Faculty

Felipe Montes

Assistant Research Professor

245 ASI
University Park, PA

Email frm10@psu.edu
Phone 814-867-4612

Overview

Modeling of agricultural production systems, greenhouse gas emissions, water quality and environmental impacts; Advanced instrumentation and field research techniques for collecting data to feed the process-based models; Bioenergy and biomass production, green house mitigation, life cycle analysis and carbon footprint determination, whit emphasis on shrub coppice willow

Areas of Expertise

Silage Keyphrases
Manure Keyphrases
Air Velocity Engineering
Volatile Organic Compound Emission Keyphrases
Ammonia Emission Keyphrases
Corn Silage Keyphrases
Nitrous Oxide Emission Keyphrases
Pervious Concrete Keyphrases

Adapting agriculture to climate catastrophes
Yuning Shi, Felipe Montes, Francesco Di Gioia, Lili Xia, Charles G. Bardeen, Charles T. Anderson, Yolanda Gil, Deborah Khider, Varun Ratnakar, Armen R. Kemanian, Jun 1 2025, In: Environmental Research Letters
Date: Jun 1 2025

The cycles agroecosystem model
Armen R. Kemanian, Yuning Shi, Charles Macaulay White, Felipe Montes, Claudio O. Stöckle, David R. Huggins, Maria Laura Cangiano, Giovani Stefani-Faé, Rachel K. Nydegger Rozum, Dec 2024, In: Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
Date: Dec 2024

Cycles-L
Yuning Shi, Felipe Montes, Armen R. Kemanian, Aug 2023, In: Water Resources Research
Date: Aug 2023

A semi-commercial case study of willow biomass production in the northeastern United States
Felipe Montes, Eric S. Fabio, Lawrence B. Smart, Tom L. Richard, A. Rodrigo Masip, Armen R. Kemanian, 2021, In: Agronomy Journal
Date: 2021

Making soil particle size analysis by laser diffraction compatible with standard soil texture determination methods
Giovani Stefani Faé, Felipe Montes, Ekaterina Bazilevskaya, Rodrigo Masip Añó, Armen R. Kemanian, 2019, In: Soil Science Society of America Journal
Date: 2019

Lorenz Curve and Gini Coefficient Reveal Hot Spots and Hot Moments for Nitrous Oxide Emissions
Debasish Saha, Armen R. Kemanian, Felipe Montes, Heather Gall, Paul R. Adler, Benjamin M. Rau, Jan 2018, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
Date: Jan 2018

Contributions of environment and genotype to variation in shrub willow biomass composition
Eric S. Fabio, Timothy A. Volk, Raymond O. Miller, Michelle J. Serapiglia, Armen R. Kemanian, Felipe Montes, Yulia A. Kuzovkina, Gary J. Kling, Lawrence B. Smart, Dec 1 2017, In: Industrial Crops and Products
Date: Dec 1 2017

A mixed model approach for evaluating yield improvements in interspecific hybrids of shrub willow, a dedicated bioenergy crop
Eric S. Fabio, Armen R. Kemanian, Felipe Montes, Raymond O. Miller, Lawrence B. Smart, Feb 1 2017, In: Industrial Crops and Products
Date: Feb 1 2017

Designing efficient nitrous oxide sampling strategies in agroecosystems using simulation models
Debasish Saha, Armen R. Kemanian, Benjamin M. Rau, Paul R. Adler, Felipe Montes, 2017, In: Atmospheric Environment
Date: 2017

A process-based emission model of volatile organic compounds from silage sources on farms
H. F. Bonifacio, C. A. Rotz, S. D. Hafner, F. Montes, M. Cohen, F. M. Mitloehner, 2017, In: Atmospheric Environment
Date: 2017

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Technical options for the mitigation of direct methane and nitrous oxide emissions from livestock
P. J. Gerber, A. N. Hristov, B. Henderson, H. Makkar, J. Oh, C. Lee, R. Meinen, F. Montes, T. Ott, J. Firkins, A. Rotz, C. Dell, A. T. Adesogan, W. Z. Yang, J. M. Tricarico, E. Kebreab, G. Waghorn, J. Dijkstra, S. Oosting, Jun 2013, In: Animal
Citations: 348

The carbon footprint of dairy production systems through partial life cycle assessment
C. A. Rotz, F. Montes, D. S. Chianese, Mar 2010, In: Journal of dairy science
Citations: 309

SPECIAL TOPICS-Mitigation of methane and nitrous oxide emissions from animal operations
F. Montes, R. Meinen, C. Dell, A. Rotz, A. N. Hristov, J. Oh, G. Waghorn, P. J. Gerber, B. Henderson, H. P.S. Makkar, J. Dijkstra, Nov 2013, In: Journal of animal science
Citations: 272

A new test method for porosity measurements of portland cement pervious concrete
Felipe Montes, Srinivas Valavala, Liv M. Haselbach, 2005, In: Journal of ASTM International
Citations: 189

SPECIAL TOPICS-Mitigation of methane and nitrous oxide emissions from animal operations
A. N. Hristov, T. Ott, J. Tricarico, A. Rotz, G. Waghorn, A. Adesogan, J. Dijkstra, F. Montes, J. Oh, E. Kebreab, S. J. Oosting, P. J. Gerber, B. Henderson, H. P.S. Makkar, J. L. Firkins, Nov 1 2013, In: Journal of animal science
Citations: 187

Permeability predictions for sand-clogged Portland cement pervious concrete pavement systems
Liv M. Haselbach, Srinivas Valavala, Felipe Montes, Oct 2006, In: Journal of Environmental Management
Citations: 178

Measuring hydraulic conductivity in pervious concrete
Felipe Montes, Liv Haselbach, 2006, In: Environmental Engineering Science
Citations: 161

Process modeling of ammonia volatilization from ammonium solution and manure surfaces
F. Montes, C. A. Rotz, H. Chaoui, Sep 2009, In: Transactions of the ASABE
Citations: 104

Emission of volatile organic compounds from silage
Sasha D. Hafner, Cody Howard, Richard E. Muck, Roberta B. Franco, Felipe Montes, Peter G. Green, Frank Mitloehner, Steven L. Trabue, C. Alan Rotz, Oct 2013, In: Atmospheric Environment
Citations: 85

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Centers & Institutes

Plant Institute

The researchers simulated corn production in 38,572 locations under the six nuclear war scenarios of increasing severity. Because of the crop’s global significance, the researchers chose to model corn’s collapse in a nuclear winter to represent the expected fate of agriculture overall. Credit: crisserbug/Getty Images. All Rights Reserved.

July 21, 2025

Simulating the unthinkable: Models show nuclear winter food production plunge

On the latest episode of “Growing Impact,” a team of Penn State researchers discusses how their seed grant project aims to address nitrous oxide emissions from the agricultural sector by developing a system for real-time emissions monitoring and reduction.

April 01, 2025

Felipe Montes

Overview

Areas of Expertise

Simulating the unthinkable: Models show nuclear winter food production plunge

Researchers working to address agricultural greenhouse gas emissions

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