Faculty

Ana Rule, PhD ’05, MHS '98, focuses on the development and evaluation of novel sampling and analysis strategies for assessments of exposure to biological aerosols, e-cigarette aerosols, and particulate matter.

Genee Smith, MSPH, PhD, is passionate about using her training in environmental epidemiology exposure assessment and spatial analysis to promote environmental justice and alleviate placed-based health disparities.

Fenna Sillé, PhD, studies how environmental exposures change the immune system and increase the risk of respiratory infections and lung cancer.

Lesliam Quirós-Alcalá, PhD, MSc, applies exposure science and environmental epidemiology to study chemical exposures’ health effects in underrepresented populations.

Shima Hamidi, PhD, MSc, is a transportation planner and smart growth advocate with expertise in measuring urban form and its quality of life impacts.

Louis Fazen, MPH, PhD, MD, is an occupational medicine physician interested in preventing occupational illness and enabling workers to achieve better health outcomes.

Scot Miller combines satellite data and statistics to understand greenhouse gas emissions across the globe.

Carsten's research focuses on the occurrence and fate of organic contaminants in the urban water cycle and their impact on environmental and human health.

Sarah studies the microorganisms and environmental drivers of impairments to inland and coastal water bodies such as oxygen depletion and algal blooms.

Lena Smirnova, PhD, researches the development of new methodologies for developmental neurotoxicity testing and understanding gene environmental interactions in autism.

Ruggero Rossi works at the intersection of electrochemistry, microbiology, and material science to achieve a sustainable energy-water infrastructure, and environmentally sustainable production of chemicals.

Benjamin Huynh, PhD, uses data science and AI to address public health issues related to environmental injustices and disasters.

Shilva's research focuses on innovative biotechnologies to produce bioenergy and biochemicals to substitute fossil fuel-based products, address environmental problems, and strengthen the bioeconomy.

Using the concept of stochastic and global optimization, Mahdi Mehrtash addresses power and energy system problems such as power system expansion planning, integration of renewable energy systems, zero-energy buildings, and future electricity markets.

Katya Tsaioun, PhD, MS, leads international multi-stakeholder efforts to establish evidence-based methodologies and practices in translational research to inform regulatory decisions.

Natalie Exum, PhD '16, MS, is bridging the gap between public health and sanitary engineering to understand how environmental infectious pathogens are transmitted to humans.

Michael Montague, PhD, studies the biosecurity implications of emerging biotechnologies, emphasizing deliberate hostile scenarios that target agriculture and industry.

Richard Bruns, PhD, MS, researches economic modeling and cost-benefit analysis as it relates to public health and the prevention and mitigation of global catastrophic biological risks.

Phil McNab, PhD '18, MPH, MA, is a public health professional and social scientist who has a passion for the intersection between food systems education and practice.