Lisa Emili | Institute of Energy and the Environment

221 Hawthorn Building
Altoona, PA 16601

Elsevier Pure Profile

IEE Research Themes

Water Sustainability

Affiliate Researcher

Associate Professor, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)

In the News

Microplastics are steadily increasing in freshwater environments

November 4, 2024

Microplastics are steadily increasing in freshwater environments

Microplastics increasing in freshwater, directly related to plastic production

October 30, 2024

Microplastics increasing in freshwater, directly related to plastic production

Microplastics increasing in freshwater, directly related to plastic production | Penn State University

October 29, 2024

Microplastics increasing in freshwater, directly related to plastic production

Researcher leads effort to combat microplastics, PFAS in waterways | Penn State University

October 8, 2024

Researcher leads effort to combat microplastics, PFAS in waterways

Plastics like polystyrene/polyethylene as well as natural polymers like cellulose/chitin. The white constituents of the image are the portions that are Illuminated/polymer-containing.

September 26, 2024

Revealing microplastics with the Environmental Contaminants Analytical Laboratory

Presidential Public Impact Research Award recipients selected | Penn State University

June 4, 2024

Presidential Public Impact Research Award recipients selected

Research Keywords

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Non-Point Source Pollution

British Columbia

Groundwater Flow

Agricultural Modeling

Nonpoint Source Pollution

Organic Horizons

Forest Communities

Urban Development

Dissolved Organic Carbon

Geographic Information Systems

Projects

A great blue heron wades near marsh vegetation

Transport and Fate of Microplastics in a Tidal Marsh Ecosystem, Delaware River

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Coastal Carbon Dynamics in a Riparian Buffer Ecosystem, Lake Erie Basin

Recent Publications

Purification and translation in public memory: “Healing the landscape” at the Flight 93 National Memorial

White, W. J. & Emili, L. A., Nov 2018, In: Emotion, Space and Society. 29, p. 32-47 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Sustainable Remediation of Legacy Mine Drainage: A Case Study of the Flight 93 National Memorial

Emili, L. A., Pizarchik, J. & Mahan, C. G., Mar 1 2016, In: Environmental Management. 57, 3, p. 660-670 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

New cropland on former rangeland and lost cropland from urban development: The "replacement land" debate

Emili, L. A. & Greene, R. P., Jun 1 2014, In: Land. 3, 3, p. 658-674 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Biogeochemical processes in the soil-groundwater system of a forest-peatland complex, North Coast British Columbia, Canada

Emili, L. A. & Price, J. S., Sep 2013, In: Northwest Science. 87, 4, p. 326-348 23 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Modeling agricultural nonpoint source pollution using a geographic information system approach

Emili, L. A. & Greene, R. P., Jan 1 2013, In: Environmental Management. 51, 1, p. 70-95 26 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Hydrogeological influences on forest community type along forest-peatland complexes in coastal British Columbia

Emili, L. A., Price, J. S. & Fitzgerald, D. F., Aug 2006, In: Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 36, 8, p. 2024-2037 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Hydrological processes controlling ground and surface water flow from a hypermaritime forest-peatland complex, Diana Lake Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada

Emili, L. A. & Price, J. S., Aug 30 2006, In: Hydrological Processes. 20, 13, p. 2819-2837 19 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review