Research Scientists

Research Scientists

blue placeholder headshotJonathan Buonocore
Research Scientist

 

 


headshot of jane burnsJane Burns
Senior Research Scientist
Research: environmental exposures, endocrine-disrupting chemicals, metals, and properties;  child health and maturation;  disruption of growth and puberty by EDCs; long-term effects of EDCs on body composition, energy metabolism, and fertility.
Keywords: Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, Environmental Exposures, Children’s Health, Organochlorine compounds, Metals


Elisa Ghelfi
Research Scientist

 

 

 


Heike Gibson 
Research Scientist
Research: Effects of air pollution on respiratory and cardiovascular health; Geospatial exposure
Keywords: Environmental Epidemiology; Air Pollution; Respiratory; Cardiovascular


Rachel Grashow
Research Scientist

 

 

 


Yohann Grondin
Research Scientist

 

 


Mary Johnson 
Principal Research Scientist
Research: Focus on environmental exposures, often in the context of climate change, on the immune system and respiratory/cardiovascular/mental health. Populations include the most vulnerable, such as firefighters, children, pregnant women.
Keywords: Air Pollution. Climate Change, Immunology, Organoid, Smoke, Wildfire


Jennifer Mitchel
Research Scientist

 

 

 


Samuel Myers 
Principal Research Scientist, Planetary Health
Research: Climate change. Human health impacts of large-scale, anthropogenic environmental change including climate change, land use change, and deterioration of ecosystem services. Consequences of large-scale environmental change on human nutrition and the impact of food production systems on the environment.
Keywords: Climate Change, Planetary Health, Human Health, Nutrition, Ecosystems


Ronald Panganiban
Research Scientist

 

 

 


Jack Mikhail Wolfson
Senior Research Scientist

 

 


Chan Young Park
Senior Research Scientist
Research: mechanics of cellular cytoskeleton and contractile force; exploring the aspects  of cell mechanics as therapeutic target; drug discovery for asthma, glaucoma and cancer
Keywords: Cell Mechanics, Biomechanics, Traction Microscopy, Asthma, Smooth Muscle Cells, Glaucoma, Schlemm’s Canal Endothelial Cells, Screening, Cancer


Andrea Roberts 
Senior Research Scientist
Research: Mental health, including causes and consequences of autism, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and depression. Psychological, behavioral, and physical health outcomes of trauma and stress, intimate partner violence,  health-risk behaviors, and the effects of trauma on health across generations.
Keywords: PTSD, Depression, Autism, Trauma, Health Outcomes

 


Rick Rogers
Principal Research Scientist

 

 

 


Matthew Smith 
Research Scientist

 

 

 


Katherine von Stackelberg 
Research Scientist
Research:
Keywords: Ecosystem Services, Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment, Socio-Ecological Systems, Relationship Between Environment and Well-Being, sustainability, Uncertainty, Decision Analysis


Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska
Research Scientist

 

 

 


Zhiping Yang 
Research Scientist
Research: Role of pulmonary immune responses to inhaled pathogens and air pollutants; exploring the aspects of lung macrophages as immunotherapeutic target for enhancing lung host immune defenses against acute lung infection.
Keywords: Bacterial/Influenza Pneumonia, Asthma, Inflammation, Immunology, Cellular Biology, Molecular Biology, Immunomodulator


Antonella Zanobetti 
Principal Research Scientist
Research: Health effects of air pollution and temperature on cause-specific mortality and morbidity; assessing environmental health disparities; non-linear dose-response relationship.
Keywords: Environmental Epidemiology; Air Pollution; Temperature; Cardiovascular; Neurological; Advanced Regression Methods


Research Associates

  • Abhinav Kaushik
    Research Associate
  • Piotr Bialowolski
    Research Associate
  • Christopher Carman
    Research Associate
  • Jose Cedeno
    Research Associate
  • Ana Cheong
    Research Associate
  • Glen Deloid
    Research Associate
  • Carlos Faerron Guzman
    Research Associate
    Associate Director of the Planetary Health Alliance
  • Choong-Min Kang
    Research Associate
  • Peggy Lai
    Research Associate
  • Joy Lawrence
    Research Associate
  • Mi-Sun Lee
    Research Associate
  • Marco Martins
    Research Associate
  • Ramon Molina
    Research Associate
  • Wendy Purcell
    Research Associate
  • Ramon Sanchez Pina
    Research Associate
  • Rosalinda Sepulveda
    Research Associate
  • Nachiket Vaze
    Research Associate
  • Carolina Zilli Vieira
    Research Associate

Research Fellows

  • Abrams Joseph L
    Research Fellow
  • Adams Charleen D
    Research Fellow
  • Azimi Parham
    Research Fellow
  • Babadi Ryan Sassan
    Research Fellow
  • Bitounis Dimitrios
    Research Fellow
  • Chen Zunwei
    Research Fellow
  • Choi Sengjin
    Research Fellow
  • Choiniere Jonathan P
    Research Fellow
  • Choma Ernani Francisco
    Research Fellow
  • Mahdieh Danesh Yazdi 
    Research Fellow
  • Brian Deskin
    Research Fellow
  • Alane Blythe C Dy 
    Research Fellow
  • Guido Guidotti
    Research Fellow
  • Zintis Inde 
    Research Fellow
  • Alexander Dominic Jobrack
    Research Fellow
  • Shane Paul Joseph
    Research Fellow
  • Simran Kaushal
    Research Fellow
  • Jochem O Klompmaker
    Research Fellow
  • Samuel Ying Ko
    Research Fellow
  • Fan-Yun Lan
    Research Fellow
  • Daniel J Laverty
    Research Fellow
  • Huichu Li
    Research Fellow
  • Jing Li
    Research Fellow
  • Linyan Li
    Research Fellow
  • Longxiang Li 
    Research Fellow
  • Kevan Lutchman
    Research Fellow
  • Saurav Mallik
    Research Fellow
  • Antonella Marrocco
    Research Fellow
  • James Michael Medeiros
    Research Fellow
  • Isha Nagpal
    Research Fellow
  • Anna Vladimirovna Oppenheimer
    Research Fellow
  • Adjani Antonela Peralta
    Research Fellow
  • Thien-Khoi N Phung
    Research Fellow
  • Bora Plaku-Alakbarova
    Research Fellow
  • Emma V Preston
    Research Fellow
  • Zhi Qiao 
    Research Fellow
  • Xingping Qin
    Research Fellow
  • Charlotte Roscoe
    Research Fellow
  • Ran Shmuel Rotem
    Research Fellow
  • Jessica Shoaff
    Research Fellow
  • Alexandra Shtein
    Research Fellow
  • Amalia C Sidossis
    Research Fellow
  • Dilpreet Singh
    Research Fellow
  • Johan K. E. Spetz
    Research Fellow
  • Rebecca Ariel Stern
    Research Fellow
  • Jonathan David Sterns
    Research Fellow
  • Yang Sun
    Research Fellow
  • Kathryn Scott Tomsho
    Research Fellow
  • Sneh M Toprani
    Research Fellow
  • Sheila Tripathy
    Research Fellow
  • Jose Leonardo Villa-Uribe
    Research Fellow
  • Bryan N Vu
    Research Fellow
  • Cuicui Wang
    Research Fellow
  • Xiaodong Wang
    Research Fellow
  • Yaguang Wei
    Research Fellow
  • Tao Xu
    Research Fellow
  • Anna Young
    Research Fellow
  • Rachael L. Ticho Zacks 
    Research Fellow
  • Fatemeh Zare
    Research Fellow
  • Mohammad Zarei
    Research Fellow

Other Researchers

  • Annelise Jayne Blomberg
    Visiting Scientist
  • Esben Budtz-Jorgensen
    Visiting Scientist
  • Ya-Yun Cheng
    Visiting Scientist
  • Royce Clifford
    Visiting Scientist
  • Robin Dodson
    Visiting Scientist
  • Mulong Du
    Visiting Scientist
  • Victoria Fruh
    Visiting Scientist
  • Yi Hsiang Hsu
    Visiting Scientist
  • Suganthi Jaganathan
    Visiting Scientist
  • Jordi Julvez Calvo
    Visiting Scientist
  • Laura Kogelman
    Visiting Scientist
  • Dimple Kondal
    Visiting Scientist
  • Ronnie Levin
    Instructor
  • Julio Lumbreras Martin
    Visiting Scientist
  • Ronit Machtinger
    Visiting Scientist
  • Kishore Kumar Madhipatla
    Visiting Scientist
  • Shannon Magari
    Visiting Scientist
  • Melina Samar Magsumbol
    Visiting Scientist
  • Lidia Minguez Alarcon
    Visiting Scientist
  • Jose Ignacio Nazif-Munoz
    Visiting Scientist
  • Kee Woei Ng
    Visiting Scientist
  • Vy Tuong Nguyen
    Visiting Scientist
  • Crystal North
    Visiting Scientist
  • Youssef Oulhote
    Visiting Scientist
  • Carolina Panis
    Visiting Scientist
  • Dorairaj Prabhakaran
    Visiting Scientist
  • Glenn Pransky
    Visiting Scientist
  • Laurel A. Schaider
    Visiting Scientist
  • Safraj Shahul Hameed
    Visiting Scientist
  • Hongbing Shen
    Visiting Scientist
  • Mercedes Sotos Prieto
    Visiting Scientist
  • Aaron Specht
    Visiting Scientist
  • Eileen Storey
    Visiting Scientist
  • Damaskini Valvi
    Visiting Scientist
  • Pal Weihe
    Visiting Scientist
  • Elizabeth Willetts
    Visiting Scientist
  • Blair Wylie
    Visiting Scientist
  • Shoukai Yu
    Visiting Scientist
  • Pierre A. Zalloua
    Visiting Scientist