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, 996 faculty and researchers from across Penn State, including the Commonwealth campuses, are affiliates of IEE.

Stephanie Buechler



Top research keywords: Livelihood, Mexico, Global Change, Environmental Policy, Water

Dani Buffa


Ph.D. Student

Carolee Bull


Department Head and Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Pseudomonas Syringae, Lettuce, Xanthomonas, Leaf Spot, Xanthomonas Campestris

Liana Burghardt


Assistant Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Rhizobium, Symbiosis, Plant Dormancy, Fabaceae, Phenology

William Burgos


Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Ferric Oxide, Hematite, Iron, Mine Drainage, Oxidation

Eric Burkhart


Associate Teaching Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management

Peter Butler


Associate Dean for Education, College of Engineering
Top research keywords: Endothelial Cells, Enzymes, Cell Membranes, Membranes, Shear Stress

Tom Butzler


Extension Educator

Margaret Byron


Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Turbulence, Isotropic Turbulence, Reynolds Number, Refractive Index, Hydrogel

Laura Y. Cabrera


Associate Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Deep Brain Stimulation, Psychiatry, Neurosurgery, Ethics, Brain

Daniel Cahoy


Dean's Faculty Fellow of Business law, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Human Rights, Firm, Patents, Business Law, Patent Law

Guoray Cai


Associate Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Decision Making, Geographic Information Systems, Geographical Information System, Decision Theory, Information Systems

Dennis Calvin


Associate Dean, College of Agricultural Sciences
Top research keywords: Ostrinia Nubilalis, Maize, Crambidae, Lepidoptera, Corn

Cengiz Camci


Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Top research keywords: Turbines, Heat Transfer, Aerodynamics, Turbomachine Blades, Axial Flow

Fred Cannon


Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Activated Carbon, Perchlorate, Coal, Adsorption, Removal

Xun Cao


Professor, Political Science
Top research keywords: Air Pollution, China, Environmental Regulations, Economic Policy, Democracy

José M. Capriles


Associate Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Bolivia, Andes, Atacama Desert, Camelid, Northern Chile

Benjamin Cardenas


Assistant Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Mars, Dune, Dune Field, Outcrop, Outcrops

Bradley Cardinale


Department Head and Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Biomass, Ecosystems, Species Richness

Andrew Carleton


Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Southern Hemisphere, Climate, Sea Ice, Cold Air, Vortex

John E. Carlson


Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Genome, Magnoliopsida, Populus, Genes, Coleoptera

Jeffrey Catchmark


Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Cellulose, Pullulan, Nanowhiskers, Polysaccharides, Crystalline Materials

Isabella Cattadori


Associate Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Helminths, Parasites, Myxoma Virus, Rabbits, Infections

Michela Centinari


Associate Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Vineyards, Vines, Vitis, Cover Crops, Fruit

Guido Cervone


Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, Earthquake, Social Media, Latent Heat Flux

Bert Chandler


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

Anne-Marie Chang


Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Top research keywords: Sleep, Circadian Clocks, Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders, Light, Melatonin

Anil Kumar Chaudhary


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

Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri


Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Damping, Farms, Phasor Measurement Units, Electric Power Systems, Electric Potential

Long-Qing Chen


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

Xingchao Chen


Assistant Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Convection, Convective System, Monsoons, Summer, Rainfall

Chingwen Cheng


Stuckeman School Director

Huanyu "Larry" Cheng


Associate Professor and Dorothy Quiggle Career Development Professor in Engineering, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Electronic Equipment, Graphene, Mechanics, Skin, Substrates

Keith Cheng


Distinguished Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Top research keywords: Zebrafish, Histology, Skin Pigmentation, Pigmentation, Mutation

Fan-Bill Cheung


George L. Guillet Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Boiling Liquids, Heat Transfer, Heat Flux, Film Boiling, Natural Convection

Guangqing Chi


Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: County, Land Use, Amenity, Migration, Twitter

Robert Chiles


Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Research Ethics, Big Data, Qualitative Research, Meat, Cellular Agriculture

Stephen Chmely


Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Lignin, Catalysts, Biomass, Stereolithography, Ligands

Sukwon Choi


Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: High Electron Mobility Transistors, Gallium Nitride, Hot Temperature, Thermometry, Energy Gap