The world-class faculty members at Penn State Lehigh Valley conduct cutting-edge research in a variety of fields and disciplines. Often times, Penn State Lehigh Valley students have the opportunity to work closely with these faculty members to conduct undergraduate research.
Biology
Dr. Jacqueline S. McLaughlin
生物学副教授
CHANCE Founding Director
2019年美国国家科学院杰斐逊科学研究员
Whether working as a cell and developmental biologist on cancer cell lines in her PSU-LV biology lab or as a conservation scientist studying the effects of anthropogenic changes on ecosystem health and sustainability in the fields of Africa, Australia, Bolivia, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and now Romania, Dr. McLaughlin's overall mission is to create learning environments where students at any level are inspired and effectively learn science by engaging in undergraduate research. 她是 透过保育经验连结人与自然(CHANCE), Penn State’s award-winning environmental education program – a distinctive model which combines study abroad with undergraduate research in environmental sustainability. 曾任江南大学客座教授, Wuxi China; National Academies of Science, Engineering, 和医学任命杰斐逊科学研究员到美国.S. Department of State; Embassy Science Fellow to the U.S. Embassy in Bucharest, Romania; and currently a special counselor to the vice-rector of research at the University of Bucharest, Romania. Currently, Dr. McLaughlin is trailblazing a new area of research – benefits of international course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) in short-term study abroad instruction. 无论是生命科学、环境科学还是以教育为基础的科学研究. McLaughlin offers devoted and motivated students the quality mentorship opportunities they need to excel as undergraduate researchers.
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Dr. Julie Ealy
生物学副教授
In 2008 Julie B. Ealy began research with undergraduates to computationally examine the hydrogen bond interactions of small molecules in the active site of HIV-1 integrase. 41个分子的计算结果是一张海报展示, “Relationship of Hydrogen Bond Interactions of Inhibitors in the Active Site of HIV-1 Integrase and Lipinski's Rule of Five for Drug-like Properties,在逆转录病毒会议上, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 2010. Nicole Zekind和Peter Khoury也参与了这项研究. 2012年完成159个小分子氢键研究, 8月份在费城举行的美国化学学会会议上展示了一张海报, 2012年由三个本科研究生莎拉·伊斯雷尔完成, Robert Huff, and Talia Katz. In August 2013, Dr. 埃莉代表她的本科生，萨拉·伊斯雷尔, Robert Huff, Talia Katz, 保罗·弗劳塔在武汉, China, 她在哪里出席了一个国际会议. 本科生们继续和博士一起做研究. 随着对泡沫病毒(PFV)原型侵入体的研究不断重复.
Chemistry
Dr. Roger Egolf
化学副教授
Dr. Roger Egolf在药物设计和生物活性化合物合成方面受过化学训练. 他目前的研究方向是化学史这一一般领域. His historical focus is currently the development of graduate and undergraduate chemical education in the United States during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
English
Dr. Margaret Christian
Professor of English
Dr. Christian’s work on early modern English poetry and religious rhetoric involves thinking about sixteenth-century sermons and liturgy as dramatic texts. She is also interested in how people read the Bible during the early modern period—and what that reveals about how they understood allegorical poetry.
Dr. 克里斯蒂安的文章发表在《十大网赌靠谱网址平台》上, 基督教与文学, Sixteenth Century Studies, and Spenser Studies, among other journals. Her book Spenserian Allegory and Elizabethan Biblical Exegesis is forthcoming from Manchester University Press (2016).
Finance
Dr. Mark Gruskin
财务与会计助理教授
Dr. Gruskin对企业外部融资选择的演变进行了实证研究. 他目前正在调查反向杠杆收购(RLBOs).e.在美国，这些公司通过杠杆收购私有化，后来又重新上市. A key issue of this research is assessing what factors determine whether stock returns are positive or negative after the RLBO. These factors include restructuring activities while private and the quality of the underwriter used in the offering. Dr. Gruskin is also investigating the increase in firms that use little or no debt in their capital structure over the last 30 years.
Marketing
Dr. Denise T. Ogden
Professor of Marketing
Dr. 奥格登的研究领域是零售业和整合营销传播(IMC)。. 在零售业中，她的兴趣是消费者行为(零售)。, 包括消费者行为的多元文化方面. Under IMC, 她的研究领域是公共关系和广告等战术领域, 尤其是在零售层面. Of particular interest is how companies coordinate and integrate marketing communications that emanate from an organization. 除了她的同行评议的出版物, 她与人合著了两本营销/零售教科书和一本IMC教科书. Dr. 奥格登也是零售解决方案中心的董事会成员.
Physics
Dr. Tai-Yin Huang
Professor of Physics
Dr. 黄太银的主要研究方向包括, but not limited to, gravity waves dynamics, 中间层和低层热层(MLT)区域的能量学和气辉化学, 气辉层中闪电诱发瞬态发射(LITEs), 全球变暖和气候变化, 擅长分析方法, numerical simulation, and data analysis. 她的研究主要由美国国家科学基金会资助. 她还参与了R&D of LED lighting and conducting research in harvesting and utilizing electrical energy released by lightning.
Psychology
Dr. Kevin J. Kelley
心理学助理教授
Dr. Kelley is a counseling psychologist licensed for the independent practice of psychology in the state of Pennsylvania. 他在跨文化适应差异领域发表过著作, 网瘾与健康, 以及护理专业的移情教育. He has recently completed a manuscript for a training manual on Active Listening used to teach undergraduates the beginning skills for effective helping relationships. 他现在的研究兴趣集中在依恋和心理创伤问题上. Specifically, Dr. Kelley is examining how college student’s attachment to their primary caregivers (parents) and history of exposure to adverse events (trauma history) affects the student’s ability to manage emotion (otherwise known as Emotion Regulation). Both his past and current research has included work on statistically analyzing the reliability and validity of research questionnaires.
Dr. David Livert
Professor of Psychology
Dr. Livert is a social psychologist whose research broadly examines how individuals are influenced by their social environments. More specifically, his research has focused on how intergroup contact – the interaction between individuals from different groups, perspectives, ethnicities, 或者文化——影响态度的改变, friendship formation, and team performance. Dr. Livert has investigated these effects in situations ranging from the training of professional chefs to students studying abroad to residents of senior housing. 他的另一个主要研究领域涉及专业培训领域的项目评估, education and aging. 利弗特为国家科学基金GK-12项目进行了多方法评估, 纽约州教育部, 加州州立图书馆办公室, 和阿伦敦房屋委员会, among others.
Sociology
Dr. Jennifer Parker
社会学副教授
Dr. 帕克的研究重点是全球化, immigration, entrepreneurship, business organizations, labor markets, employment relations, and social mobility. She is interested in understanding how individual and group-level opportunity gets shaped by larger global and economic forces. She is currently writing a book on multinational business strategy and global consumption culture in India based on research that started on a Senior Fulbright Fellowship at the Delhi School of Economics. Her work on the immigrant economies of American franchises in the United States has recently appeared in Journal of Asian American Studies. 她的书《十大网赌靠谱网址平台》, Big Business and the American Dream (Westview Press) examines the interactions between global corporations, all-American brands, 移民的机会. 她的作品曾出现在《十大网赌靠谱网址平台》、NPR、BBC等媒体上.