Investigators

Project 1 – Prenatal Exposures to PAHs and Metals: Assessing Neurodevelopment Impacts and Tracing Metal Sources

Heather Stapleton

Principal Investigator, Center Director

Kate Hoffman

Co-Investigator

Heileen Hsu-Kim

Co-Investigator

Julia Schechter

Co-Investigator

Avner Vengosh

Co-Investigator

Daniel Richter

Affiliate


Project 2 – Persisting Neurobehavioral Dysfunction Caused by Interacting Toxicant Exposures During Development: Mechanistic and Treatment Studies with Zebrafish and Rats

Edward Levin

Principal Investigator

Staci Bilbo

Co-Investigator

Susan K. Murphy

Co-Investigator


Project 3 – Mitochondrial and Cellular Mechanisms of Neurotoxicity of Superfund Chemical Co-Exposures

Joel Meyer

Principal Investigator

Susan K. Murphy

Co-Investigator


Project 4 – Neurobehavioral and Bioenergetic Consequences of Evolving Resistance to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in a Multi-Stressor Environment

Nishad Jayasundara

Principal Investigator

Richard Di Giulio

Co-Investigator, Deputy Center Director


Project 5 – Microencapsulation Delivery Vehicles for the Implementation of Precision Bioremediation at PAH-Contaminated Superfund Sites

Claudia Gunsch

Principal Investigator

Heileen Hsu-Kim

Co-Investigator

Mark Wiesner

Co-Investigator


Support Cores

Administration and Research Translation Core

Heather Stapleton

Director

Megan Hoert Hughes

Senior Program Coordinator for Environmental Health Communication

Richard Di Giulio

Deputy Center Director

Nicolette Cagle

Principal Investigator: Research Translation

Analytical Chemistry Core

Lee Ferguson

Principal Investigator

Heather Stapleton

Co-Investigator, Center Director

Heileen Hsu-Kim

Co-Investigator

Community Engagement Core

Elizabeth Shapiro-Garza

Principal Investigator

Megan Hoert Hughes

Senior Program Coordinator for Environmental Health Communication

Chiara Klein

Program Coordinator for Community Engagement

Data Management and Analysis Core

Amy Herring

Co-Principal Investigator

Allie Gartland-Gray

Co-Investigator (RTI International)

Research Experience and Training Coordination Core

Joel Meyer

Principal Investigator

Antonio Baines

Co-Investigator (North Carolina Central University)

Carresse Gerald

Co-Investigator (North Carolina Central University)