Cofunded Faculty | Institutes of Energy and the Environment

IEE cofunds are a group of 67 extraordinary faculty dedicated to interdisciplinary research. These faculty have their academic homes in more than 30 departments across the University. They help Penn State to realize our commitment to interdisciplinary research on critical energy and environmental challenges.

Assistant Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management

Charles Anderson

Associate Professor, Biology

Christopher Arges

Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering

Associate Professor in Architecture, Architecture

Associate Professor and John T. Ryan, Jr. Faculty Fellow, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)

Elizabeth W. Boyer

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management

Kathryn Brasier

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education

Professor, Political Science

Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri

Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering

Corning Faculty Fellow Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering

Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Jonathan Duncan

Assistant Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management

Miriam Freedman

Professor, Chemistry

Professor, Architectural Engineering

Jose D. Fuentes

Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Noel Chris Giebink

Charles K. Etner Professor of Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering

Associate Professor, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences

Christopher Gorski

Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Michael Hickner

Professor and Corning Faculty Fellow, Materials Science and Engineering

Verne M. Willaman Professor, Biology

Assistant Professor, Geosciences

Professor, Chemical Engineering

Gregory Jenkins

Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management

Professor, Plant Science

Todd LaJeunesse

Professor, Biology

Associate Professor of Chemistry, Chemistry

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Chiara Lo Prete

Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)

Evan Pugh University Professor and Kappe Professor of Environmental Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Jonathan Mathews

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)

Assistant Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)

Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering

Professor, Film-Video and Media Studies

Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering

Emily Pakhtigian

Assistant Professor in School of Public Policy, School of Public Policy

Assistant Professor, Architectural Engineering

Associate Professor, Journalism

Department Head and Professor, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences

Heather Preisendanz

Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering

Professor, Entomology

John (Jay) Regan

Professor of Environmental Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering

Professor, Chemical Engineering

Professor, Anthropology

Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Agricultural & Biological Engineering

Professor, Aerospace Engineering

Christopher Scott

Maurice K. Goddard Chair of Forestry and Environmental Conservation, Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)

Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering

Erica Smithwick

Professor, Geography

Associate Professor in Landscape Architecture, Landscape Architecture

Hilal Ezgi Toraman

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)

Professor and Kenneth Kuan-Yuo Kuo Early Career Professorship, Mechanical Engineering

Randy L. Vander Wal

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)

Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)

Professor, Geosciences

Professor in Law Faculty, Penn State Law (University Park)

Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education

Stuckeman Career Development Associate Professor in Design, Landscape Architecture

Jeff D. Yanosky

Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education