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.

Majid Foolad


Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Lycopersicon Esculentum, Tomatoes, Salt Tolerance, Germination, Quantitative Trait Loci

Chris Forest


Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Climate, Climate Modeling, Climate Change, Ocean, Climate Models

Daniel Foster


Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Farms, Farm, Case Studies, Apples, Gardeners

Chris Fowler


Associate Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Segregation, Geography, Geographical Economics, Poverty, Labor

Lara Fowler


Senior Lecturer, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Stakeholder, Water Resources Management, Behavioural Change, Neutral Third Party, Social Change

Anthony Foyle


Associate Professor, School of Science (Behrend)
Top research keywords: Lake Erie, Lakes, Coastal Zones, Lake, Sediments

Mary Frecker


Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Compliant Mechanisms, Compliant Mechanism, Actuators, Shape Optimization, Elastomers

Kelsey Fredericks


Undergraduate Researcher

Miriam Freedman


Professor, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Aerosol, Aerosols, Phase Separation, Nucleation, Ammonium Sulfate

Katherine Freeman


Evan Pugh University Professor of Geosciences, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Biomarker, Lipid, Carbon Isotope, Biological Marker, Alkane

James Freihaut


Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Electric Lamps, Heating, Air, Tar, Coal

Andris Freivalds


Lucas Professor, Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Top research keywords: Ergonomics, Tendons, Hand Strength, Rating, Hand Tools

Kirk French


Teaching Professor of Anthropology

Sagan Friant


Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Parasites, Cercocebus, Bushmeat, Rivers, Food Supply

Brian Fronk


Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Microchannels, Heat Transfer, Condensation, Carbon Dioxide, Pressure Drop

Zhezhen Fu


Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Sintering, Powders, Specific Density, Fracture Toughness, Garnets

Jose D. Fuentes


Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Isoprene, Ozone, Canopy, Boundary Layer, Deciduous Forest

Tanya Furman


Associate Vice President and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, The Pennsylvania State University
Top research keywords: Mantle, Geochemistry, Basalt, Volcano, Melting

Mark Gagnon


Research Associate, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Human Resources, Supervisors, Supervisory Personnel, Personnel, Cellular Agriculture

Michael Gannon


Professor, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Chiroptera, Puerto Rico, Experimental Forests, Hurricanes, Habitat Selection

Xiang Gao


Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Top research keywords: Parkinson Disease, Prospective Studies, Confidence Intervals, Restless Legs Syndrome, Cohort Studies

Raghu Garud


Alvin H. Clemens Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, Management and Organization
Top research keywords: Innovation, Technological Systems, Organizational Identification, Virtual Work, Implant

Vikash Gayah


Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Traffic, Traffic Signals, Highway Systems, Urban Networks, Rural Roads

David M. Geiser


Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Fusarium, Fungi, Phylogeny, Peptide Elongation Factor 1, Phylogenetics

Jeremy Gernand


Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Nanostructured Materials, Toxicity, Nanoparticles, Carbon Nanotubes, Particulate Matter

Melissa Gervais


Associate Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Warming, Self Organizing Map, Sea Surface Temperature, Climate, Atmospheric Correction

Juan Pablo Gevaudan


Assistant Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Cements, Acid Resistance, Aluminosilicates, Mortar, Acids

Ali Ghazvinian


Architecture Graduate Student

C. Lee Giles


David Reese Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Digital Libraries, Search Engines, Recurrent Neural Networks, Metadata, Neural Networks

Leland Glenna


Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Farmer, Biotechnology, Sustainability, Agriculture, Food

Adam Glick


Associate Professor, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Top research keywords: Keratinocytes, Transforming Growth Factors, Skin, Carcinogenesis, Papilloma

Stephan J. Goetz


Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: County, Economic Growth, Income, United States Of America, Economics

John Golbeck


Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Photosystem I Protein Complex, Electrons, Sulfur, Iron, Phylloquinone

Enrique Gomez


Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Block Copolymers, Conjugated Polymers, Polymers, Block Copolymer, Conjugated Polymer

Jiawei Gong



Top research keywords: Dye-sensitized Solar Cells, Perovskite Solar Cells, Conversion Efficiency, Electrodes, Turbulence

Venkatraman Gopalan


Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Ferroelectric Materials, Domain Walls, Lithium Tantalate, Harmonic Generation, Domain Wall

Christine Gorby


Associate Professor of Architecture, Architecture
Top research keywords: Ecodesign, Architect, Church, Ireland, Education

Larry Gorenflo


Eleanor R. Stuckeman Chair in Design and Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Mexico, Biodiversity, Settlement Pattern, Micronesia, World Heritage Site