Leadership Team

Dr. Rebecca FryRebecca Fry, PhD, SRP Director
Administrative Core, Projects 1, 2
The Carol Remmer Angle Distinguished Professor in Children’s Environmental Health
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Gillings School of Global Public Health
UNC-Chapel Hill


Fernando Pardo-Manuel de Villena, PhD
Fernando Pardo-Manuel de Villena, PhD, Deputy Director
Administrative Core, Project 2
Chair, Professor, and Oliver Smithies Investigator
Department of Genetics, UNC School of Medicine
UNC-Chapel Hill


Dr. Mirek Styblo
Miroslav Styblo, PhD, Assistant Director
Administrative Core, Projects 1, 2, 3
Professor, Assistant Director of Administrative Core
Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health
UNC-Chapel Hill


Personnel

Stanley AhaltStanley Ahalt, PhD
Data Management and Analysis Core
Director, Professor
Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI)
UNC-Chapel Hill


Rob Austin
Rob Austin
Project 4
Extension Specialist
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Geographic Information Systems
NC State University

 

 

Professor Orlando Coronell.

Orlando Coronell, PhD
Project 5
Associate Professor
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Gillings School of Global Public Health
UNC-Chapel Hill

 


Dr. Owen Duckworth

Owen Duckworth, PhD
Project 4
Professor, University Faculty Scholar
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
NC State University

 


Andrew GeorgeAndrew George, PhD
Community Engagement Core
Community Engagement Coordinator
Institute for the Environment
UNC-Chapel Hill

 


Kathleen GrayKathleen Gray, PhD
Community Engagement Core, Project 5
Director, Center for Public Engagement with Science
Research Associate Professor, UNC Institute for the Environment
UNC-Chapel Hill



Ilona Jaspers, PhD
Research Experience and Training Coordination Core
Professor
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Gillings School of Global Public Health
UNC-Chapel Hill


Megan Rodgers
Megan Lane
Administrative Core, Research Translation
Public Science and Internship Coordinator
Center for Public Engagement with Science, Institute for the Environment
UNC-Chapel Hill

 

 

Chris Lenhardt
Data Management and Analysis Core
Senior Research Scientist
Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI)
UNC-Chapel Hill


Dr. Kun Lu
Kun Lu, PhD
Chemistry and Analytical Core, Project 3
Associate Professor
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Gillings School of Global Public Health
UNC-Chapel Hill


Dr. Tim McDermott
Tim McDermott, PhD
Project 3
Professor
Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences
Montana State University


Dr. Cass Miller
Cass Miller, PhD
Projects 4, 5
Okun Distinguished Professor
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Gillings School of Global Public Health
UNC-Chapel Hill


Dr. Jason Osborne
Jason Osborne, PhD
Project 4
Professor
Department of Statistics
NC State University


Dr. Matthew Polizzotto
Matthew Polizzotto, PhD
Project 4
Associate Professor
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Oregon

 


Julia Rager, PhD
Data Management and Analysis Core, Research Experience and Training Coordination Core
Assistant Professor
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Gillings School of Global Public Health
UNC-Chapel Hill

 


Meghan Rebuli, PhD
Research Experience and Training Coordination Core
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine
UNC-Chapel Hill

 


Dr. Balfour Sartor
Balfour Sartor, PhD
Project 3
Midget Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology,
Co-Director, UNC Multidisciplinary IBD Center
UNC-Chapel Hill


Praveen Sethupathy
Praveen Sethupathy, PhD
Project 1
Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Cornell University


Debra Simone
Administrative Core
Executive Assistant
Institute for Environmental Health Solutions, Gillings School of Global Public Health
UNC-Chapel Hill


Lisa Smeester
Lisa Smeester, PhD
Administrative Core, Center Administrator
Institute for Environmental Health Solutions, Gillings School of Global Public Health
UNC-Chapel Hill


Dr. Mustapha Soukri
Mustapha Soukri, PhD
Project 5
Project Manager
Materials Chemistry
Research Triangle Institute (RTI)

 


Dr. David Vinson
David Vinson, PhD
Project 4
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography and Earth Sciences
UNC-Charlotte


William Vizuete
William Vizuete, PhD
Administrative Core
Associate Professor
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Gillings School of Global Public Health
UNC-Chapel Hill


Sarah Yelton
Sarah Yelton
Administrative Core, Research Translation, Community Engagement Core
Environmental Education and Citizen Science Program Manager
Center for Public Engagement with Science, Institute for the Environment
UNC-Chapel Hill

 

 

Zenfa Zhang

Zhenfa Zhang, PhD
Chemistry and Analytical Core
Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Gillings School of Global Public Health
UNC-Chapel Hill

 

 

 

Haibo Zhou, PhD
Data Management and Analysis Core, Project 5
Professor
Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health
UNC-Chapel Hill


Fei Zou
Fei Zou, PhD
Data Management and Analysis Core, Projects 1, 2, 3
Professor
Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health
UNC-Chapel Hill

CONTACT INFORMATION
Director: Rebecca Fry, PhD
Deputy Director: Fernando Pardo-Manuel de Villena, PhD
Funding provided by NIEHS grant #P42 ES031007

135 Dauer Drive
253 Rosenau Hall, CB #7431
Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7431