Faculty

Alexandra Maertens, PhD ‘14, uses machine learning to study how chemicals perturb cellular signaling and cause toxicity, and how to design safer chemicals.

Shawn McKenzie, MPH, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, leads efforts to make the world's food systems more healthy, equitable, and sustainable.

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.

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.

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

Wayne Mitzner, PhD, studies how lung structure and function protect against environmental and pathologic insults.

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

Keeve Nachman, PhD ’06, MHS ’01, aims to generate the scientific evidence needed to support decisions that mitigate human exposures to chemical and microbial hazards associated with food production.

Roni Neff, PhD '06, ScM, researches ways to cut food waste and address climate change through more resilient, equitable, and healthy food systems.

Alexandra Phelan, SJD, is an expert in legal and policy issues related to emerging and infectious disease outbreaks with a focus on the impact of global change events on health.

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.