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, 999 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
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
Amrita Basak
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Laser Epitaxy, Epitaxial Growth, Lasers, Superalloys, Scanning
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
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