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.

Miquela Ingalls


Assistant Professor in Geosciences, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Carbonate, Carbonates, Stable Isotope, Saline Lake, Plateau

Sibel Irmak


Research Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Biomass, Reforming Reactions, Catalysts, Hydrogen, Catalyst Supports

Suat Irmak


Department Head and Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Evapotranspiration, Maize, Irrigation, Crops, Corn

Lisa Iulo


Associate Professor, Architecture
Top research keywords: Education, Ecodesign, Microgrids, Students, Renewable Energy Resources

Sarah Ivory


Assistant Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Holocene, Vegetation, Lakes, Pollen, Climate

Kathryn W. Jablokow


Professor, Engineering Division (Great Valley)
Top research keywords: Students, Engineering Design, Design, Engineers, Engineering Education

Nina Jablonski


Evan Pugh University Professor of Anthropology, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Skin Pigmentation, Hominidae, Theropithecus, Vitamin D, Ultraviolet Rays

Tom Jackson


Robert E. Kirby Chair Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Thin Film Transistors, Substrates, Transistors, Thin Films, Pentacene

Michael G. Jacobson


Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Landowners, Landowner, Sustainable Forestry, Economic Incentives, Agroforestry

Edward C. Jaenicke


Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Food, Organic Foods, Private Labels, Retail, Supermarkets

Michael Janik


Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Density Functional Theory, Adsorption, Catalysts, Oxidation, Surface

Ying-Ling Jao


Associate Professor, Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing
Top research keywords: Dementia, Apathy, Nursing Homes, Long-Term Care, Systematic Reviews

Houtan Jebelli


Assistant Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Electroencephalography, Robots, Robotics, Biosensors, Wearable Sensors

Gregory Jenkins


Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: West Africa, Climate Modeling, Ozone, Tropospheric Ozone, Climate Models

Russell T. Johns


Professor and FCMG Chair in Fluid Behavior and Rock Interactions, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Phase Behavior, Oils, Solubility, Recovery, Microemulsions

Amanda Johnsen


Assistant Professor, Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering
Top research keywords: Neutron Activation Analysis, Irradiation, Trace Elements, Gas Cooled Fast Reactors, Plutonium

Lorraine Jones


Research Assistant, EnvironMentors

Matthew Jones


Research Assistant, Biology
Top research keywords: Culicidae, West Nile Virus, Wolbachia, Aedes, Parasites

Michael Justik


Associate Professor of Chemistry, School of Science (Behrend)
Top research keywords: Elemental Halogen, Halogen, Iodine, Noble Gas Atom, Oxidation Reaction

Md Faisal Kabir


Assistant Professor of Computer Science, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Audition, Resampling, Prostate Cancer, Cancer, Classifiers

Alandra Kahl


Associate Teaching Professor of Environmental Engineering (Greater Allegheny)

Sai Kakuturu


Associate Professor, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Embankment Dams, Soils, Snow And Ice Removal, Earth Dam, Salt

Gopakumar Kaladharan


Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

James Kalsbeek


Associate Professor, Architecture

Prem Kandel


Postdoctoral Scholar Hockett Lab

Mahmut Kandemir


Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Data Storage Equipment, Cache, Energy Utilization, Computer Hardware, Network-on-chip

Eileen Kane


Professor, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Vaccinia Virus, Adenosine N(1)-oxide, Virion, Temperature, Mutation

Timothy Kane


Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Optical Radar, Lidar, Meteor Trails, Greenland, Meteor

Mihyun Kang


Director of Sustainability, Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Lighting, Rural Community, Energy Saving, Energy Conservation, Cost Savings

Seogchan Kang


Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Fusarium, Magnaporthe, Fungi, Oryza, Verticillium

Mihail Kantor


Assistant Research Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Nematoda, Cyst Nematodes, Nematode, Cactodera, Soil Sampling

Teh-hui Kao


Distinguished Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Petunia, Petunia Integrifolia, Ribonuclease S, Pollen, Flowers

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, Pinus Ponderosa, Nitrogen

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