Kevin P. Patterson (Cohort 4)
Kevin Patterson, MPH is a doctoral candidate at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. His research investigates the geo-spatial distribution of metal exposures in public and private drinking water supplies across the US.
April Ballard (Cohort 2)
Dr. April M. Ballard is an assistant professor of Environmental Health in the Department of Population Health Sciences at the School of Public Health at Georgia State University.
Timnit Kefela (ትምኒት ከፈላ) (Cohort 5)
Dr. Timnit Kefela is an assistant professor in Environmental Science and Resource Management with a special focus on Environmental Justice in the Environmental Science and Resource Management Program at California State University Channel Islands.
Ufuoma Ovienmhada (Cohort 5)
Dr. Ufuoma Ovienmhada is a Baker Endowed Postdoctoral Research Associate in Climate Change and Human Resiliency at the University of Arizona.
Valerisa Joe-Gaddy (Cohort 4)
Dr. Valerisa Gaddy is the Community Conservation Program Director at WatershedManagement Group, where she leads efforts to promote sustainable water practices and protect Tribal water resources across Arizona.
Maria Jose Talayero Schettino, MD, MS
Maria Jose, a Mexican DrPH candidate in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at The George Washington University, combines medical expertise with a passion for environmental advocacy in her research and professional projects.
Brandon Rothrock, MA
Brandon Rothrock (he/him) is a queer, (dis)abled geographer hailing from New Jersey. He holds a B.S. in Geography from Penn State University and a M.A. in Geography from West Virginia University. He is a first-year Geography PhD student and EmPOWERment NSF Research Trainee at The Ohio State University studying human-environment interactions and sustainable energy systems.
Aalayna R. Green
Aalayna R. Green is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Natural Resources & the Environment, with affiliations in the Department of Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies, at Cornell University. She obtained her B.S. in Zoology from Michigan State University. Green is a Sloan Scholar and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow.
Ufuoma Ovienmhada
Ufuoma (oo-fwo-ma) Ovienmhada is an engineer by education, and remote sensing scientist by training, harnessing community-based research methods to advance the design and application of satellite remote sensing technology for environmental justice. She is a PhD candidate in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT.
Wellington Onyenwe, PhD, MPH
Wellington Onyenwe is currently serving as a Health Scientist, Environmental Toxicologist and Public Health Emergency Responder at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as well as consulting ongoing research projects with the Environmental Protection Agency/Food and Drug Administration. His talents have led him to lend technical assistance to Exposure Science and Emergency Response matters including the Ebola, Zika, Flint, Monkeypox, EVALI Responses, amongst other projects, in various capacities and roles.
Timnit Kefela, PhD, MSc
Timnit Kefela is an Eritrean American environmental scientist and educator who seeks to better understand (micro)plastic pathways, fates and impacts in effort to inform and design liberatory and community-driven infrastructural solutions for pollution and waste management. She holds a BSc and MSc in Biology from Rutgers University-Camden and was the first Black woman to receive her PhD in Environmental Science and Management from the Bren School at UC Santa Barbara.
Mokshda Kaul, MA
Trained as an economist, Mokshda received her master’s and bachelor’s degree in economics from Mumbai University in India. Currently, she is a PhD candidate in the PhD in Sustainable Energy program at the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University. While her motivating research question relates to understanding the process of policy design, the mainstay of her research interests lies in the justice and equity implications of the clean energy transition.