EMS - Key Persons


Abby Benkiran

Job Titles:
  • Post Award Coordinator

Alan Schaffranek Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Alumni Relations

Allison Beese

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Materials Science and Engineering / Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Amy Hasan

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Support Manager / Department of Geosciences

Andrew Armpriester


Andrew Kleit

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics

Andrew Nyblade

Job Titles:
  • Head, Department of Geosciences

Ann Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Senior Assistant Dean for Distance Education and Director, John a. Dutton E - Education Institute
  • Senior Assistant Dean for Distance Learning / John a. Dutton Institute for Teaching and Learning Excellence

Anthony Didlake Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Meteorology

Ashlee Kochik

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Endowment Management

Barbara Robuck

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Communications Committee
  • Marketing Communications Specialist / EMS Energy Institute / C211 Coal Utilization Lab
  • Member of Communications Committee

Bernd Haupt

Job Titles:
  • Dean
  • Member of the ALLWE Committee
  • Systems Administrator

Beth King

Job Titles:
  • Associate Teaching Professor / Department of Geography, John a. Dutton Institute for Teaching and Learning Excellence

Brad King

Job Titles:
  • Dean
  • Financial Manager

Brandi Robinson

Job Titles:
  • Associate Teaching Professor / John a. Dutton Institute for Teaching and Learning Excellence

Brandon Forsythe

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Safety Committee
  • Assistant Research Professor / Earth and Environmental Systems Institute

Brian King

Job Titles:
  • Head, Department of Geography
  • Professor and Head of Geography / Department of Geography

Carl Schaad

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Communications Committee
  • Member of Communications Committee
  • Multimedia Specialist / John a. Dutton Institute for Teaching and Learning Excellence

Chris Forest

Job Titles:
  • Member of the ALLWE Committee
  • Professor of Climate Dynamics / Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Chris Fowler

Job Titles:
  • Member of the ALLWE Committee
  • Associate Professor of Geography

Christine Woods

Job Titles:
  • Lead Pre - Award Coordinator

Christopher Brida

Job Titles:
  • Director of Development and Alumni Relations / Development and Alumni Relations

Christy Wellar

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Staff Advisory Committee
  • Financial Coordinator

Colin Zarzycki

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Meteorology and Climate Dynamics

Courtney Robinson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Communications Committee
  • Marketing and Communications Specialist / John and Willie
  • Member of Communications Committee

Cynde Fleagle

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Communications Committee
  • Web Developer
  • Member of Communications Committee

David Kubarek

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Communications Committee
  • Assistant Director of Strategic Communications / Dean
  • Member of Communications Committee

Denise Kloehr

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Safety Committee
  • Administrative Support Manager / Department of Geography

Diane Ault

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Safety Committee
  • Administrative Support Assistant

Dorothy Pate Enright

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

E. Scott Billingsley - President

Job Titles:
  • President

Elizabeth Hajek

Job Titles:
  • Member of the ALLWE Committee
  • Associate Professor of Geosciences

Emily Aubertine

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Support Coordinator / Development and Alumni Relations

Emily Constantine Mercurio


Emily Starin Connor


Erica Cooper

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Support Manager / John and Willie

Erica Smithwick

Job Titles:
  • Director of the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute and Distinguished Professor of Geography / Department of Geography
  • Director, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute

Fabiola Go-maro

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Staff Advisory Committee
  • Administrative Support Assistant

Feifei Shi

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Energy Engineering

Frank Driscoll

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Facilities Committee
  • Member of the Safety Committee
  • Facilities Manager & College Safety Officer

George E. Trimble

Job Titles:
  • Chairman in Earth and Mineral Sciences

Greg DeVoir

Job Titles:
  • GEMS Communications Specialist

Gregory Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Associate Teaching Professor / Department of Geography, John a. Dutton Institute for Teaching and Learning Excellence

Hamid Emami-Meybodi

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering

Hayley Barnes

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Staff Advisory Committee
  • Administrative Support Assistant / Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Heather Dehnel

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Communications Committee
  • Marketing Communications / Department of Materials Science and Engineering
  • Member of Communications Committee

Heather Harpster


Helen Greatrex

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Geography and Statistics

Jackie Pettenger

Job Titles:
  • Financial Assistant / Department of Materials Science and Engineering

James Adair

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering and Pharmacology / Department of Materials Science and Engineering

James Guyton

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator of Multicultural Affairs

Jeannette Macaluso

Job Titles:
  • Dean
  • Human Resources Consultant

Jeffrey Swab


Jennifer Baka

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Geography

Jennifer Billett


Jennifer Lear

Job Titles:
  • Director, Research Administration

Jennifer Macalady

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Geosciences

Jennifer McKenrick

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Staff Advisory Committee
  • Administrative Assistant / EMS Energy Institute

Jennifer Renoe

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Support Coordinator

Joel Morrison

Job Titles:
  • Member of the ALLWE Committee
  • Senior Research Associate / EMS Energy Institute

John A. Dutton

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Staff Advisory Committee
  • Administrative Support Assistant

John Barlett

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Staff Advisory Committee
  • Human Resources Strategic Partner / Dean

John Lease

Job Titles:
  • Secretary

John Leone

Job Titles:
  • Dean in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
  • John Leone Dean in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

John Mauro

Job Titles:
  • Member of the ALLWE Committee

Joshua Robinson

Job Titles:
  • Acting Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research ( 23 - 24 )

Karen Royer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Safety Committee
  • Administrative Support Coordinator

Katina Posney

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Support Manager / Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Kelly Rhoades

Job Titles:
  • Member of the ALLWE Committee
  • Administrative Support Manager / EMS Energy Institute / C203 Coal Utilization Lab

Kevin Bowley

Job Titles:
  • Associate Teaching Professor / Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Kevin Cei


Laura Schell


Lee Kump

Job Titles:
  • Dean and Professor of Geosciences
  • John Leone Dean in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

Loren Newman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Staff Advisory Committee
  • Administrative Support Assistant / Department of Geosciences

Lori Lynn Bower

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Support Manager / Earth and Environmental Systems Institute

Louisa Holmes

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Geography

Luis Ayala

Job Titles:
  • Head and Professor of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering ( on Sabbatical 23 - 24 ) John and Willie
  • Head, John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering ( on Sabbatical 23 - 24 )

Lynn Persing

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Communications Committee
  • Administrative Support Manager / Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
  • Member of Communications Committee

MacKenzie Goss

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Staff Advisory Committee
  • Administrative Support Assistant / Department of Geography

Maria Wherley

Job Titles:
  • Learning Designer and Writer - in - Residence / John a. Dutton Institute for Teaching and Learning Excellence

Mark Patzkowsky

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Geosciences

Marnie Deibler

Job Titles:
  • Proposal and Award Generalist / Department of Geography

Martin Gutowski

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Safety Committee
  • Programmer / Analyst / John a. Dutton Institute for Teaching and Learning Excellence

Matt Carroll

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Communications Committee
  • Member of Communications Committee
  • Science Writer / Dean

Meng Wang

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Environmental Systems Engineering

Michael Gordon

Job Titles:
  • Member of the ALLWE Committee
  • Academic Adviser
Michael Gordon Academic Adviser Office of the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education 14 Deike Building 814-863-2751 mag5199@psu.edu

Michael Hopkins


Michele McCall

Job Titles:
  • Proposal and Award Generalist / Earth and Environmental Systems Institute

Nicola Kiver

Job Titles:
  • Member of the ALLWE Committee
  • Business Administrator and EMS Chief of Staff / Dean

Noelle Capparelle

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Staff Advisory Committee

Olivia Butts

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Support Coordinator / Dean

Pam Wagner

Job Titles:
  • Post Award Coordinator
Pam Wagner Post Award Coordinator Office of the Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research 512 Barron Innovation Hub pjw5362@psu.edu

Patricia Craig

Job Titles:
  • Member of the ALLWE Committee
  • Member of the Communications Committee
  • Director of Strategic Communications / Dean
  • Member of Communications Committee

Paul Markowski

Job Titles:
  • Head and Distinguished Professor of Meteorology / Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
  • Head, Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Philip Nelson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Staff Advisory Committee
  • Administrative Support Assistant

Rachel Conaway

Job Titles:
  • Member of the ALLWE Committee
  • Member of the Communications Committee
  • Alumni Relations and Stewardship Officer / John and Willie
  • Member of Communications Committee

Raymond Najjar

Job Titles:
  • Member of the ALLWE Committee
  • Professor of Oceanography / Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Reita Rockey

Job Titles:
  • Financial Coordinator / Dean

Resa Badger

Job Titles:
  • Post Award Coordinator

Richard Wagner


Robert Rousseau

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Staff Advisory Committee
  • Undergraduate Records Specialist / John and Willie

Robert Ziegler

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Facilities Committee
  • Member of the Safety Committee
  • Research Technologist / Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Rod Ilgen

Job Titles:
  • Dean
  • Financial Officer

Ronald Wasco

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Facilities Committee
  • Member of the Safety Committee
  • Researcher / EMS Energy Institute

Russell Johns

Job Titles:
  • Acting Head
  • Acting Department Head
Acting Head (23-24), John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering

Sadie Spicer

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Support Assistant / Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Sanjay Srinivasan

Job Titles:
  • Director of the EMS Energy Institute / C211 Coal Utilization Lab
  • Director of the EMS Energy Institute / John and Willie
Sanjay Srinivasan Director of the EMS Energy Institute John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering C211 Coal Utilization Lab 814-863-9470 szs27@psu.edu

Scott Henninger

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Facilities Committee
  • Facilities Representative / Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Scott Varrassa

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Computer Services / Dean

Shelley Corman-Frisby

Job Titles:
  • VP Business Development

Stacie Hugney


Stacy Davidson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Communications Committee
  • Enrollment Services Specialist
  • Member of Communications Committee

Steph Plummer

Job Titles:
  • Dean
  • Human Resources Consultant

Susan Sinnott

Job Titles:
  • Department Head and Professor, Materials Science and Engineering and Chemistry / Department of Materials Science and Engineering
  • Head, Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Thomas Canich

Job Titles:
  • Dean
  • Director, Information Technology

Thomas Motel

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Facilities Committee
  • Member of the Safety Committee
  • Research Technologist / John and Willie

Tina Vancas

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Support Manager / John a. Dutton Institute for Teaching and Learning Excellence

Todd Shamory

Job Titles:
  • Analyst
  • Dean
  • Member of the Communications Committee
  • Programmer
  • Member of Communications Committee

Trevor Birkenholtz

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Geography / Department of Geography

U. S. Army

Job Titles:
  • Senior Ceramic Research Engineer

Victoria Sanchez

Job Titles:
  • Member of the ALLWE Committee
  • Associate Dean for Educational Equity

Willie Leone

Job Titles:
  • Family Chair in the Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering

Yashika Gupta

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Staff Advisory Committee
  • Financial Assistant / Earth and Environmental Systems Institute / Earth & Engineering

Yvette Richardson

Job Titles:
  • Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education
Yvette Richardson Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education Office of the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science 14 Deike Bldg 814-865-7482 ypr1@psu.edu

Zuleima Karpyn

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research ( on Sabbatical 23 - 24 )