Sustainable Ecosystems & Resource Use
Each day humans use and consume a multitude of products, the production and consumption of which directly impact the planet and human health. Hopkins faculty are working to understand how materials and products can be made and used so that they meet the needs of consumers without harming our fragile, diverse ecosystems.-
Sarah Preheim
Assistant ProfessorSarah Preheim, PhD, research focuses on the ecology of microorganisms impacting water quality in lakes, estuaries, and coastal oceans to better inform remediation strategies. -
Brian Schwartz
ProfessorBrian Schwartz, MD, MS, GME ’90, uses environmental epidemiology to evaluate the drivers of sustainability health impacts, such as energy, agriculture, and built environments -
Shilva Shrestha
Assistant ProfessorDr. Shilva Shrestha focuses on developing sustainable anaerobic biotechnologies for waste treatment and resource recovery of biofuels and biochemicals. Dr. Shrestha’s lab also studies microorganisms with industrial and environmental applications. -
Katalin Szlavecz
Research ProfessorKatalin Szlavecz, PhD, researches urban, agricultural and forest soils, including biodiversity, biogeochemical cycling, and the ecosystem services healthy soils provide. -
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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