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.

Daniel Eaton


Assistant Teaching Professor, Nursing

Tracy Eaton


College Health Nurse, Health and Wellness

Aida Ebrahimi


Associate Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Top research keywords: Silicon, Laser-induced Graphene, Graphene, Hydrogenation, Carbon Nanotube

Stuart Patton Echols


Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Stormwater Management, Rainwater, Stormwater, Rain Water, Rain

Deborah Ehrenthal


Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Top research keywords: Wisconsin, Medicaid, Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes, Confidence Interval, United States

Herschel Elliott


Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Biosolids, Biosolid, Phosphorus, Soils, Manures

William F. Elmendorf


Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Urban Parks, Arborists, Foresters, Arborist, Urban Forest

Derek Elsworth


Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Permeability Evolution, Hydraulic Fracturing, Effective Stress, Shale, Porosity

Rasha Elwakil


Undergraduate Student, Research Assistant

Hamid Emami-Meybodi


Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Gas Transport, Hydraulic Fracturing, Hydraulic Fracture, Nanopore, Diffusion Coefficient

Lisa Emili


Associate Professor, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Peatland, Creek, British Columbia, Surface Water, National Memorial

Terry Engelder 


Professor Emeritus of Geosciences

Jeffrey M. Erickson


Professor of Clinical Law, Penn State Law (University Park)

Semih Eser


Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Jet Fuel, Carbon Deposition, Carbonization, Thermal Stressing, Decant Oil

Paul Esker


Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Fungicide, Soybean Yield, United States, Cultivar, Seeds

Azar Eslam Panah


Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Division of Engineering, Business & Computing (Berks)
Top research keywords: Vortex Flow, Vorticity, Airfoils, Leading Edges, Vortices

Jenni L. Evans


Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Tropical Cyclone, Cyclone, Transition, Cyclogenesis, Forecast

Eileen F. Fabian (Wheeler)


Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Manure, Ammonia Emission, Ammonia, Dairy Manure, Emission Rate

Linlin Fan


Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Obesity Prevalence, Mississippi, Oral Nutritional Supplements, 30-day Readmission, Supplementary Feeding

Matthew Fantle


Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Isotopic Composition, Isotopic Fractionation, Recrystallization, Calcium Isotopes, Fractionation

Darryl Farber


Assistant Professor, School of Engineering Design and Innovation
Top research keywords: Scenario Planning, Philosophy Of Engineering, Nuclear Power, Engineered System, Waste Sites

Maureen Feineman


Associate Research Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Nicaragua, Telica Volcano, Magma, Trace Element, Disequilibrium

Steven Feldstein


Research Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: North Atlantic Oscillation, Teleconnection, Madden-Julian Oscillation, Winter, Convection

Tara Felix


Associate Professor, Animal Science
Top research keywords: Steers, Carcass Characteristics, Feedlot, Growth Performance, Distillers Grains

Jill Felker


Lecturer of Biochemistry & Lab Manager, Penn State Berks

Gary Felton


Department Head and Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Caterpillar, Helicoverpa Zea, Plant Defense, Herbivore, Host Plant

Margarita Fernández



Top research keywords: Forest ecology, Soil ecology, Carbon cycle, Ecosystem management

Roberto Fernández


Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Earth Surface Sediment Transport, Siltation, Mississippi, Bedform, Plastic Pollution

Lindsay Fernández-Rhodes


Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Top research keywords: Genetics, Latino, Hispanic Community, Genomics, Hispanic Or Latino

Matthew Ferrari


Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Measles, Vaccination, Vaccination Coverage, Measles Virus, Measles Elimination

Paola C. Ferreri


Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Brook Trout, Brown Trout Salmo Trutta, Salvelinus Fontinalis, Trout, Population Dynamics

Ángel Ferrero-Serrano


Assistant Research Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Heterotrimeric G Protein, Rice, G Protein, Drought Tolerance, Arabidopsis

Gregory Ferry


Stanley Person Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Methanosarcina, Archaea, Acetates, Carbonic Anhydrases, Methane

Jennifer Fetter


Extension Educator, Water Resources

Kristen Fichthorn


Merrell R. Fenske Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Surface (Surface Science), Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Density, Nanowire, Nanoparticle

Talley Fisher


Senior Research Artist, The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences

Karen Fisher-Vanden


Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: China, Integrated Assessment Model, Climate Change Impacts, Energy Intensity, Carbon Tax

Marek Flaska


Associate Professor, Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering
Top research keywords: Neutron, Gamma Radiation, Scintillation Counter, Pulse Shape Discrimination, Pulse Shape