Faculty and Staff

Our Faculty and Staff

Administrative Staff/Program Coordinators

Faculty

Joe Brown, PhD, PE	Professor	joebrown@unc.edu
Gregory Characklis, PhD	W. R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor	charack@email.unc.edu
Orlando Coronell, PhD	Professor and Associate Chair for Academics	coronell@unc.edu
Ryan Cronk, PhD	Assistant Professor	rcronk@live.unc.edu
Michael B. Fisher, PhD	Assistant Professor	fishermb@email.unc.edu
Rebecca Fry, PhD	Department Chair and Carol Remmer Angle Distinguished Professor in Children’s Environmental Health	rfry@email.unc.edu
Avram Gold, PhD	Professor	golda@email.unc.edu
William Gray, PhD	Professor (Retired)	GrayWG@unc.edu
Ilona Jaspers, PhD	Professor	ilona_jaspers@med.unc.edu
Richard Kamens, MSPH	Professor (Retired)	kamens@unc.edu
Noah Kittner, PhD	Assistant Professor	kittner@unc.edu
Kun Lu, PhD	Professor	kunlu@unc.edu
Rick Luettich, ScD	Professor	rick_luettich@unc.edu
Musa Manga, PhD	Assistant Professor	mmanga@email.unc.edu
Chris Martens, PhD	Professor	cmartens@email.unc.edu
Cass T. Miller, PhD	Okun Distinguished Professor	casey_miller@unc.edu
Glenn Morrison, PhD	Professor	glenn.morrison@unc.edu
Rachel Noble, PhD	Professor	rtnoble@email.unc.edu
Amanda Northcross, PhD	Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies	amandaln@email.unc.edu
Leena Nylander-French, PhD, CIH	Professor	leena_french@unc.edu
Hans W. Paerl, PhD	Professor	hans_paerl@unc.edu
Michael Piehler, PhD	Professor	mpiehler@email.unc.edu
Julia Rager, PhD	Assistant Professor	jrager@unc.edu
Marc Serre, PhD	Associate Professor	marc_serre@unc.edu
Mark D. Sobsey, PhD	Professor (Retired, Part-Time)	mark_sobsey@unc.edu
John A. Staley, PhD	Associate Professor	johnstaley@unc.edu
Jason D. Surratt, PhD	Professor	surratt@unc.edu
Barbara J. Turpin, PhD	Professor, Director of Graduate Studies	bjturpin@email.unc.edu
William Vizuete, PhD	Professor	vizuete@unc.edu
Paul Watkins, MD	Professor	pbwatkins@med.unc.edu
Timothy Weigand, PhD	Assistant Professor	timothy.weigand@unc.edu
Jason West, PhD	Professor	jasonwest@unc.edu
Dale Whittington, PhD	Professor	dale_whittington@unc.edu
Courtney G. Woods, PhD	Associate Professor	cgwoods@email.unc.edu
Zhenfa Zhang, PhD	Associate Professor	zhenfaz@email.unc.edu

Adjunct Faculty

Sarav Arunachalam	Adjunct Professor	sarav@email.unc.edu
Karsten Baumann, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	kaba@email.unc.edu
Linda Birnbaum, PhD	Adjunct Professor	birnbaumls@niehs.nih.gov
Jared Bowden, PhD	Adjunct Associate Professor	jhbowden@unc.edu
Clarissa Brocklehurst	Adjunct Professor	cbrocklehurst@unc.edu
Jada Brooks	Adjunct Associate Professor	jada@email.unc
Daniel Costa	Adjunct Professor
Richard Cravener Jr., MS, CIH, CSP	Adjunct Assistant Professor	rcravener@outlook.com
Radhika Dhingra, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	rdhingra@live.unc.edu
Felix Dodds	Adjunct Professor	felix@felixdodds.net
Lauren Eaves, PhD, IBCLC	Adjunct Assistant Professor	laeaves@live.unc.edu
Shabbir Gheewala	Adjunct Professor	gheewala@email.unc.edu
Matthew Ian Gilmour	Adjunct Professor	Gilmour.Ian@epa.gov
Kimberly Haley, MS	Adjunct Assistant Professor	kphaley@ehs.unc.edu
Kristin Isaacs	Adjunct Associate Professor	kisaacs@unc.edu
Crystal Lee Pow Jackson, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	cleepowjackson@rti.org
Jordan Kern, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	jdkern@email.unc.edu
Janice S. Lee, PhD	Adjunct Associate Professor	lee.janices@epa.gov
Jackie MacDonald Gibson	Adjunct Professor	jackie.macdonald@unc.edu
Michael Madden, PhD	Adjunct Professor	mmadden@email.unc.edu
Liz Naess	Adjunct Assistant Professor	Naess.liz@Epa.gov
Valeria Ochoa	Adjunct Professor	vochoa@usfq.edu.ec
Warner Passanisi	Adjunct Associate Professor	wpass@email.unc.edu
David Peden, MD, MS	Adjunct Professor	david_peden@med.unc.edu
Joseph Pinto	Adjunct Professor	joepinto@email.unc.edu
Joachim Pleil, PhD	Adjunct Professor	pleil@email.unc.edu
Havala O.T. Pye, PhD	Adjunct Associate Professor	pye.havala@epa.gov
Ana Rappold	Adjunct Associate Professor	arappold@live.unc.edu
Eva Rehfuess, PhD	Adjunct Professor	rehfuess@ibe.med.uni-muenchen.de
Jacky Rosati, PhD	Adjunct Associate Professor	rosati@ad.unc.edu
James Samet, PhD	Adjunct Professor	jsamet@email.unc.edu
Antonia Sebastian, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	asebastian@unc.edu
David Singleton, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	drsingle@email.unc.edu
Roger Sit, PhD	Adjunct Associate Professor	rsit@unc.edu
Thomas Starr, PhD	Adjunct Associate Professor	tbstarr@email.unc.edu
Jill Stewart, PhD	Adjunct Professor	jill.stewart@unc.edu
Frank Stillo	Adjunct Assistant Professor	stillo@unc.edu
Mirek Styblo, PhD	Adjunct Professor	styblo@med.unc.edu
William Suk	Adjunct Professor	wasuk@unc.edu
Cecilia Tan	Adjunct Associate Professor	ytan@ad.unc.edu
Ben Tidwell	Adjunct Assistant Professor	btidwell@unc.edu
John Tomaro, PhD, MPH	Adjunct Professor	jtomaro@live.unc.edu
W. Jon Wallace	Adjunct Assistant Professor	wallacew@unc.edu
John Wambaugh	Adjunct Associate Professor	wambaugh.john@epa.gov

Emeritus Faculty

Jamie Bartram, PhD	Professor Emeritus	jbartram@email.unc.edu
Russell Christman	Professor Emeritus	rchristm@live.unc.edu
Douglas Crawford-Brown, PhD	Professor Emeritus	douglas_crawford-brown@unc.edu
Francis DiGiano, PhD	Professor Emeritus	fran_digiano@unc.edu
Michael Flynn, ScD	Professor Emeritus	mike_flynn@unc.edu
Donald Fox	Professor Emeritus	don_fox@unc.edu
Don Francisco, PhD	Professor Emeritus	don_francisco@unc.edu
Harvey Edward Jeffries	Professor Emeritus	Harvey@unc.edu
Pete Kolsky	Professor Emeritus
Donald T Lauria	Professor Emeritus	dlauria@unc.edu
David Leith, ScD	Professor Emeritus	david_leith@unc.edu
David H Moreau	Professor Emeritus	dmoreau@email.unc.edu
Frederic Pfaender	Professor Emeritus	fred_pfaender@unc.edu
Mark Shuman	Professor Emeritus
Stephen C. Whalen	Professor Emeritus	steve_whalen@unc.edu

Research Staff

Celeste Carberry, PhD	Scientific Program Manager	ccarberry@unc.edu
Nick Chew	Research Associate	nickgpc@email.unc.edu
Lauren Eaves, PhD, IBCLC	Adjunct Assistant Professor	laeaves@live.unc.edu
Hadley Hartwell	Laboratory and Research Project Manager	hadley_hartwell@med.unc.edu
Kaida Liang	Director of Programs, WI	kliang@unc.edu
Chih-Wei Liu	Research Associate	ericleah@email.unc.edu
Terry L. Noah, MD	Member, Career Development Core	terry_noah@med.unc.edu
Kyle Roell, PhD	Data Analyst Project Manager	Kyle.Roell@unc.edu
Kevin Zhu	Lab Manager	kjzhu@unc.edu

Administrative Staff/Program Coordinators

Larry Brantley	Technology Support Analyst	labrant@unc.edu
Rhoda Cerny	Executive Assistant to the Chair	rcerny@email.unc.edu
Doris Dworschak	Director of Departmental Finance and Administration	dorisd@email.unc.edu
Jennifer Espinoza	Pre-award Team Leader	jespinoza@unc.edu
Tara Fitch	Post-Award Team Leader	tara.fitch@unc.edu
Kira Jones	Associate Director of ESE Student Services	kirajones@unc.edu
Maria Martinez	Accounting Technician	delmaria@email.unc.edu
Pedro Monzon	Student Funding Coordinator	pmonzon@email.unc.edu
Jennifer Joyce Moore, MEd	Academic Coordinator	jenjoyce@email.unc.edu
Lynda Peterson	Accounting Technician	lynda_peterson@unc.edu
Jason Pruszko	IT Support Analyst	jason.pruszko@unc.edu
Angie Ross	Business Officer	angela.ross@unc.edu
Linda Saar	Accounting Technician	lilsaar@unc.edu
Debra Simone	Executive Assistant, IEHS	dsimone@unc.edu
Kriste Smith	Business Manager for Institute for Environmental Health Solutions (IEHS)	kristes@email.unc.edu
Robin Whitley	Administrative Services Coordinator	robin_whitley@unc.edu

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