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.
Zuleima Karpyn
Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research; Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Rocks, Permeability, Fluids, Fluid, Oil Well Flooding
Heather Karsten
Associate Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Corn, No-tillage, Dairies, Forage, Manure
James Kasting
Evan Pugh University Professor of Geosciences and Meteorology, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Planets, Planet, Atmosphere, Atmospheres, Climate
Sarah Kawasaki
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Top research keywords: Opioid Analgesics, Buprenorphine, Methadone, Opioid Epidemic, Pandemics
Jason Kaye
Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Soil, Cover Crops, Cover Crop, Nitrogen, Pinus Ponderosa
Margot Kaye
Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Fire History, Deciduous Forests, Pinus Ponderosa, Climate, Pine
Jason Keagy
Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Mating Success, Gasterosteidae, Gasterosteus Aculeatus, Smegmamorpha, Sexual Selection
Nathan Keim
Associate Research Professor, Physics
Top research keywords: Fluid, Fluids, Shear, Rheology, Propulsion
Brian Kelley
Assistant Professor in Geosciences, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Triassic, Carbonate Platform, Permian, Basin, Mass Extinction
Kathy Kelley
Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Edible Flowers, Consumer Preferences, Wine, Purchasing, Gardeners
Deb Kelly
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Top research keywords: Electron Microscopy, Cryoelectron Microscopy, Single Molecule Imaging, Imaging Techniques, Liquids
Gregory Kelly
Associate Dean, College of Education
Top research keywords: Discourse, Classroom, Engineering, Student, Science Education
Timothy W. Kelsey
Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Farms, Farm, Agriculture, Mushroom, Costs
Armen Kemanian
Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Corn, Maize, Crop, Crops, Cover Crops
W. Larry Kenney
Professor and Marie Underhill Noll Chair in Human Performance, Kinesiology
Top research keywords: Skin, Hot Temperature, Vasodilation, Exercise, Temperature
Mehdi Kiani
Dorothy Quiggle Career Development Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Wireless Power Transfer, Inductive Power Transmission, Ultrasonics, Power Management, Transducers
Seong Kim
Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Sum-Frequency Generation, Wear, Surface, Cellulose, Glass
R. Allen Kimel
Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Photosystem II Protein Complex, Powders, Azides, Yttria Stabilized Zirconia, Suspension
Brian King
Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Republic Of South Africa, Africa, Livelihood, Health, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Christine J. Kirchhoff
Associate Professor, School of Engineering Design and Innovation
Top research keywords: Climate, Science, Climate Change, Lake, Organization
Mark Klima
Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Coal, Refuse, Bituminous Coal, Slurry, Coal Preparation
David Klinikowski
Assistant Research Professor, Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute
Top research keywords: Weigh-in-motion (WIM), Dynamometers, Chassis, Bus, Information Management
Sridhar Komarneni
Distinguished Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Microwaves, Hydrothermal Synthesis, Gels, Positive Ions, Nanocomposites
Amy Korman
Extension Educator, Green Industry
Top research keywords: Entomology, Integrated Pest Management, Lycorma delicatula (Spotted Lanternfly)
Sergei Koshkin
Assistant Research Professor, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
Top research keywords: Pyridoxine, Aminophosphine, Phosphorodithioic Acid, 6-methyluracil, Meteoroids
Jasna Kovac
Lester Earl And Veronica Casida Career Development Professor Of Food Safety And Associate Professor Of Food Science, Food Science
Top research keywords: Bacillus Cereus, Campylobacter, Campylobacter Jejuni, Milk, Genome
Jennifer Kraschnewski
Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine
Top research keywords: Exercise, Health, Overweight, Weights And Measures, Obesity
Greg Krawczyk
Research Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Halyomorpha Halys, Grapholita Molesta, Orchards, Moth, Apples
Jesse Kreye
Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Fire Behavior, Flammability, Litter, Forest Litter, Fuels (fire Ecology)