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Jainendra Jain

Jainendra Jain

Evan Pugh University Professor & Erwin Mueller Professor of Physics
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Michael Janik

Michael Janik

Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering
Associate Director of the Penn State Institute of Energy and the Environment
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John Janowiak

John Janowiak

Professor Emeritus
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Kenneth Jenkins

Kenneth Jenkins

Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering
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Lasse Jensen

Lasse Jensen

Professor of Chemistry
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Miaomiao (Mia) Jin

Miaomiao (Mia) Jin

Assistant Professor
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Yun Jing

Yun Jing

Professor
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Gerald Johnson

Gerald Johnson

Professor Emeritus
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Nirmala Kandadai

Nirmala Kandadai

Assistant Professor Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering
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Timothy Kane

Timothy Kane

Professor Emeritus
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 Lei Kang

Lei Kang

Assistant Research Professor
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Camelia Kantor

Camelia Kantor

Associate Director of Strategic Initiatives; Associate Research Professor
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Morteza Kayyalha

Morteza Kayyalha

Assistant Professor
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Christine Keating

Christine Keating

Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
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Nathan Keim

Nathan Keim

Associate Professor of Physics
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Iam-Choon Khoo

Iam-Choon Khoo

William E. Leonhard Professor of Electrical Engineering
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Sarah Kiemle

Sarah Kiemle

Assistant Research Professor, Surface Analysis
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Hojong Kim

Hojong Kim

Professor of Materials Sciences and Engineering and Nuclear Engineering
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Seong Kim

Seong Kim

Department Head and Walter L. Robb Family Endowed Chair
Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
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Robert Kimel

Robert Kimel

Associate Teaching Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
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Ken Knappenberger

Kenneth Knappenberger

Department Head and Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Physics
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Saiyyam Kochar

Saiyyam Kochar

Applications Developer
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Alisha Kocher

Financial Manager
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Sridhar Komarneni

Sridhar Komarneni

Distinguished Professor of Clay Mineralogy
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Raj Kothapalli

Sri-Rajasekhar (Raj) Kothapalli

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
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 Ilya Kovalenko

Ilya Kovalenko

Assistant Professor
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Malgorzata (Margaret) Kowalik

Malgorzata (Margaret) Kowalik

Assistant Research Professor - Theory/Simulation
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Reuben Kraft

Reuben Kraft

Professor Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering
Faculty Co-Hire, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences
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Christopher Kube

Christopher Kube

Associate Professor
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Misha Kwasniewski

Misha Kwasniewski

Associate Research Professor of Food Science
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Michael Labella

Michael Labella

Lithography Process Engineer
Akhlesh Lakhtakia

Akhlesh Lakhtakia

Evan Pugh University Professor and Charles Godfrey Binder Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics
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Mike Lanagan

Mike Lanagan

Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics
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Guy Lavallee

Guy Lavallee

Assistant Research Professor, External Project Manager
Robert Lavelle

Robert Lavelle

Research and Development Engineer
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Stephanie Law

Stephanie Law

Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering,  2DCC-MIP Director of Education and Training
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Benjamin Lear

Benjamin Lear

Professor of Chemistry
Associate Department Head for Facilities, and Associate Head for Undergraduate Education
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Seng Huat (Sam) Lee

Seng Huat (Sam) Lee

Assistant Research Professor - Bulk Crystal Growth
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Wooram Lee

Wooram Lee

Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
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Yuguo Lei

Yuguo Lei

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering Faculty Director, Sartorius Cell Culture Facility, Huck Institutes of Life Sciences
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