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Erica Smithwick

Erica Smithwick

Email: eus17@psu.edu
Phone
814-865-6693
Office Address
323 Walker Building and 225 EESB
Title
Director of the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute and Distinguished Professor of Geography
Title 2
Associate Director, Institutes of the Energy and the Environment
Unit
Department of Geography
Webpage
https://www.geog.psu.edu/directory/erica-h-smithwick
Research Interests
Landscape ecology
Ecosystem ecology
Biogeochemistry
Fire ecology
Karl Zimmerer

Karl Zimmerer

Email: ksz2@psu.edu
Phone
814-865-3094
Office Address
309 Walker Building
Title
Distinguished Professor of Geography
Unit
Department of Geography
Webpage
https://www.geog.psu.edu/directory/karl-zimmerer
Research Interests
Land use and agricultural change/global change
Economic development/globalization/neoliberalism
Nature-society and human-environment theory
Environmental impacts (biodiversity/soils/water/conservation)
Food/producer-consumer networks/sustainability
Marnie Deibler

Marnie Deibler

Email: mpr5@psu.edu
Phone
814-865-5535
Office Address
302 Walker Building
Title
Proposal and Award Generalist
Unit
Department of Geography
Webpage
https://www.geog.psu.edu/directory/marnie-deibler
Committee(s)
Research Administration Finance
Anthony Robinson

Anthony Robinson

Email: acr181@psu.edu
Phone
814-867-4638
Office Address
318 Walker Building and 430 EES Building
Title
Professor of Geography
Title 2
Head of Online Geospatial Education
Endowed Title
E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller Professor in Geography
Unit
Department of Geography
John A. Dutton Institute for Teaching and Learning Excellence
Webpage
https://www.geog.psu.edu/directory/anthony-robinson
https://geospatial.psu.edu/
Research Interests
Visual analytics
Geovisualization
Usability
Epidemiology
Crisis management
Geographic education
HCl
Online learning
William Brune

William Brune

Email: whb2@psu.edu
Office Address
617 Walker Building
Title
Distinguished Professor of Meteorology
Unit
Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Webpage
https://www.met.psu.edu/directory/william-h-brune
Research Interests
Atmospheric photochemistry from Earth's surface to the stratosphere
Atmospheric aerosol particle formation and aging
Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis for atmospheric chemistry models and measurements
New measurement strategies for atmospheric oxidation processes
Eugene Clothiaux

Eugene Clothiaux

Email: eec3@psu.edu
Office Address
603A Walker Building
Title
Professor of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Unit
Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Webpage
https://www.met.psu.edu/directory/eugene-e-clothiaux
Research Interests
Atmospheric radiative transfer
Ground- and satellite-based observations of clouds and the surface
Cloud and radiative transfer parameterizations in numerical weather prediction and climate models
Data assimulation
Committee(s)
Faculty Senate
Karen Corl

Karen Corl

Email: kqc8@psu.edu
Phone
814-863-9500
Office Address
501A Walker Building
Title
Academic Program Coordinator (Graduate Program)
Unit
Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Kenneth Davis

Kenneth Davis

Email: kjd10@psu.edu
Office Address
512 Walker Building
Title
Professor of Atmospheric and Climate Science
Unit
Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Webpage
https://www.met.psu.edu/directory/kenneth-j-davis
Research Interests
Boundary layer meteorology
Terrestrial carbon and hydrologic cycles
Remote sensing using lidar
Flux measurement methods
Interactions between terrestrial processes and boundary layer development
Climate change ethics
Committee(s)
Faculty Senate
Marisa Ferger

Marisa Ferger

Email: maf30@psu.edu
Phone
814-865-5873
Office Address
606D Walker Building
Title
Assistant Teaching Professor
Unit
Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Webpage
https://www.met.psu.edu/directory/marisa-ferger
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Chris Forest

Email: cef13@psu.edu
Phone
814-865-0710
Office Address
507 Walker Building
Title
Professor of Climate Dynamics
Title 2
Associate Director, Network for Sustainable Climate Risk Management (SCRiM)
Unit
Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Webpage
https://www.met.psu.edu/directory/chris-e-forest
Research Interests
Climate

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