Faculty - Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment
 Anne Andrews
Associate Professor of Molecular Toxicology
207 Life Sciences Building, University Park
Phone: 814-865-8281
E-mail: ama11@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Transporter-mediated regulation of neuronal homeostasis; Role of serotonin in complex behavior, and the etiology and treatment of psychiatric disorders (depression and anxiety disorders) and neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases); In vivo neurotransmitter sensing; Nanobiosensor design; Functional proteomics.
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Anne Andrews' Research Group
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 Elizabeth Boyer
Associate Professor of Water Resources
Director, Pennsylvania Water Resources Research Institute
304 Forest Resources Building, University Park
Phone: 814-865-8330
E-mail: ewb100@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Hydrological and ecological processes that affect water quality (e.g., nutrients, metals, and sediments) and water quantity (e.g., streamflow and water yield) issuing from watersheds. I am particularly interested in how human activities and environmental variability influence conditions and trends in streams, rivers, and estuaries. Our work aims to provide a scientific basis for design and implementation of land management programs and policies to mitigate the effects of pollution, and to protect, conserve, and restore surface waters.
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 Susan Brantley
Professor of Geosciences
Director of Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
2217 Earth & Engineering Sciences Bldg (225B), University Park
Phone: 814-865-3191
E-mail: brantley@essc.psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Chemical and physical processes associated with the circulation of aqueous fluids in shallow hydrogeologic settings. Investigations incorporate field and laboratory work, and theoretical modelling of observations. Of particular interest are questions concerning the measurement and prediction of the rates of natural processes, including chemical weathering and natural degassing. Recent work has focused on the effect of microbial life on mineral reactivity and extraction of nutrients from rocks by microorganisms.
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 Robert Brooks
Assistant Professor of Wildlife and Wetlands
Director, Penn State Cooperative Wetlands Center
323 Walker Building, University Park
Phone: 814-863-1596
E-mail: rpb2@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Wetlands restoration and creation on altered and damaged landscapes, Monitoring protocols for reference wetlands and mitigation projects, Modeling cumulative impacts in wetland and riparian portions of landscapes, Developing hydrogeomorphic models for riverine, depression, and slope wetlands, Developing ecological indicator models using macroinvertebrates, amphibians and birds, Treatment of mine drainage using constructed wetlands, Habitat modeling for wetland-riparian wildlife.
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 William Brune
Department Head, Professor of Meteorology
504 Wagner Building, University Park
Phone: 814-865-3286
E-mail: brune@meteo.psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Atmospheric Photochemistry from Earth's Surface to the Stratosphere; Atmospheric Interactions Between Photochemistry and Dynamics; Chemical Reactions in the Gas-phase on Surfaces; Spectroscopic Detection Techniques.
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 Jeffrey Catchmark
Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
109 Agricultural Engineering Building, University Park
Phone: 814-863-0414
E-mail: jcatchmark@engr.psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Transporter-mediated regulation of neuronal homeostasis; Role of serotonin in complex behavior, and the etiology and treatment of psychiatric disorders (depression and anxiety disorders) and neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases); In vivo neurotransmitter sensing; Nanobiosensor design; Functional proteomics.
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 Kenneth Davis
Associate Professor of Meteorology
512 Walker Building, University Park
Phone: 814-863-8601
E-mail: davis@meteo.psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Boundary Layer Meteorology, Atmospheric Carbon and Hydrologic Cycles, Remote Sensing Using Lidar, Flux Measurement Methods, Interactions Among Ecosystem Processes and Boundary Layer Development, Interactions Between Atmospheric Turbulence and Chemistry.
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 Brian Dempsey
Professor of Environmental Engineering
212 Sackett Building, University Park
Phone: 814-865-1226
E-mail: bad5@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Inorganic coagulants and coagulation processes, Microfiltration for potable water and wastewater, Treatment of acid mine drainage, Chemistry of iron, aluminum, and trace metals, Reactions of natural organic materials, Manipulation of solid phases to enhance purity or density, Stream monitoring and TMDLs, Removal of arsenic from potable water, Uranium mobility and reactivity.
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 Bryan Grenfell
Alumni Professor of Biology
510 Mueller Laboratory, University Park
Phone: 814-865-9131
E-mail: grenfell@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Investigating how the interaction of noise and non-linear density-dependent feedback drive population processes at different scales; Understanding the spatio-temporal dynamics of infectious disease and how these are affected by control strategies; Phylodynamics: exploring how pathogen phylogenies are affected by host immunity, transmission bottlenecks and epidemic dynamics – at scales from individual host to population.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Bryan Grenfell's Research Page
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 Derrick Lampkin
Assistant Professor of Geography
313 Walker Building, University Park
Phone: 814-865-2493
E-mail: djl22@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Remote Sensing of Cryosphere; Radiative Transfer Modeling of Snow; Mountain Snowmelt Monitoring; Advanced Wireless Technology for Ground-based Monitoring of Snow Properties; Remote Sensing of Alpine Snow and Vegetation Interactions; Hydroclimatology; Water Resources.
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 Hangsheng Lin
Associate Professor of Hydropedology/Soil Hydrology
415 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building,
University Park
Phone: 814-865-6726
E-mail: henrylin@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Hydropedology: Fundamental studies of interactive pedologic and hydrologic processes and their properties in the Earth's Critical Zone, with a focus on pedosphere as a critical link in the hydrologic cycle and hydrology as a major driving force of soil formation and dynamic functions; Quantification of soil structure and its impacts on preferential flow across spatial and temporal scales; Quantitative soil morphology and classification for hydrologic applications; Mapping, monitoring, and modeling of landscape-soil-hydrology relationships; Enhanced instrumentation and techniques for in situ measurements and mapping of flow and transport pathways and patterns in heterogeneous landscapes; Coupling hydropedological and biogeochemical processes towards integrated studies of the Earth's Critical Zone; Extraterrestrial hydropedology including Mars and Moon explorations.
OASIS: Research and development of Online Advanced Spatial Information Systems (OASIS) for integrating geospatial technologies (GIS, GPS, RS) with environmental modeling, spatial-temporal statistics, and artificial intelligence for landscape-soil-hydrology studies; Scientific visualization of heterogeneous and dynamic world underfoot; Decision support systems coupled with real-time monitoring, integrated digital databases, and uncertainty quantification.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Hydropedology Web Site
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 Karl Mueller
Professor of Chemistry
002 Chemistry Building, University Park
Phone: 814-863-8674
E-mail: ktm2@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Development of experimental and theoretical techniques for solid-state NMR spectroscopy; magic-angle spinning and higher-order averaging of quadrupolar spectra; coherence transfer in solid-state NMR; dipolar-dephasing dynamics and pure dipolar transforms.
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Karl Mueller's Research Group
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 Wayne Myers
ICS Steering Committee
Professor of Forest Biometrics
Co-Director, Office for Remote Sensing of Earth Resources
116 Forest Resources Building, University Park
Phone: 814-863-0002
E-mail: wlm@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Forest biometrics, remote sensing, quantitative landscape ecology, spatial analysis, geographic information systems, multivariate statistics, artificial intelligence, natural resource sustainability, international forestry.
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School of Forest Resources
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 Virendra Puri
Distinguished Professor of Agricultural Engineering
229 Agricultural Engineering Building, University Park
Phone: 814-865-3559
E-mail: avmpuri@psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Powder Mechanics – Research focus includes: fundamental powder and powder mixture properties, multi-scale constitutive models, and computational models for powder processes; Food Processing – Research focus includes: engineering properties, and integrated multi-scale computational and predictive models.
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 Anne Thompson
Professor of Meteorology
510 Walker Building, University Park
Phone: 814-865-0479
E-mail: anne@met.psu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Observational and modeling interests in: (1) air-sea exchange and biogeochemical cycling; (2) early studies of chemical-climate links, pollution, oxidizing capacity; (3) remote sensing; (4) trace gas variability from natural, anthropogenic causes (aviation, biomass burning).
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