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.

Deborah Ehrenthal


Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Top research keywords: Mothers, Pregnancy, Medicaid, Parturition, Pregnancy Outcome

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 Forests, Arborists, Urban Forestry, Urban Parks, Land Use Planning

Derek Elsworth


Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Permeability, Coal, Shale, Rocks, Shales

Rasha Elwakil


Undergraduate Student, Research Assistant

Hamid Emami-Meybodi


Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Shale, Oils, Shale Gas, Surface Diffusion, Sorption

Lisa Emili


Associate Professor, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Peatland, Peatlands, Non-Point Source Pollution, British Columbia, Groundwater Flow

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, Deposits, Carbonization, Jet

Paul Esker


Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Soybeans, Zea Mays, Fungicides, Triticum, Chaetocnema Pulicaria

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, Manures, Ammonia, Dairies, Dairy Manure

Linlin Fan


Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Mississippi, Households, Food, Food Deserts, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Matthew Fantle


Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Isotope, Fractionation, Isotopic Composition, Carbonate, Calcium

Darryl Farber


Assistant Professor, School of Engineering Design and Innovation
Top research keywords: Decommissioning (nuclear Reactors), Environmental Restoration And Remediation, Nuclear Industry, Radioactive Wastes, Nuclear Reactors

Maureen Feineman


Associate Research Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Nicaragua, Volcanoes, Magma, Island Arcs, Eclogite

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: Zea Mays, Feedlots, Cattle, Carcass Characteristics, Distillers Grains

Jill Felker


Lecturer of Biochemistry & Lab Manager, Penn State Berks

Gary Felton


Department Head and Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Herbivory, Insecta, Zea Mays, Herbivores, Helicoverpa Zea

Margarita Fernández



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

Roberto Fernández


Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Sediments, Rivers, Ports And Harbors, Siltation, Sediment

Lindsay Fernández-Rhodes


Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Top research keywords: Hispanic Americans, Menarche, Genomics, Single Nucleotide Polymorphism, Genome-Wide Association Study

Matthew Ferrari


Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Measles, Disease Outbreaks, Vaccination, Epidemics, Vaccination Coverage

Paola C. Ferreri


Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Salvelinus Namaycush, Lake, Great Lakes, Salvelinus Fontinalis, Salmo Trutta

Ángel Ferrero-Serrano


Assistant Research Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Oryza, Heterotrimeric GTP-binding Proteins, Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins, Droughts, 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: Molecular Dynamics, Simulation, Nanocrystals, Surface, Density Functional Theory

Talley Fisher


Senior Research Artist, The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences

Karen Fisher-Vanden


Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Carbon, Climate Change, China, Carbon Tax, Taxation

Marek Flaska


Associate Professor, Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering
Top research keywords: Neutrons, Scintillation Counters, Phosphors, Discrimination, Gamma Rays

Shelby Fleischer


Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Chrysomelidae, Beetle, Coleoptera, Acalymma Vittatum, Potato

Travis Flohr


Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Learning, Online Courses, Pedagogy, Design For Environment, Life Events

Erik Foley


Director of Sustainability, Smeal College of Business

Frederico Fonseca


Associate Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Ontology, Geographic Information Systems, Information Systems, Geographical Information System, Information System