Susan Anenberg, Professor
Susan researches connections between air pollution, climate change, public health, and environmental policy, in the U.S. and globally. She is also the Director of the GWU Climate and Health Institute and Chair of the Environmental and Occupational Health department. She received her PhD in Environmental Science and Engineering from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Erin Campbell, Graduate Research Assistant
Erin is a Global Environmental Health MPH student and is working on understanding the health and equity implications of climate policy.
Lulu Chen, Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Lulu is using chemical transport model and satellite remote sensing to understand the air pollution injustice. She earned her PhD in Atmospheric Physics and Atmospheric Environmental from Peking University.
Jordan Fischbach, Graduate Research Assistant
Jordi is supporting the group's climate and health initiatives.
Dan Goldberg, Research Assistant Professor
Dan uses satellite remote sensing and chemical transport modeling to estimate air pollution levels within cities. He earned his PhD in Atmospheric & Oceanic Science at the University of Maryland and was a Post-doctoral Scholar at Argonne National Laboratory.
Daniel Huber, Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Daniel is modeling air quality in urban areas. He earned his PhD in Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering from the University of Michigan.
Gaige Kerr, Research Assistant Professor
Gaige is modeling future health impacts from wildfire smoke. He is also using satellite remote sensing to understand and track air pollution injustice across the U.S. He earned his PhD in Earth and Planetary Sciences from Johns Hopkins University.
Soo-Yeon Kim, PhD candidate
Soo-Yeon is estimating air pollution and associated disease burdens in cities worldwide.
Greta Martin, PhD candidate
Greta is estimating the health impacts of green space in cities worldwide.
Omar Nawaz, Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Omar received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from University of Colorado - Boulder. He is using satellite data and chemical transport models to understand sources of air pollution in urban areas.
Katie O'Donnell, Program Manager
Katie is the Program Manager for the GW Climate and Health Institute. Katie received her MPH degree in Global Environmental Health at GW.
Alumni (and where they went after our group)
Post-doctoral Scientists
Doyeon Ahn, Postdoctoral Scientist (2022-2023), GESTAR researcher at NASA Goddard
Kate O'Dell, Postdoctoral Scientist (2022-2023), AAAS Fellow at Department of Energy
Tess Carter, Postdoctoral Scientist (2022-2023), U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee
Arash Mohegh, Postdoctoral Scientist (2019-2021), California Air Resources Board
Ploy Achakulwisut, Postdoctoral Scientist (2017-2019), Stockholm Environment Institute
PhD Students
Danny Malashock, PhD student (2018-2022), U.S. Public Health Service/Environmental Protection Agency
Veronica Southerland, PhD student (2018-2022), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (now Environmental Defense Fund)
Masters Students
Erin Phillips, MPH Research Assistant (2023-2024)
Natalie Youssef, MPH Research Assistant (2022-2023), Physicians for Social Responsibility
Perrin Krisko, MPH Research Assistant (2020-2022), Fulbright Scholarship in Nepal
Lauren Johnson, MPH Research Assistant (2020-2022), Environmental Defense Fund
Nick Pendleton, MPH Research Assistant (2020-2022)
Nigel Martis, Data Science Research Assistant (2021-2022), Amtrak
Rishabh Khanna, Data Science Research Assistant (2022)
Julia Weil, MPH Research Assistant (2019-2020), Center for Health, Environment & Justice
Shannon Haines, MPH Research Assistant (2019), American Lung Association
Casey Kalman, MPH Research Assistant (2018-2019), Union of Concerned Scientists
Alex Lindahl, MPH Research Assistant (2017-2018), ICF International
Undergraduate Students
Emily Richardt, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2023), completing BS at GWU
Margaret Nelson, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2020-2021), Teach for America
Research Associates
Sara Runkel, Data Science Research Associate (2023-2024), NCAR
Xavier Nogueira, Data Science Research Associate (2021-2022), LimnoTech
Maria Castillo, Research Associate (2019-2021), Masters in Urban Planning at MIT