Component C1s Inhibitor, Angioedema Attack, C1 Inhibitor

Sharifa Crandall


Assistant Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Fungal Spores, Plant Diseases, Vegetation Type, Plant Pathogen, Airborne Spores

Robert Crane


Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: General Circulation Model, Sea Ice, Downscaling, Climate, Ice

Paul Cremer


J. Lloyd Huck Chair in Natural Sciences, Eberly College of Science
Top research keywords: Supported Lipid Bilayer, Lipids, Sum-frequency Generation Spectroscopy, Spectroscopy, Aqueous Solution

Vincent Crespi


Distinguished Professor, Physics
Top research keywords: Monolayers, Carbon Nanotube, Graphene, Density, Nanotube

Ebony Creswell


Ph.D. Student

Max Crowley


Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Top research keywords: Politicians, Randomized Controlled Trial, Evidence-Based, Cost Benefit Analysis, USA

Wayne Curtis


Professor of Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Root Culture, Hyoscyamus Muticus, Hyoscyamus, Reactor, Cell Suspension