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

Richard Di Giulio

Deputy Center Director

Elizabeth Shapiro-Garza

Research Translation Coordinator

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

Data Management and Analysis Core

Amy Herring

Co-Principal Investigator

Rebecca Boyles

Co-Principal Investigator (RTI International)

Research Experience and Training Coordination Core

Joel Meyer

Principal Investigator

Antonio Baines

Co-Investigator (North Carolina Central University)

Carressa Gerald

Co-Investigator (North Carolina Central University)