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.

Soundar Kumara


Allen E. Pearce and Allen M. Pearce Professor, Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Top research keywords: Planning, Neural Networks, Supply Chains, Multi Agent Systems, Manufacturing

Lee Kump


Department Head, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Carbon Isotope, Mass Extinction, Ocean, Permian, Paleocene

Hardik Kundariya


Senior Researcher: Mackenzie Lab, Eberly College of Science

Brad Kunsman


Water Resources Extension Educator

Anthony Kwasnica


Professor, Risk Management
Top research keywords: Auctions, Ascending Auctions, Seller, Sealed-bid Auction, Double Auction

Luke LaBorde


Professor, Food Science
Top research keywords: Agaricales, Listeria Monocytogenes, Malus, Mushrooms, Food Safety

Todd LaJeunesse


Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Symbiodinium, Dinoflagellida, Symbiont, Anthozoa, Corals

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

Joshua D. Lambert


Professor, Food Science
Top research keywords: Tea, Polyphenols, Epigallocatechin Gallate, (-)-Epigallocatechin 3-Gallate, Polyphenol

Michael Lanagan


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

Joel Landry


Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Biofuels, Land Market, Housing Market, Pork, Savings

Jacob Langelaan


Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Top research keywords: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), Trajectories, Aircraft, Landing, Navigation

Tracy Langkilde


Verne M. Willaman Dean, Eberly College of Science
Top research keywords: Lizard, Lizards, Sceloporus Undulatus, Fire Ants, Ant

Janelle Larson


Associate Professor, Division of Engineering, Business & Computing (Berks)
Top research keywords: Land Titling, Honduras, Credit, Land Market, Farm

Jesse Lasky


Associate Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Arabidopsis, Genomics, Climate, Local Adaptation, Forests

Kimberly Lau


Assistant Professor in Geosciences, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Uranium Isotope, Isotope, Triassic, Anoxia, Permian

Stephanie Law


Associate Professor and Norris B. McFarlane Faculty Career Development Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Topological Insulators, Plasmonics, Nonconductor, Plasmons, Semiconductor Materials

Benjamin Lear


Professor of Chemistry, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Mixed Valence, Ligands, Gold Nanoparticles, Electrons, Gold Nanoparticle

Dongwon Lee


Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Web Services, XML, Digital Libraries, Chemical Analysis, Access Control

Saya Lee


Assistant Professor in Nuclear Engineering, Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering
Top research keywords: Steam Generators, Boilers, Velocity Measurement, Particle Image Velocimetry, Debris

Sukyoung Lee


Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Eddy, Heating, Warming, Convection, Winter

Yu Lei


Postdoctoral Scholar, Physics

Zhen Lei


Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Patents, Citations, Patent Citations, Deregulation, Licensing

Robert Leicht


Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Construction Industry, Students, Project Delivery, Industry, Contractors

Laura Leites


Associate Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Climate, Quercus, Oak, Pseudotsuga Menziesii, Pinus Ponderosa

George Lesieutre


Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs, College of Engineering
Top research keywords: Damping, Actuators, Actuator, Composite Materials, Helicopters

Stefan Lewellen


Assistant Professor of Finance, Finance
Top research keywords: Mortgages, High-growth Firms, Consumer Credit, Fair Lending, Cross Section

Jia Li


Professor, Statistics
Top research keywords: Hidden Markov Models, Image Retrieval, Clustering, Painting, Image Annotation

Laifang Li


Assistant Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Summer, Rainfall, Sea Surface Salinity, Moisture, Climate Models

Li Li


Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Reactive Transport, Mineral, Solute, Watershed, Dissolution

Wenjie Li


Assistant Research Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Thermoelectricity, Ceramic, Sintering, Yttrium Oxide, Skutterudites

Yan Li


Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Microgrids, Energy Resources, Microgrid, DC-DC Converter, Wind Power

Xiaojun "Lance" Lian


Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Top research keywords: Pluripotent Stem Cells, Stem Cells, Cardiac Myocytes, Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, Catenins

Heather Ligler


Assistant Teaching Professor of Architecture

Jules Lindau


Senior Research Associate, Applied Research Laboratory (ARL)
Top research keywords: Cavitation, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Multiphase Flow, Volume Fraction, Gases

Darla Lindberg


Professor of Architecture, Architecture
Top research keywords: Farm To Fork, Glycemic Index, Public Policy, Poultry Housing, Video Games

Justine Lindemann


Assistant Professor of Community Development and Resilience, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Land Reform, Green Infrastructure, Politics, Community Development, Agricultural Sciences

Dwight Lingenfelter


Extension Associate, Weed Science
Top research keywords: Isoxaflutole vs. Mesotrione, Herbicide, Agronomic, Weed, Pigweed

Azaree Lintereur


Assistant Professor, Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering
Top research keywords: Neutrons, Gamma Rays, Neutron Counters, Detectors, Lithium Fluoride