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.

Kaelea Hayes


Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Student

Fan He


Instructor, Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine

Long He


Associate Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Fruits, Apples, Orchards, Robotics, End Effectors

Peter Heaney


Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: X-ray Diffraction, Birnessite, Rietveld Refinement, Synchrotrons, Diffraction

Paul H. Heinemann


Department Head and Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Apples, Electronic Nose, Odors, Mushrooms, Fruits

Casey Helgeson


Assistant Research Professor, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Bayesian Epistemology, Organism, Epistemic Significance, Explanandum

John Hellmann


Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences
Top research keywords: Fibers, Sapphire, Fiber, Composite Materials, Float Glass

Rebecca Henn


Associate Professor, Architecture
Top research keywords: Psychological Barriers, Boundary Objects, Green Building, Architectural Design, Tax Reform

Maria Herrmann


Associate Research Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Chesapeake Bay (US), Estuary, Organic Carbon, Net Ecosystem Production, Ecosystem

Melanie Hetzel-Riggin


Professor, School of Humanities & Social Sciences (Behrend)
Top research keywords: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders, Dissociative Disorders, Trauma, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Wounds And Injuries

Robert Hickey


Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Block Copolymers, Block Copolymer, Nanoparticles, Self Assembly, Polyethylene Oxides

Clare Hinrichs


Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Food, Bioenergy, Research Ethics, Farmer, Agriculture

Kevin Hockett


Associate Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Pseudomonas Syringae, Bacteriocins, Bacteriophages, Bacteria, Agricultural Inoculants

Margaret C. Hoffman


Assistant Professor, Plant Science

Tom Hogan


Professor of Practice, Labor and Employment Relations

Isabelle Holland-Lulewicz


Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Oxygen Isotopes, Geochemistry, Mounds, Oyster, Midden

Jacob Holland-Lulewicz


Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Radiocarbon, Bayesian Modeling, Southeastern United States, Archaeology, Occupation

Louisa Holmes


Associate Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: San Francisco, Young Adult, Bays, Nicotine, Cannabis

Vasant Honavar


Professor and Edward Frymoyer Chair of Information Sciences and Technology, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Classifiers, Proteins, Ontology, Learning Algorithms, Classifier

Kelli Hoover


Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Anoplophora Glabripennis, Coleoptera, Insecta, Larva, Baculoviridae

Helene Hopfer


Associate Professor, Food Science
Top research keywords: Wine, Wines, Odorants, Chocolate, Odors

Mark Horn


Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Thin Films, Lithography, Vanadium Oxides, Oxide Films, Liquid Film

Meghan Hoskins


Director of Operations and Partnerships, Sustainability Institute

James Houck


Interim Dean and Distinguished Scholar in Residence, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Marine Policy, National Security, Sea, Navy, Piracy

Christopher House


Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Mars Craters, Methane, Mars, Crater, Oceans And Seas

Chris Houser


Assistant Director, Agronomy and Natural Resources Programs

Alexander Hristov


Professor, Animal Science
Top research keywords: Rumen, Dairy Cows, Methane, Milk, Rumen Fermentation

Jian Hsu


Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Nanocrystals, Quantum Dots, Light Emitting Diodes, Quantum Dot, Microcavities

Xianbiao Hu


Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Traffic, Travel Time, Trajectories, Trajectory, Autonomous Vehicles

Yuqing Hu


Assistant Professor in Architectural Engineering, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Fault Detection, Time Series, Machine Learning, Robotics, Energy Utilization

Daning Huang


Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Top research keywords: Hypersonic Aerodynamics, Hypersonic Flow, Skin, Scaling Laws, High Temperature Effects

Shengxi Huang


Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Raman Spectroscopy, Raman Scattering, Phonons, Black Phosphorus, Heterojunctions

Xinyuan Huang


PhD Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Xuemei Huang


Associate Dean for Physician-Scientist Development, Penn State College of Medicine
Top research keywords: Parkinson Disease, Substantia Nigra, Manganese, Fingers, Welding

Christian Huber


Assistant Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Population, Mutation, Drosophila Melanogaster, Genetic Variation, Genomics

Peter Hudson


Verne M. Willaman Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Lagopus Lagopus Scoticus, Parasites, Parasite, Infection, Grouse

Gregory Huff


Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Top research keywords: Antennas, Microstrip Antennas, Fluidics, Beamforming, Radiation

David Hughes


Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Ants, Formicidae, Parasites, Ant, Fungi

Carter Hunt


Associate Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Tourism, Ecotourism, Resident, Nature-based Tourism, Tourism Development

Syed Rafiul Hussain


Assistant Professor in School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Top research keywords: Network Protocols, Bluetooth, Internet Of Things, Provenance, Mobile Ad Hoc Networks