Current Team

Faculty and Staff

Rick Neitzel, PhD, MS, CIH
Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
Professor, Global Public Health
Director, Center for Occupational Health and Safety Engineering

Lauren Smith, MS, MPH
Research Specialist/Lab Manager
MPH in Environmental Health Science

Tyler Allerton, MS
Research Analyst
Master of Applied Data Science

Joyce Daniels, MA
Administrative Project Coordinator
MA Journalism and Mass Communication

Postdoctoral Research Fellows

Nathan Chen, PhD
Research Fellow
PhD in Environmental Health Science

PhD Students

Xin Zhang, MPH, MS
PhD Candidate in
Environmental Health Sciences and Scientific Computing – 2025

Abas Shkembi, MS
Candidate PhD in Environmental Health Science – 2026
MS in Environmental Health Science – Industrial Hygiene

Jie He
PhD student in Environmental Health Science

Mousa Alsulais, MS
PhD student in Environmental Health Science – 2027
MS in Safety, Security and Emergency Management

MPH and MS Students

Kenedi Clinton
MS Candidate in Environmental Health Science – Industrial Hygiene

BS Students

Zachary Graham
Candidate BS in Neuroscience, 2026

Emma Linhart
Candidate BS in Data Science, Minor in Environment, 2026

Keshav Patel
Candidate BS in Biology,
Minor in Statistics, 2026

Alexandra Ulery
Candidate BS in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, 2027