People

Leadership

Erica Smithwick
Overall vision
Associate reviews
Staff reviews
Coordination of space

Office: 225b EES Building
Phone: 814-863-7091
E-mail: smithwick@psu.edu

Whom do I call about:

Proposal and Award Specialist - Shelly McCall
EESI general budget - Angie Miller
Director's calendar - Angie Miller
HR appointments/visas - Angie Miller
Event and Seminar Planning - Ava Lee
Conference room scheduling - Ava Lee, Angie Miller
ERS travel issues/inquiries - Angie Miller
Procurement and purchasing card inquiries - Angie Miller
EESI website/graphics - Bernd Haupt, Ava Lee
Keys - Ava Lee
IT support can be requested via the EMS IT helpdesk: helpdesk@ems.psu.edu

EESI Associates (tenure line)

Richard Alley
Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences,
Director of PSICE

Center/Dept.: Geosciences
Office: 517 Deike Building
Phone: 814-863-1700
E-mail: rba6@psu.edu

Sridhar Anandakrishnan
Professor of Geosciences,
Director of PSICE

Center/Dept.: Geosciences
Office: 513 Deike Building
Phone: 814-863-6742
E-mail: sxa17@psu.edu

Jennifer Baka
Associate Professor of Geography

Center/Dept.: Geography
Office: 320 Walker Building
Phone: 814-865-9656
E-mail: jeb525@psu.edu

Seth Blumsack
Professor of Energy Policy and Economics and International Affairs
Director of EEEPI, CELP

Center/Dept.: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Office: 115 Hosler Building
Phone: 814-863-7597
E-mail: blumsack@psu.edu

Susan L. Brantley
Atherton Professor and Evan Pugh University Professor Emerita of Geosciences

Center/Dept.: Geosciences
Office: 311 Hosler Building
Phone: 814-865-1619
E-mail: sxb7@psu.edu

Guido Cervone
Professor of Geography, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science,
Interim Director of ICDS

Center/Dept.: Geography
Office: 322 Walker Building
Phone: 814-863-0179
E-mail: cervone@psu.edu

Nicolas Choquette-Levy
Assistant Professor

Center/Dept.: Geosciences
Office: 204b Deike
Phone: n/a
E-mail: nmc6187@psu.edu

Kenneth Davis
Professor of Atmospheric and Climate Science

Center/Dept.: Meteorology
Office: 512 Walker Building
Phone: 814-863-8601
E-mail: kjd10@meteo.psu.edu

Roman DiBiase
Associate Professor of Geosciences

Center/Dept.: Geosciences
Office: 340 Deike Building
Phone: 814-865-7388
E-mail: rad22@psu.edu

William Easterling III
Dean Emeritus, College of EMS
Professor Emeritus, Geography
Director of ESSC

Center/Depart: Geography
Office: 318b EES Building
Phone: 814-863-3194
E-mail: billeasterling@psu.edu

Chris Forest
Professor of Climate Dynamics
Director of ES-MAD

Center/Dept.: Meteorology
Office: 507 Walker Building
Phone: 814-865-0710
E-mail: cef13@psu.edu

Antonia Hadjimichael
Assistant Professor of Geosciences

Center/Dept.: Geosciences
Office: 212 Deike Building
Phone: n/a
E-mail: hadjimichael@psu.edu

Christopher House
Professor of Geosciences,
Director of PSGC, CPEST
Acting Department Head of Geosciences

Center/Dept.: Geosciences
Office: 218 EES Building
Phone: 814-865-8802
E-mail: chh10@psu.edu

Rachel Housego
Assistant Professor of Geosciences

Center/Dept.: Geosciences
Office: 306 Deike Building
Phone: 814-865-6711
E-mail: rbh5532@psu.edu

Sarah Ivory
Associate Professor of Geosciences

Center/Dept.: Geosciences
Office: 511 Deike Building
Phone: 814-863-0633
E-mail: sji15@psu.edu

Gregory Jenkins
Professor of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, Geography, and African Studies,
Director of AESEDA

Center/Dept.: Meteorology
Office: 510 Walker Building
Phone: 814-865-0479
E-mail: gsj1@psu.edu

James Kasting
Evan Pugh Professor Emeritus of Geosciences

Center/Dept.: Geosciences
Office: 435a Deike Building
Phone: 814-865-3207
E-mail: jfk4@psu.edu

Lee Kump
Dean, College of EMS,
Professor of Geosciences

Center/Dept.: Geosciences
Office: 116 Deike Building
Phone: 814-865-6546
E-mail: lrk4@psu.edu

Kimberly Lau
Assistant Professor of Geosciences

Center/Dept.: Geosciences
Office: 407 Deike Building
Phone: 814-865-6711
E-mail: kvlau@psu.edu

Laifang Li
Assistant Professor of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Center/Dept.: Meteorology
Office: 505 Walker Building
Phone: 814-867-4750
E-mail: lfl5240@psu.edu

Renee Obringer
Assistant Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering

Center/Dept.: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Office: 112 Hosler Building
Phone: 814-865-6511
E-mail: obringer@psu.edu

Erica Smithwick
Distinguished Professor of Geography,
Director of EESI,
Director of CLD,
Associate Director of IEE

Center/Dept.: Geography
Office: 323 Walker Building
Phone: 814-865-6693
E-mail: smithwick@psu.edu

Alan Taylor
Professor Emeritus of Geography,
Director of Vegetation Dynamics Lab

Center/Dept.: Geography
Office: 309 Walker Building
Phone: 814-865-1509
E-mail: aht1@psu.edu

Kimberly Van Meter
Assistant Professor of Geography

Center/Dept.: Geography
Office: 302 Walker Building
Phone: 814-865-3343
E-mail: kbv5173@psu.edu

Shujie Wang
Assistant Professor of Geography

Center/Dept.: Geography
Office: 213 Walker Building
Phone: 814-865-3343
E-mail: skw5660@psu.edu

Peter Wilf
Professor of Geosciences

Center/Dept.: Geosciences
Office: 537 Deike Building
Phone: 814-865-6721
E-mail: pwilf@psu.edu

EESI Associates (non-tenure line)

Elizabeth Marie Andrews
Assistant Research Professor

Center/Dept.: EESI/LIME
Office: 310 Hosler Building
Phone: n/a
E-mail: ema5148@psu.edu

Allison Baczynski
Assistant Research Professor

Center/Dept.: EESI/Geosciences
Office: 218 Deike Building
Phone: 814-863-4426
E-mail: aab27@psu.edu

Steve Crawford
Assistant Research Professor

Center/Dept.: CEI
Office: 317d EES Building
Phone: 814-865-9905
E-mail: src176@psu.edu

Brandon Forsythe
Assistant Research Professor

Center/Dept.: EESI
221 EES Building
Phone: 814-865-0294
E-mail: brf11@psu.edu

Bernd Haupt
System Administrator for Advanced Research Support
Associate Research Professor
2012 Altoona College Outstanding Lecturer

Center/Dept.: Dean's Office/EESI
Office: 317c EES Building
Phone: 814-865-8188
E-mail: bjhaupt@psu.edu

Casey Helgeson
Assistant Research Professor of Earth and Environmental Systems & Philosophy

Center/Dept.: EESI
Office: 314 EES Building
Phone: 814-867-3830
E-mail: cmh455@psu.edu

Lidiia Iavorivska
Assistant Research Professor
PCHES Project Manager

Center/Dept.: PCHES
Office: 319b EES Building
Phone: 814-865-5007
E-mail: lui100@psu.edu

Laura Liermann
Assistant Research Professor

Center/Dept.: EESI/Geosciences
Office: 312 Hosler Building
Phone: 814-865-1981
E-mail: ljl8@psu.edu

Douglas Miller
Research Professor Emeritus

Center/Dept.: Geography
E-mail: dam8@psu.edu

Robert Nicholas
Associate Research Professor,
Director of CLIMA,
Assistant Director of EESI

Center/Dept.: EESI/CLIMA/Meteorology
Office: 317g EES Building
Phone: 814-865-4484
E-mail: ren10@psu.edu

David Pollard
Research Professor Emeritus

Center/Dept.: EESI
E-mail: dxp21@psu.edu

Michael Robbins
Assistant Research Professor

Center/Dept.: EESI/LIME
Office: 312 Hosler Building
Phone: 814-865-1981
E-mail: mlr263@psu.edu

Kelsey Ruckert
Coastal Climate Extension Specialist

Center/Depart: EESI/MARISA
E-mail: klr324@psu.edu

Todd Sowers
Research Professor Emeritus

Center/Dept.: Geosciences
E-mail: tas11@psu.edu

Timothy White
Research Professor

Center/Dept.: EESI
Office: 222 EES Building
Phone: 814-865-2213
E-mail: tsw113@psu.edu

Dongxiang (Maggie) Wang
Assistant Research Professor

Center/Dept.: EESI
Office: 308 Hosler Building
Phone: 814-863-4823
E-mail: dxw43@psu.edu

EESI Postdoctoral Scholars

Susan Kotikot
Postdoctoral Scholar

Supervisor: Smithwick
Center/Depart: EESI
Office: n/a
Phone: n/a
E-mail: smk6598@psu.edu

Nicholas Sullivan
Postdoctoral Scholar

Supervisor: White
Center/Depart: EESI
Office: 315 EES Building
Phone: n/a
E-mail: nbs21@psu.edu

EESI Staff

Jessica Fetchko
Education Program Specialist

Center/Dept.: PSGC
Office: 218a EES Building
Phone: 814-863-7688
E-mail: jlf5778@psu.edu

Bethany Lawrence
Education Program Coordinator

Center/Dept.: PSGC
Office: 218 EES Building
Phone: 814-865-0365
E-mail: bethanylawrence@psu.edu

Ava Lee
Event Planning Assistant

Center/Dept.: EESI
Office: 226b EES Building
Phone: 814-865-4504
E-mail: acl5573@psu.edu

Matthew D. Lisk
Research Data Management Specialist

Center/Dept.: CLIMA
Office: 319c EES Building
Phone: 814-865-4600
E-mail: mdl5548@psu.edu

Alexandra "Alex" Lloyd
Grant Writer

Center/Dept.: EESI
Office: 225c EES Building
Phone: TBA
E-mail: akc123@psu.edu

Shelly McCall
Proposal and Award Generalist

Center/Dept.: EESI
Office: 226a EES Building
Phone: 814-867-0168
E-mail: maf37@psu.edu

Angela Miller
Administrative Support Coordinator

Center/Dept.: EESI
Office: 225a EES Building
Phone: 814-863-6020
E-mail: adb214@psu.edu

Sarah Potter
Research Project Manager, Penn State Climate Consortium

Center/Dept.: EESI
Office: 224 EES Building
Phone: 814-863-1538
E-mail: saf164@psu.edu

Samantha Yon
Financial Associate

Center/Dept.: EESI/Dean's Office
Office: 510 Eric J. Barron Innovation Hub/226d EES Building
Phone: 814-863-9484
E-mail: sjb5326@psu.edu

EESI Environmental Scholars (Current Year)

A complete list of EESI's past and present Environmental Scholars and how to apply for funding can be found under Research/Funding/EESI Environmental Scholars.

Emma Perkins
Graduate Student
Department of Geosciences

Samrin Sauda
Graduate Student
Department of Geography

EESI Affiliates

Become an EESI Affiliate

Trevor Birkenholtz
Associate Professor of Geography
Center/Dept: Department of Geography
Office: 315 Walker Building
E-mail: tlb5964@psu.edu

Elizabeth Boyer
Professor of Water Resources
Center/Dep't: Department of Ecosystem Science and Management
Office: 304 Forest Resources Building
E-mail: ewb100@psu.edu

Timothy Bralower
Professor of Geosciences
Center/Dept.: Geosciences
Office: 535 Deike Building
E-mail: tjb26@psu.edu

William Brune
Distinguished Professor of Meteorology
Center/Dept.: Meteorology
Office: 504 Walker Building
E-mail: brune@meteo.psu.edu

Robert Crane
Professor Emeritus of Geography
Center/Dept.: Geography
Office: 221 Walker Building
E-mail: crane@essc.psu.edu

Arash Dahi Taleghani
Professor of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Center/Dept.: EME
Office: 206 Hosler Building
E-mail: arash.dahi@psu.edu

Ida Djenontin
Assistant Professor of Geography
Center/Dept.: Geography
Office: 315 Walker Building
E-mail: ind5050@psu.edu

Nutifafa Y. Doumon
Assistant Professor of Materials Science & Engineering
Center/Dept.: MATSE
Office: 333 Steidle Building
E-mail: nzd5349@psu.edu

Roger Downs
Professor of Geography
Center/Dept.: Geography
Office: 312b Walker Building
E-mail: rd7@psu.edu

Chris Duffy
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Center/Dept.: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office: 212 Sackett Building
E-mail: cxd11@psu.edu

Matthew Fantle
Professor of Geosciences
Center/Dept.: Geosciences
Office: 339 Deike Building
E-mail: msf17@psu.edu

Maureen Feineman
Associate Research Professor
Center/Dept.: Geosciences
Office: 538 Deike Building
E-mail: mdf12@psu.edu

Karen Fisher-Vanden
Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics and Public Policy
Center/Dept.: Ag Economics, Sociology, & Education
Office: 110 Ferguson Building
E-mail: kaf26@psu.edu

Bradford Foley
Associate Professor of Geosciences
Center/Dept.: Geosciences
Office: 503 Deike Building
E-mail: bjf5382@psu.edu

Kate Freeman
Evan Pugh University Professor of Geosciences
Center/Dept.: Geosciences
Office: 242 Deike Building
E-mail: khf4@psu.edu

Jose Fuentes
Professor of Meteorology
Center/Dept.: Meteorology
Office: 508 Walker Building
E-mail: jdfuentes@psu.edu

Jeremy Gernand
Associate Professor of Industrial Health and Safety
Center/Dept.: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Office: 121 Hosler Building
E-mail: jmg64@psu.edu

Larry Gorenflo
Professor of Landscape Architecture, Geography, and African Studies
Center/Dept.: Arts and Architecture
Office: 122 Stuckeman Family Building
E-mail: ljg11@psu.edu

Elizabeth Hajek
Professor of Geosciences
Center/Dept.: Geosciences
Office: 534 Deike Building
E-mail: hajek@psu.edu

Jerry Harrington
Professor of Meteorology
Center/Dept.: Meteorology
Office: 517 Walker Building
E-mail: harrington@meteo.psu.edu

Peter Heaney
Professor of Geosciences
Center/Dept.: Geosciences
Office: 309 Deike Building
E-mail: pjh14@psu.edu

Armen Kemanian
Professor of Production Systems and Modeling
Office: 116 ASI Building
E-mail: kxa15@psu.edu

Brian King
Professor of Geography
Center/Dept.: Geography
Office: 312a Walker Building
E-mail: king@psu.edu

Andrew Kleit
Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering
Center/Dept.: EME
Office: 213 Hosler Building
E-mail: ank1@psu.edu

Sukyoung Lee
Professor of Meteorology
Center/Dept.: Meteorology
Office: 524 Walker Building
E-mail: sl@meteo.psu.edu

Li Li
Professor of Environmental Engineering
Center/Dept.: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office: 221A Sackett Building
E-mail: lxl35@psu.edu

Zhenlong Li
Associate Professor of Geography
Center/Dept.: Geography
Office: 202 Walker Building
E-mail: zhenlong@psu.edu

Jenn Macalady
Professor of Geosciences
Center/Dept.: Geosciences
Office: 210 Deike Building
E-mail: jlm80@psu.edu

Jonathan Mathews
Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering
Center/Dept.: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Office: 126 Hosler Building
E-mail: jpm10@psu.edu

Ray Najjar
Professor of Oceanography
Center/Dept.: Meteorology
Office: 522 Walker Building
E-mail: najjar@meteo.psu.edu

Andy Nyblade
Professor of Geosciences
Center/Dept.: Geosciences
Office: 503 Deike Building
E-mail: aan2@psu.edu

Mark Ortiz
Assistant Professor of Geography
Center/Dept.: Geography
Office: 222 Walker Building
E-mail: mxo5332@psu.edu

Kwadwo Osseo-Assare
Distinguished Professor of Metallurgy and Energy and Geo-environmental Engineering
Center/Dept.: Mat. Sci & Eng.
Office: 208 Steidle Building
E-mail: asare@matse.psu.edu

Byron Parizek
Professor of Geosciences
Center/Dept.: Penn State Dubois
Office: Smeal Building, Room 181
E-mail: mailto:brp106@psu.edu

Thomas Richard
Professor Emeritus of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Center/Dept.: IEE
Office: 219 Ag Engineering Building
E-mail: tlr20@psu.edu

Denice Wardrop
Research Professor
Center/Dept.: Sustanibility Institute
Office: 216 Walker Building
E-mail: dhw110@psu.edu

John Wang
Associate Professor of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Center/Dept.: EME
Office: 202 Hosler Building
E-mail: jb8474@psu.edu

Manzhu Yu
Assistant Professor of Geography
Center/Dept.: Geography
Office: 204 Walker Building
E-mail: mqy5198@psu.edu

Christelle Wauthier
Associate Professor of Geosciences
Center/Dept.: Geosciences
Office: 442 Deike Building
E-mail: cuw25@psu.edu

Karl Zimmerer
Professor of Geography
Center/Dept.: Geography
Office: 309 Walker Building
E-mail: ksz2@psu.edu

Academic Affiliates

Viktor Balashov - Senior Scientist
Raymond Fletcher - Senior Scientist
Marina Lebedeva - Research Professor
David Reusch - Associate Research Professor of Climatology
Pete Sak - Professor of Earth Sciences

Earth and Environmental Systems Institute

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