Tenley earned her B.S. in Neurobiology from the University of Washington in 2018. After graduating, she did a fellowship at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in the Section on Light and Circadian Rhythms. Her work at the NIMH characterized how a novel brain region mediates the effects of light on mood-related behaviors. As a doctoral scholar at Duke University, Tenley now studies air pollution, with an emphasis on ozone. Ozone is a common pollutant that causes lung injury, but some people react to it much worse than others! In the Tighe lab, her work focuses on identifying susceptible sub-populations and the mechanisms of injury using primary human airway epithelial cells.
PhD Program: Environment
Faculty Advisor: Robert Tighe, M.D.
2025-2026 Status: 4th year
Contact: tenley.weil@duke.edu
Pronouns: she / her / hers
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=mCqv2qoAAAAJ
Twitter: @TenleyWeil
