People

Leadership Team

Rebecca 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, Deputy Director
Administrative Core, Project 2
Chair, Professor, and Oliver Smithies Investigator
Department of Genetics, UNC School of Medicine
UNC-Chapel Hill

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kimberly Robasky, PhD
Data Management and Analysis Core
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Genetics and Sr. Translational Research Scientist
Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI)
UNC-Chapel Hill

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

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

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

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

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

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