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Center Investigators

The EHSC Investigators and Associated Faculty are listed below. Listed separately is the public health impact of the research.

Core Leaders 

Joseph Beckman, Ph.D. Director, Environmental Health Sciences Center; Ava Helen Pauling Endowed Chair; Professor, Linus Pauling Institute and Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics; Internal Advisor for the Superfund Research Program
Jeffrey Greenwood, Ph.D.
Director, Cell Imaging and Culture Facilities and Services Core (CIC); Associate Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics;
Nancy Kerkvliet, Ph.D. Deputy Director, Environmental Health Sciences Center; Professor, Dept. of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology;  Member, EHS Center Scientific Advisory Committee; Director, Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting Facilities and Services Core (FCCS)
Christiane Löhr, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Director, Tissue Analysis & Pathology Facilities and Services Core (TAP); Associate Professor, Pathology, Dept. of Veterinary Medicine
Claudia Maier, Ph.D. Co-Director, Mass Spectrometry Facilities and Services Core; Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry
Craig Marcus, Ph.D. CD Core Director, Dept. Head for the Dept. of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology
Clifford Pereira, Ph.D.
IHS Core Statistician
David Stone, Ph.D. Director, Community Outreach and Engagement Core; Translation and Outreach,  Superfund Research Program;  Assistant Professor, Dept. of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology
Daniel Sudakin, MD, MPH Director, Integrated Health Facilities Core; Associate Professor, Dept. of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology; Director of the Research Translation Core,  Superfund Research Program
Robert Tanguay, Ph.D.
Director, Aquatic Toxicology & Transgenics Facilities & Services Core (ATT); Associate Professor, Dept. of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology; Director, NIEHS Training Grant, Superfund Research Program

Other Center Members

Kim Anderson, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Dept. of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Superfund Research Program
William Baird, Ph.D. Professor, Depts. of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology & Biochemistry and Biophysics; Member, EHSC Scientific Advisory Committee, Superfund Research Program
Elisar Barbar, Ph.D.
Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Andrew Buermeyer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Dept. of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology
Roderick Dashwood, Ph.D.
Professor, Dept. of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology; Chief of Cancer Chemoprotection Program, Linus Pauling Institute; Member, EHS Center Scientific Advisory Committee
Jennifer Field, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Dept. of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Superfund Research Program
Balz Frei, Ph.D.
Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics; Director, Linus Pauling Institute
Tory Hagen, Ph.D.
Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics; Professor, Linus Pauling Institute
Stacey Harper, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology
Emily Ho, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Dept. of Nutrition & Food Management & Linus Pauling Institute
Arup Indra, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Pharmacology; Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
P. Andrew Karplus, Ph.D.
Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics; Member, EHSC Scientific Advisory Committee
Michael Kent, Ph.D.
Professor, Dept. of Microbiology & Dept of Biomedical Sciences, Deputy Director for NIH NCRR Training Grant - Veterinary Training in Aquatic Animal Models
Chrissa Kioussi, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Siva Kolluri, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology
Wei Kong, Ph.D. Professor, Dept. of Chemistry
Chris Matthews, Ph.D.
Emeritus Distinguished Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics
Gary Merrill, Ph.D. Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Debbie Mustacich, Ph.D
Assistant Professor, Sr. Res., Department of Biomedical Sciences and Linus Pauling Institute
Rosita Rodriguez Proteau, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Adjunct Professor, Environmental and Molecular Toxicology; Director, NIEHS T35 Short-Term Research Training for Minority Students
Staci Simonich, Ph.D.
Professor, Dept. of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Superfund Research Program
Fred Stevens, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy & Linus Pauling Institute; Co-Director, Mass Spectrometry Facilities and Services Core (MS)
Maret Traber, Ph.D.
Professor, Dept. of Nutrition and Linus Pauling Institute
David Williams, Ph.D.
Professor, Dept. of Environmental & Molecular Toxicology and Linus Pauling Institute, Director of the Superfund Research Program