Healthy Air
One of the costs of industrialization, clean and healthy air is not guaranteed and minority, impoverished, and disenfranchised communities are at an elevated risk of exposure to unhealthy, toxic, and even deadly air. The equation for healthy air, however, is much more complex than a formula of emissions from factories and automobiles, it involves dynamic interplay between infrastructure, waste management, and public health among other disciplines.-
Darryn Waugh
ProfessorDarryn Waugh, PhD, studies large-scale atmosphere and oceanic flow and transport, with a focus on understanding global environmental issues such as stratospheric ozone depletion, climate change, and air quality. In recent years his interests have expanded to include urban climate and environmental justice -
Ana Maria Rule
Assistant ProfessorAna Maria Rule, PhD, aims to develop and evaluate novel sampling and analysis strategies for the assessment of exposure to biological aerosols, e-cigarette aerosols, and particulate matter. -
Jennifer Sleeman
Senior AI Research ScientistJennifer Sleeman, PhD, specializes in Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Generative models, Image Processing and Natural Language Processing. She is currently working at the intersection of AI and climate tipping point discovery as part of the DARPA AI-assisted Climate Tipping-point Modeling program; the team is using large ocean circulation models, deep learning, and neuro-symbolic representations to build a general machinery that is able to predict conditions that may lead to a collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and other types of climate tipping points, such as coral reef die-off. She is also leading the research for a set of AI for air quality forecasting projects that include collaborations with NASA and NOAA, including: AI Emulation of Wildfire Emissions, AI Air Quality Forecast Model Emulation, and a Next-Generation Ensemble Prediction System for Atmospheric Composition. -
Genee Smith
Assistant ProfessorGenee 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. -
William Swartz
Associate ProfessorWilliam Swartz, PhD, is a research scientist studying atmospheric chemistry and physics, with broad research experience in modeling/analysis, technology development, space mission development, field measurement, and laboratory experimentation. -
D'Ann Williams
Assistant ScientistD'Ann Williams, DrPH, focuses on addressing the complex issues around Industrial Food Animal Production, drawing on her many years of experience of community-based participatory projects, collaboration, program support, and research on food safety, environmental health, and air quality.
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