Affiliated Researchers: Society

Greg Barber

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Photonic Crystals, Surface Plasmons, Photonic Crystal, Solar Cells, Dye-sensitized Solar Cells

Julio Urbina

Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Radar, Meteor, Meteoroids, Radar Tracking, Meteor Trails

Susan Trolier-McKinstry

Steward S. Flaschen Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Lead Zirconate Titanate, Thin Films, Ferroelectric Materials, Liquid Film, Lead Zirconate Titanates

Michael Lanagan

Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Permittivity, Dielectric Material, Dielectric Properties, Superconducting Materials, Ceramic

Vincent Crespi

Distinguished Professor, Physics
Top research keywords: Carbon Nanotubes, Monolayers, Nanotubes, Phonons, Graphene

Bert Chandler

Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Dendrimers, Catalysts, Gold Nanoparticles, Oxidation, Dendrimer

Ismaila Dabo

Corning Faculty Fellow Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Density Functional Theory, Electronic Structure, Transition Metals, Energy, Photocatalysts

Kathryn Brasier

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Farm, Farmer, Stakeholder, Shale Gas, Agriculture

Jennifer Baka

Associate Professor and John T. Ryan, Jr. Faculty Fellow, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences
Top research keywords: Biofuel, Energy, Wasteland, Biofuels, Energy Security

Sjoerd W. Duiker

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: No-tillage, Cover Crops, Tillage, Corn, Soil

Samantha Powers

Assistant Professor of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, Division of Social Sciences (Abington)
Top research keywords: Recreation, Pandemics, Social Capital, Staff, Public Perception

Dennis Decoteau

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Ozone, Far-red Light, Watermelons, Tomatoes, Petioles

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

Andrew Mowen

Professor, Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
Top research keywords: Recreation, Leisure, Services, Public, Participation

Akhlesh Lakhtakia

Evan Pugh University Professor and Charles G. Binder Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Thin Films, Surface Plasmons, Dielectric Material, Plane Wave, Wave

Mark E. Patzkowsky

Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Ordovician, Extinction, Brachiopod, Mass Extinction, Biofacies

Melissa Kreye

Assistant Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Private Forest, Private Land, Landowner, Private Forestry, Private Lands

Trevor Birkenholtz

Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: India, Farmer, Irrigation, Groundwater, Water

Johannes Verlinde

Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Radar, Doppler Radar, Ice, Ice Crystal, Liquid

Kenji Uchino

Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Lead Zirconate Titanate, Ceramic, Ferroelectric Materials, Ceramics, Piezoelectric Ceramics

William Yourey

Associate Professor of Engineering, Penn State Hazleton
Top research keywords: Lithium, Electrodes, Electric Batteries, Behavior As Electrode, Ions

Christopher Rahn

Associate Dean for Innovation, College of Engineering
Top research keywords: Fluidics, Actuators, Lithium-ion Batteries, Damping, Composite Materials

Donald Davis

Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Ozone, Ailanthus Altissima, Ailanthus, Oak, Prunus Avium

Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan

Associate Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Carbon, Carbon Atom, Alcohols, Nanoporosity, Polypyrroles

Melissa Wright

Department Head, Geography
Top research keywords: Mexico, Geography, Protest, Politics, Social Justice

Rebecca Bascom

Professor, Department of Medicine
Top research keywords: Bronchoscopy, Nose, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Smoke, Lung

Richard Stehouwer

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Soil, Soils, Trace Elements, Nutrients, Compost

David Stensrud

Department Head, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Forecast, Convection, Radar, Convective System, Kalman Filter

Juan Pablo Gevaudan

Assistant Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Cements, Acid Resistance, Aluminosilicates, Mortar, Acids

S. Shyam Sundar

Distinguished Professor, Film-Video and Media Studies
Top research keywords: Interactive Media, Websites, Experiments, User Experience, Communication

Eugene Morgan

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Data Analytics, Big Data, Landslides, Sediments, Shale Gas

William Walters

Associate Professor, Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering
Top research keywords: Spent Fuels, Control Rods, Fission, Rockets, Hot Temperature

Anil Kumar Chaudhary

Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Evaluation, Water Conservation, Irrigation, Programming, Education

Robert Mathers

Professor, Penn State New Kensington
Top research keywords: Polymerization, Monomers, Polymers, Monomer, Hydrophobicity

Serguei Lvov

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Membranes, Corrosion, Temperature, Protons, Corrosion Rate

Kai Schafft

Professor, Education Policy Studies
Top research keywords: Poverty, Economics, District, Rural Community, Natural Gas

Long-Qing Chen

Hamer Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Ferroelectric Materials, Simulation, Domain Walls, Polarization, Phase Transitions

Raymond E. Schaak

DuPont Professor of Materials Chemistry, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Nanoparticles, Nanocrystals, Nanoparticle, Nanocrystal, Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Paul Markowski

Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Supercell, Tornado, Thunderstorm, Vorticity, Updraft

John Asbury

Professor, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Electrons, Singlet Fission, Infrared Spectroscopy, Excited States, Electron Injection