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.
Lulu Chen, Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Lulu is using chemical transport model and satellite remote sensing to understand air pollution impacts. She earned her PhD in Atmospheric Physics and Atmospheric Environmental from Peking University.
Jordan Fischbach, Research Associate
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 impacts 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.
Katie O'Donnell, Manager
Katie is the Program Manager for the GW Climate and Health Institute and Administrative Manager for the Research and Engagement for Action on Climate and Health (REACH) Center. Katie received her MPH degree in Global Environmental Health at GW.
Alumni (and where they went after our group)
Post-doctoral Scientists
Omar Nawaz, Postdoctoral Scientist (2023-2025), Cardiff University
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 (now UN)
PhD Students
Greta Martin, PhD student (2020-2025), post-doc at George Washington University
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 Campbell, MPH Research Assistant (2024-2025), American Society of Nephrology
Erin Phillips, MPH Research Assistant (2023-2024), Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies
Natalie Youssef, MPH Research Assistant (2022-2023), Physicians for Social Responsibility (now at JSI)
Perrin Krisko, MPH Research Assistant (2020-2022), Fulbright Scholarship in Nepal (now at EPA)
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), Pine Labs
Julia Weil, MPH Research Assistant (2019-2020), Center for Health, Environment & Justice (now Avanti Corp.)
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 (now at US DOT)
Margaret Nelson, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2020-2021), Teach for America
Other Staff
Rachel Clark, Director of Policy and Outreach (2025), R Clark Consulting
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 (now Transportation Program Planner at City of Boston)