Penn State Marcellus Links
Organization
The Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research is part of the Penn State Earth and Environmental Systems Institute (EESI) and is supported by the colleges of Agricultural Sciences and Earth and Mineral Sciences, Penn State Outreach and by the Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment (PSIEE) and the Social Science Research Institute (SSRI).
Its co-directors are Michael Arthur, professor of geosciences, and Thomas Murphy, extension associate and member of the Marcellus Education Team. This co-leadership reflects the Marcellus Center’s equal commitment to both outreach and research responsibilities.
Dave Yoxtheimer, P.G., EMS Extension Associate, investigates water-treatment, water-quality and environmental issues related to natural resource development and specifically to the Marcellus shale. He is an outreach liaison between the University, natural gas industry, environmental organizations, local government and the public to advise stakeholders on key environmental issues.
The Marcellus Center's goals are three-fold:
- To coordinate University research and outreach on gas shales and their impacts, including environmental, economic and sociological aspects.
- To spark additional cross-campus collaborations on gas shales.
- To address the issues related to the extraction and development of the Marcellus Shale in particular but of unconventional gas resources in general.