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.

Robert Chiles


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

Stephen Chmely


Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Lignin, Catalysts, Biomass, Stereolithography, Ligands

Sukwon Choi


Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: High Electron Mobility Transistors, Gallium Nitride, Hot Temperature, Thermometry, Energy Gap

Phil Choo



Top research keywords: Information Systems, Memory Disorders, Augmented Reality, Health, Data Storage Equipment

Surinder Chopra


Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Zea Mays, Sorghum, Corn, Sorghum (Poaceae), Alleles

Katie Chriest


Coordinator, Sustainable Food Systems Program

Rongming Chu


Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: High Electron Mobility Transistors, Heterojunctions, Two Dimensional Electron Gas, Breakdown Voltage, Two-Dimensional Electron Gas

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: Neutron Radiography, Vortex Flow, Flow Visualization, Heat Pipes, Neutrons

Richard Ciocci


Associate Professor, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Lead-free Solders, Lead, Electronics Industry, Students, Naphthalene

Daniel Ciolkosz


Associate Research Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Biomass, Farms, Debarking, Feedstocks, Wood

Ezra Clark


Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Electrochemical Reduction, Nanowires, Reduction, Nanowire, Positive Ions

Shirley Clark


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

Eugene Clothiaux


Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Radar, Clouds, Atmospheric Radiation, Radiation, Stratus Clouds

Jamison Colburn


Professor, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Environmental Policy Act, Climate Change, Politics, Habitat, Legal System

Ralph Colby


Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Ionomers, Ionomer, Polymers, Polyelectrolytes, Ions

Charles Andrew Cole


Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Wetlands, Wetland, Hydrology, Floodplains, Mitigation

Alyssa Collins


Director, Southeast Agricultural Research & Extension Center; Asssociate Research Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Ontario, Canada, Soybeans, Deoxynivalenol, Soft Red Winter Wheat

Erin Connolly


Department Head and Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Arabidopsis, Iron, Ferric Citrate Iron Reductase, Homeostasis, Ferric Chelate Reductases

Jessica Conway


Associate Professor, Mathematics
Top research keywords: HIV, Therapy, Virus, HIV Infection, Infection

Courtney Cooper


Postdoctoral Researcher

Daniel Cosgrove


Eberly Family Chair Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Cell Wall, Plant Cells, Expansins, Cellulose, Cell Walls

Christine Costello


Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Food, Greenhouse Gases, Agricultural Watersheds, Watershed, Soil And Water Assessment Tool Model

Vincent Cotrone


Extension Educator, Urban Forestry

Rachel Cottle


Graduate Student

Estelle Couradeau


Assistant Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Cyanobacteria, Lakes, Carbonates, Soil, Soil Crust

Douglas Cowen


Professor, Physics
Top research keywords: Neutrinos, Detectors, Muons, Decay, Observatories

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 Angioedemas, Asthma, Complement C1 Inhibitor Protein, Angioedema, Adrenal Cortex Hormones

Sharifa Crandall


Assistant Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Blueberry Mosaic Associated Virus, Spore, Vitis, Pseudoperonospora Humuli, Mosaic Viruses

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: Lipid, Lipid Bilayers, Lipids, Water, Negative Ions

Vincent Crespi


Distinguished Professor, Physics
Top research keywords: Carbon Nanotubes, Monolayers, Nanotubes, Phonons, Graphene

Ebony Creswell


Ph.D. Student

Max Crowley


Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Top research keywords: Costs, Costs And Cost Analysis, Evidence, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Economics

Wayne Curtis


Professor of Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Hyoscyamus, Bioreactors, Solavetivone, Suspensions, Growth

Catherine Nettles Cutter


Professor, Food Science
Top research keywords: Red Meat, Beef Carcasses, Listeria Monocytogenes, Beef, Escherichia Coli O157

Mohamad Darayi


Associate Professor of Systems Engineering, Engineering Division (Great Valley)
Top research keywords: Network Components, Supply Chains, Economics, Critical Infrastructures, Decision Theory

Saptarshi Das


Associate Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Field Effect Transistors, Field Effect, Monolayers, Transition Metals, Graphene