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.

Larry Gorenflo


Eleanor R. Stuckeman Chair in Design and Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Mexico, Basin Of Mexico, Settlement Patterns, Biodiversity Conservation, Pre-Hispanic

Christopher Gorski


Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Iron Oxide, Fe2+, Fe(II), Battery-type Electrode, Thermally Regenerative Ammonia-based Battery

Corey Gracie-Griffin


Professor, Division of Arts & Humanities (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Structural System, Embodied Energy, Structural Materials, Existing Buildings, United States

Jennifer Gray


Assistant Research Professor, Materials Characterization Lab
Top research keywords: Quantum Dot, Si(111), SiGe, Film, Surface (Surface Science)

Lauren Greenlee


Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Nanoparticles, Iron, Struvite, Magnesium, Wastewater

Steven Greybush


Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Data Assimilation, Atmospherics, Mars, Storm, Snowbands

Lauren Griggs


Director, Multicultural Engineering Program

Jeffrey Grimm


Research Assistant, Institute of Energy and the Environment (IEE)
Top research keywords: Wet Deposition, Precipitation (chemistry), Atmospheric Deposition, Watershed, Watersheds

Tyler Groh


Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Riparian Buffer, Riparian Buffers, Nitrate, Nitrate Removal, Denitrification

William Groves


Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Microsensor, Fatality, Surface Acoustic Wave, Sensor Array, Physiologic

Christina Grozinger


Distinguished Professor and Publius Vergilius Maro Professor of Entomology, Entomology
Top research keywords: Honey Bee, Honey Bees, Apis Mellifera, Apoidea, Pollinator

Ying Gu


Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Cellulose, Synthase, Cellulose Synthase, Arabidopsis, Cellulose Synthesis

Weihua Guan



Top research keywords: Nanopore, Nucleic Acid Testing, Resistive, Sample-to-answer, Solid-state Nanopore

Laura Guertin


Professor, Penn State Brandywine
Top research keywords: South Atlantic, Sediment Core, X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Data Reporting, International Ocean Discovery Program

Beth Gugino


Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Fungicide, Phytophthora Infestans, Soil Health, Pennsylvania, New York

Daniel Guide


Smeal Chair Professor, Supply Chain and Information Systems
Top research keywords: Remanufacturing, Closed-loop Supply Chain, Product Returns, Remanufactured Products, Production Planning

Mark J. Guiltinan


Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Cacao, Theobroma Cacao, Somatic Embryogenesis, Infectious Agent, Starch

Tamy Guimarães


Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Aerodynamics, Flow Development, Duct, Vortex, Particle Image Velocimetry

Ilgin Guler


Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Connected Vehicles, Traffic Signal, Signalized Intersection, Pavement, Pre-signal

Benay Gürsoy Toykoç


Associate Professor, Architecture
Top research keywords: Mycelium-based Composites, Mycelium, Sound Absorption, Shape Change, Three Dimensional Printing

Matthew Gustafson


Professor, Finance
Top research keywords: Sea Level Rise, Initial Public Offering, Credit, Cash Flow, Initial Public Offerings

Noel Habashy


Assistant Teaching Professor, Office of International Programs
Top research keywords: Community Members, International Service Learning, Service-learning Program, Framing, Learning In Practice

Antonia Hadjimichael


Assistant Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Vulnerability, Exploratory Modelling, Water Scarcity, River Basin, Urban Heat Island

Elizabeth Hajek


Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Stratigraphy, Flood Plain, Morphodynamics, Tectonics, Avulsion

David K. Hall


Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Top research keywords: Boundary Layer, Propulsion System, Transport Aircraft, Propulsor, Boundary Layer Ingesting

Derek Hall


Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Corrosion Rate, Electrochemical Sensor, Membrane-based, Copper Chloride, Electrolyzer

Molly Hall



Top research keywords: Single Nucleotide Polymorphism, Genome-Wide Association Study, Polymorphism, Nucleotides, Genomics

Jill Hamilton


Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Hybrid Zone, Genetic Divergence, Genetics, Seeds, Evolution

Reginald Hamilton


Associate Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Shape Memory Effect, NiTi Alloy, Shape Memory Alloy, Single Crystal, Martensite

William Hancock


Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Top research keywords: Kinesin, Microtubules, Processivity, Processive, Tubulin

Pamela Hankey


Professor, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Top research keywords: Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, Friend Murine Leukemia Virus, Macrophages, Rice Bran Saccharide, Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute

Amanul Haque


Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Thin Films, Nanowire, Film, Nanoscale, Density

Murali Haran


Department Head and Professor, Statistics
Top research keywords: Markov Chain Monte Carlo, Bayesian Inference, Model Calibration, Spatial Data, Ice-sheet Models

Ryan Harne


Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Energy Harvesting, Harvesters, Vibration, Metamaterials, Energy

Jayson K. Harper



Top research keywords: Growers, Bug, Cultivar, Poland, Maize

Jeremy Harper


Education Program Associate, Department of Biology
Top research keywords: Drinking Water, Rivers, Impurities, Vernal Pools, Wastewater

Bernd J. Haupt


Senior Research Associate, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: Conveyor, North Atlantic, Global Ocean, Ocean Circulation, Sea Surface Salinity

Daniel Haworth


Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Flame, Turbulence, Radiation, Simulation, Probability Density Function