Our Labs
Research Labs, Groups, and Programs
The Department of Environmental Health and Engineering has a diverse range of research areas, which focus on the adverse influence of the environment - natural, built, and social - on human health and on controlling these influences.
Laboratory for Research In Integrative Medicine
Investigating transporters and their interaction with environmental toxins
The One Health Lab
Meghan Davis, DVM, PhD '12, MPH '08
Uncovering the interface of bacteria and hosts to reduce microbe-mediated disease in humans and animals
The DeCarlo Lab
Measuring chemicals in the air we breathe and how this information can be used to advance science and inform policy
Harman Research Group
Combining field work, experimental studies, and numerical modeling to understand water flow and transport
The Environmental Health Microbiology and Immunology Laboratory
Improving understanding of the dynamics and determinants of environmental and occupational stressors and infectious diseases
Koehler Research Group
Improving exposure assessment methods to inform occupational and public health policy
Kohr Laboratory of Cardiovascular Redox Signaling
Investigating redox-sensitive signaling pathways and the mechanistic consequences of redox-based post-translational protein modifications in healthy and diseased myocardium
Toxicology Policy Program
Bringing 21st-century science into regulatory decision-making for better outcomes, fewer animals, and stronger public health
Madrigano Research Group
Advancing holistic and equitable solutions to protect the public from the effects of climate change
Greenhouse Gas Research Group
Investigating the emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollutants
Nachman Research Group
Studying food systems, risk science, risk assessment, environmental epidemiology, biosolids, veterinary drugs, exposure assessment, regulatory toxicology, and regulatory policy
The Prasse Lab
Studying the impacts of anthropogenic activities on the environment and human health, focusing on the occurrence, fate, and effects of organic chemicals
Preheim Lab Group
Understanding, predicting, and manipulating complex microbial community function to protect and sustain human and environmental health
Ramachandran Research Group
Gurumurthy "Ram" Ramachandran, PhD, MS
Assessing human exposure in occupational, residential, and outdoor settings
Ruggero Rossi Group
Researching the intersection of electrochemistry, microbiology, and engineering to achieve a sustainable energy-water infrastructure, and environmentally sustainable production of chemicals
The Shrestha Lab
Developing sustainable resource recovery biotechnologies to produce bioenergy and biochemicals from waste biomass