Junfeng Zhang, Ph.D., is a Professor of Global and Environmental Health at Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment, specializing in environmental health and policy. With a Ph.D. from Rutgers University, he focuses on developing novel biomarkers for human exposure and health effects, assessing health and climate benefits of air pollution interventions, and understanding biological mechanisms of environmental exposures' adverse health effects. Dr. Zhang's significant contributions include leading international collaborations on air pollution health effects and intervention trials for air purification, recognized by over 290 peer-reviewed publications and prestigious awards like the Jeremy Wesolowski Award. For more details, visit his full profile here.
Michael Howard Bergin, Ph.D., is the Sternberg Family Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Duke University, focusing on the impact of air pollution on climate and human health. His achievements include pioneering research on particulate matter's effects on atmospheric radiation balance and public health. Bergin has contributed to understanding air quality through next-generation sensors and has extensive publications on environmental engineering's global challenges. For further details and achievements, please visit his profile here. For more details, visit his full profile here.
Yan Lin, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral associate at DGHI working with Dr. Jim Zhang. Yan has broad research interests on the health effects of air pollution. He received his PhD in Environmental Health Sciences from UCLA, where he focused on developing new biomarkers to identifiy the early cardiovascular effects of air pollution. His postdoctoral research will focus on air pollution's adverse health effects on birth outcomes.
Yihui Ge is a fourth-year Ph.D. student in Junfeng Zhang's lab, focusing on environmental health sciences. His research interests lie at the intersection of air quality, environmental exposure assessment, and public health implications. Yihui's academic contributions, as documented in his Google Scholar profile, reflect his active engagement in understanding the health impacts of environmental pollutants. For more information on his publications and research focus, visit his Google Scholar profile here.
Ruoxue is a second year Ph.D. student at Nicholas School of Environment. She gained her master’s degree (MEM) at Nicholas School of Environment in May 2022. Her master’s project focused on vegetative cover, urban heat, and heat-related illnesses among formerly redlined communities in Durham, North Carolina. She is currently interested in the interplay of indoor, outdoor air pollution and climate change, as well as using novel biomarkers to analyze how indoor air pollution affects human health.
