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.

Charles Anderson

Associate Professor, Biology

Assistant Professor, Geography

Professor, Entomology

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

Elizabeth W. Boyer

Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management

Kathryn Brasier

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education

Associate Professor, Political Science

Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri

Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering

Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology

Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Kristina Douglass

Assistant Professor, Anthropology

Jonathan Duncan

Assistant Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management

Roman Engel-Herbert

Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Miriam Freedman

Associate Professor, Chemistry

Professor, Architectural Engineering

Jose D. Fuentes

Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Noel Chris Giebink

Charles K. Etner Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering

Associate Professor, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences

Christopher Gorski

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Associate Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Michael Hickner

Professor and Corning Faculty Fellow, Materials Science and Engineering

Verne M. Willaman Professor, Biology

Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology

Assistant Professor, Geosciences

Professor, Chemical Engineering

Gregory Jenkins

Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management

Professor, Geosciences

Associate Professor, Plant Science

Todd LaJeunesse

Associate Professor of Biology, Biology

Associate Professor of Chemistry, Chemistry

Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Chiara Lo Prete

Assistant 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 of Energy and Mineral Engineering

Associate 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

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

Director of Institute, Agricultural & Biological Engineering

Professor, Chemical Engineering

Associate Professor of Anthropology, Anthropology

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

Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Aerospace Engineering

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)

Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education

Stuckeman Career Development Assistant Professor in Design, Landscape Architecture

Jeffrey Yanosky

Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Katherine Y. Zipp

Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education