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Faculty directly associated with EESI can be broadly categorized into four main areas (below) and often work in one of our <a href="/research/research-centers-initiatives-and-labs">centers or initiatives</a>. The four areas are:</p> </div></div></div></div><div class="field-item odd"> <h3>Climate Science and Risk</h3> <div class="field field-name-pp-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Researchers in climate science and risk use field data and models to understand past climatic changes and project future changes and their effects. They also provide decision-makers with information about climate risk management, adaptation, and mitigation strategies. EESI researchers in this field are:</p> <div class="row" style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)"> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/richard-alley">Richard Alley</a><br /> <em>Glaciology, Ice and Climate, Sea Level Change, Abrupt Climate Change</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/sridhar-anandakrishnan">Sridhar Anandakrishnan</a><br /> <em>Reflection Seismology, Glaciology, Geophysics</em></div>  <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/seth-blumsack">Seth Blumsack</a><br /> <em>Decision-making under Uncertainty, Energy Infrastructure Resilience</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/kenneth-j-davis">Ken Davis</a><br /> <em>Boundary Layer and Turbulence, Climate, Earth-Atmosphere Interactions</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/jenni-evans">Jenni Evans</a><br /> <em>Climate, Numerical Weather Prediction, Tropical Meteorology, Statistical Meteorology</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/chris-forest">Chris Forest</a><br /> <em>Climate, Climate Dynamics</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/antonia-hadjimichael">Antonia Hadjimichael</a><br /> <em>Decision-making under Uncertainty, Water Resources Planning, MultiSector Dynamics, Data Analytics</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/casey-michael-helgeson">Casey Helgeson</a><br /> <em>Climate Change, Climate Risk Management, Decision-making under Uncertainty, Philosophy of Science</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/james-kasting">Jim Kasting</a><br /> <em>Atmospheric Evolution, Planetary Atmospheres, Paleoclimates</em></div>  <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/laifang-li">Laifang Li</a><br /> <em>Global Water Cycle, Regional Hydroclimate Variability, Climate Variability, Ocean Salinity in Regional Rainfall Predictability</em></div>  <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/renee-obringer">Renee Obringer</a><br /> <em>Water-Energy Nexus, Climate Change Impacts, Critical Infrastructure, Data Science</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/robert-e-nicholas">Robert Nicholas</a><br /> <em>Climate Dynamics, Empirical Downscaling, Uncertainty Quantification, Earth System Modeling</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/david-pollard">David Pollard</a><br /> <em>Numerical Modeling, Climate, Atmospheric/Ocean Dynamics, Paleoclimate, Ice Sheet-Climate Interactions, Ice Ages</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/kelsey-ruckert">Kelsey Ruckert</a><br /> <em>Climate Change Impacts, Climate Outreach, Uncertainty Quantification, Sea Level Change</em></div>  <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/sanjib-sharma">Sanjib Sharma</a><br /> <em>Hydrology/Water Resources, Hydrometeorological Forecasting, Climate Risk Management, Decision-making under Uncertainty</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="https://www.geog.psu.edu/directory/shujie-wang" target="_blank">Shujie Wang</a><br /> <em>Ice Sheet Dynamics, Glacial Microbiome, Remote Sensing, Machine Learning</em></div> </div> <p> </p> </div></div></div></div><div class="field-item even"> <h3>Energy and the Environment</h3> <div class="field field-name-pp-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Researchers in energy and the environment study environmental impacts of fossil fuel and renewable energy systems to address sub-topics that vary from socioeconomics, to policy, to environmental considerations. Environmental issues of interest include air quality, ecology, induced seismicity, human-environment interactions, and water resources. Researchers in this area also provide extensive stakeholder outreach and education to industry, academia, government officials, NGOs, businesses, landowners, and the general public, especially (but not solely) related to wind and solar energy and the shale-gas industry. EESI researchers in this field are:</p> <div class="row" style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)"> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/jennifer-baka">Jennifer Baka</a><br /> <em>Food-Energy-Water Nexus, Unconventional Energy Development, Coal Mining and the Opioid Epidemic</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/seth-blumsack">Seth Blumsack</a><br /> <em>Decision-making under Uncertainty, Energy Infrastructure Resilience</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/susan-l-brantley">Susan L. Brantley</a><br /> <em>Weathering and Erosion, Critical Zone Science, Neutron Analyses, Reactive Transport Modeling</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/guido-cervone">Guido Cervone</a><br /> <em>Environmental Hazards, Remote Sensing, Geoinformatics, Social Media</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/kenneth-j-davis">Ken Davis</a><br /> <em>Boundary Layer Science, Earth-Atmosphere Interactions, Methane Emissions</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="https://www.ems.psu.edu/directory/andrew-nyblade" target="_blank">Andrew Nyblade</a><br /> <em>Geophysics, Tectonics, Applied Seismology, AfricaArray</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/renee-obringer">Renee Obringer</a><br /> <em>Water-Energy Nexus, Climate Change Impacts, Critical Infrastructure, Data Science</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/david-yoxtheimer">David Yoxtheimer</a><br /> <em>Hydrogeology, Shale Energy Geology, Karst Geology, Integrated Water Resource Management, Earth Resistivity Surveying</em></div> </div> <p> </p> </div></div></div></div><div class="field-item odd"> <h3> Earth History</h3> <div class="field field-name-pp-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Researchers in Earth history use data and observations from deep time to reconstruct paleo-environments or to explore environments beyond Earth; gain insights into evolution, extinction, and the responses of life and ecosystems to changing environments through time; and inform modern and future environmental and ecological projections. Work in Earth history includes the fields of geology, paleontology, paleoclimates, paleoecology, ice sheets, biogeochemical cycles, marine geology, and oceanography. EESI researchers in this field are:</p> <div class="row" style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)"> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/richard-alley">Richard Alley</a><br /> <em>Glaciology, Ice and Climate, Sea Level Change</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/susan-l-brantley">Susan L. Brantley</a><br /> <em>Weathering and Erosion, Neutron Analyses, Reactive Transport Modeling</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/bernd-j-haupt">Bernd J. Haupt</a><br /> <em>Paleoceanography, Paleoclimatology, Oceanography, Marine Geology, Meteorology, GIS</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/christopher-house">Christopher House</a><br /> <em>Microbial Paleontology, Molecular Evolution and Genomics, Astrobiology and Geomicrobiology</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/sarah-ivory">Sarah Ivory</a><br /> <em>Palynology, Biogeography, Paleoclimate, Paleoecology</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/james-kasting">Jim Kasting</a><br /> <em>Atmospheric Evolution, Paleoclimates</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/lee-r-kump">Lee Kump</a><br /> <em>Biogeochemical Cycles, Environmental Biogeochemistry, Atmosphere/Ocean Evolution</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="https://www.geosc.psu.edu/directory/kimberly-lau" target="_blank">Kimberly Lau</a><br /> <em>Sedimentary Geochemistry, Earth System History, Paleoceanography, Biogeochemical Cycles</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/david-pollard">David Pollard</a><br /> <em>Numerical Modeling, Climate, Atmospheric/Ocean Dynamics, Paleoclimate, Ice Sheet-Climate Interactions, Ice Ages</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/todd-sowers">Todd Sowers</a><br /> <em>Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Microbiology of Biota in Ice Sheets, Climate and Greenhouse Gas Emissions</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="">Shujie Wang</a><br /> <em>Ice Sheet Dynamics, Glacial Microbiome, Remote Sensing, Machine Learning</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/timothy-white">Timothy White</a><br /> <em>Sedimentary Geology, Paleoclimatology, Paleopedology, Chemostratigraphy, Organic Petrology, Hydrogeology</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/peter-wilf">Peter Wilf</a><br /> <em>Paleobotany, Paleobiology, Paleoclimatology</em></div> </div> <p> </p> </div></div></div></div><div class="field-item even"> <h3>Critical Zone Science</h3> <div class="field field-name-pp-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Researchers in critical zone science study all aspects of the chemical, physical, biological, and geological processes – including processes caused or perturbed by humans – in the critical zone, a layer of the Earth extending from the top of vegetation to the bottom of groundwater. Field work in critical zone science at Penn State mainly takes place in the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. EESI researchers in this field are:</p> <div class="row" style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)"> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/susan-l-brantley">Susan L. Brantley</a><br /> <em>Weathering and Erosion, Critical Zone Science, Neutron Analyses, Reactive Transport Modeling</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/guido-cervone">Guido Cervone</a><br /> <em>Environmental Hazards, Remote Sensing, Geoinformatics</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/stephen-crawford">Steve Crawford</a><br /> <em>Remote Sensing, Graphic Information Systems</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/kenneth-j-davis">Ken Davis</a><br /> <em>Boundary Layer Science, Earth-Atmosphere Interactions, Climate, Methane Emissions</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/roman-dibiase">Roman DiBiase</a><br /> <em>Tectonic Geomorphology, Earth Surface Processes, Landscape Evolution</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/brandon-forsythe">Brandon Forsythe</a><br /> <em>Watershed Management, Environmental Monitoring, Data Management</em></div>  <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/laura-liermann">Laura Liermann</a><br /> <em>Bacteria-Mineral Interactions</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/douglas-miller">Douglas Miller</a><br /> <em>Remote Sensing, Geomorphology, Soils, GIS, Landscape Ecology, Small Unmanned Autonomous Systems</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/erica-smithwick">Erica Smithwick</a><br /> <em>Landscape Ecology, Ecosystem Ecology, Biogeochemistry, Fire Ecology</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/alan-taylor">Alan Taylor</a><br /> <em>Landscape Ecology, Fire Ecology, Biological Conservation, Environmental Management, Paleoecology</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/timothy-white">Timothy White</a><br /> <em>Sedimentary Geology, Paleopedology, Chemostratigraphy, Organic Petrology, Hydrogeology</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="/directory/kimberly-van-meter">Kimberly Van Meter</a><br /> <em>Hydrology, Water Quality, Remote Sensing, Wetlands, Ecosystem Services</em></div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12" style="height:75px"><a href="https://www.geog.psu.edu/directory/shujie-wang" target="_blank">Shujie Wang</a><br /> <em>Ice Sheet Dynamics, Glacial Microbiome, Remote Sensing, Machine Learning</em></div> </div> <p> </p> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <div class="col-md-3"> <div class="region region-sidebar-second2"> <div id="block-block-11" class="block block-block"> <h3 class="block-title">Events & Opportunities</h3> <div class="content">  <span style="font-size:2px"> </span> <ul> <li><a href="/seminars-conferences/seminars-conferences-week">This Week</a></li>  <li><a href="/research/research-job-opportunities">Job Opportunities</a></li> <li><a href="/resources/resources-computing-resources">CoreLogic Tax Bulk dataset</a></li> </ul> <hr /> </div> </div> <div id="block-block-14" class="block block-block"> <div class="content"> <p><a href="/sites/www.eesi.psu.edu/files/eesi/resources/pdfs-docs/eesi-newsletter-2022-2023-02-15.pdf" target="_blank"><img alt="EESI Newsletter 2022" class="center-block img-responsive img-rounded" src="/sites/www.eesi.psu.edu/files/eesi/home-images-highlights/eesi-newsletter-2022-2023-02-15.jpg" style="border-style:solid; 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