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.

Rahman Azari


Associate Professor in Architecture, Architecture
Top research keywords: Life Cycle, Environmental Impact, Algae, Office Buildings, Daylighting

Mohamed Badissy


Assistant Professor, Dickinson Law (Carlisle)

William Bahnfleth


Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Irradiation, Air, Air Quality, Water, Impurities

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

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

Mary Barbercheck


Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Cover Crops, Entomopathogenic Nematodes, Soil, Tillage, Zea Mays

Joshua Trey Barnett


Assistant Professor in Communication Arts & Sciences (College of the Liberal Arts), Communication Arts and Sciences
Top research keywords: Transgender Persons, Veterans, Rhetoric, Coexistence, Earthlings

Adrian Barragan


Assistant Research Professor, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Top research keywords: Dairy Cows, Cows, Milk, Haptoglobins, Postpartum Period

Michael Barringer


Associate Research Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Turbines, Combustors, Seals, Engines, Cooling

Kathryn Bartling


Watershed Project Coordinator

Tom Bartnik


Director, Penn State Center Pittsburgh

Amrita Basak


Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Laser Epitaxy, Epitaxial Growth, Lasers, Superalloys, Scanning

Sharmistha Basak


Graduate Student

Rebecca Bascom


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

Saurabh Basu


Assistant Professor, Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Top research keywords: Microstructure, Machining, Strain, Plastic Deformation, Textures

Rick Bates


Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Abies Fraseri, Fans (equipment), Ammonia, Farms, Phytophthora Drechsleri

Ryan Baxter


Senior Research Assistant, John A. Dutton e-Education Institute
Top research keywords: Crops, Biomass, Energy Crop, Watersheds, Biofuels

Ekaterina Bazilevskaya


Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Weathering, Soil, Regolith, Diabase, Goethite

Gui Becker


Associate Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Chytridiomycota, Amphibian, Amphibians, Batrachochytrium Dendrobatidis, Ecosystem

Robert Beelman


Professor Emeritus of Food Science; Director, Center for Plant and Mushroom Foods for Health
Top research keywords: Nutritional and medicinal properties of mushrooms, Antioxidants-selenium and ergothioneine, Vitamin D-enrichment of mushrooms

Allison Beese


Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: 3D Printers, Austenitic Stainless Steel, Additive, Powders, Lasers

Deanna Behring



Top research keywords: Emerging Communicable Diseases, Animal Diseases, Chat, Congresses , Communication

Alfredo Bellon


Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Top research keywords: Schizophrenia, Neurites, Melatonin, Methylazoxymethanol, Monocytes

Adam Benfield


Graduate Student

Jacob Benfield


Professor of Psychology, Division of Social Sciences (Abington)
Top research keywords: Aggressive Driving, National Park, Ownership, Mood, Recreation

Louis Bengyella


Assistant Research Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Ascomycota, Solanum Tuberosum, Bambusa, Fungal Spores, Germination

Sheri A. Berenbaum


Professor, Psychology
Top research keywords: Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, Androgens, Sex Characteristics, Gonadal Steroid Hormones, Spatial Navigation

Robert D. Berghage


Associate Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Roofs, Roof, Green Roofs, Stormwater, Runoff

Philip Bevilacqua


Professor, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Catalytic RNA, RNA, Hepatitis Delta Virus, RNA Folding, Catalysis

David M. Beyer


Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Mushrooms, Mushroom, Agaricus Bisporus, Composts, Substrates

Nita Bharti


Associate Professor And Lloyd Huck Early Career Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Niger, Measles, Disease Outbreaks, SARS Virus, Satellite Imagery

Gopal Bhatt


Assistant Research Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Penn State
Top research keywords: hydrology, open-source, watershed, watershed modeling, geographical information systems

David Bice


Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Stratotype, Eocene-Oligocene Boundary, Oligocene, Eccentricity, Eocene

Dave Biddinger


Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Bees, Bee, Malus, Orchards, Orchard

Trevor Birkenholtz


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

Jordan Bisanz


Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Microbiota, Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Probiotics, Microbiome, Yogurt

Zachary Bitzer


Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Top research keywords: Tobacco Products, Free Radicals, Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems, Smoke, Nicotine

Ottar Bjornstad


Distinguished Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Synchrony, Epidemics, Population Dynamics, Disease Outbreaks, Arvicolinae