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The Carolina environmental expert listing consists of all researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill engaged in educational, research and/or community engagement activities related to environmental science and studies. They collectively make up the interdisciplinary community of environmental scholars on campus, providing a group to which students, faculty, administrators and outside organizations can turn to for expertise in environmental education, research and/or community engagement. Learn more about Carolina’s Environmental Programs.
Submit an ExpertAysenil Belger
abelger@med.unc.eduDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience Director
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute Professor
Department of Psychiatry
research, human cognitive neuroscience, developmental neuroscience
Geoffrey Bell
gwbell@email.unc.eduEnvironment, Ecology and Energy Program
ecology
Aymeric Bellon
aymeric_bellon@kenan-flagler.unc.eduKenan-Flagler Business School
environmental finance, energy finance, climate finance
Todd BenDor
bendor@unc.eduOdum Institute for Research in Social Science Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Community Design
UNC Institute for the Environment
ecosystem services, ecological restoration, environmental markets, ecosystem service markets, natural infrastructure, climate adaptation, urban stormwater, impact assessment, watershed planning, floodplain buyouts
Bill Bennett
william_bennett@med.unc.eduCenter for Environmental Medicine, Asthma and Lung Biology
particle deposition and clearance in the healthy and diseased lung, therapeutic benefits of inhaled drugs on mucociliary clearance
Larry Benninger
lbenning@email.unc.eduDepartment of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences
research, teaching, geochemistry, carbon cycling in coastal sedimentary environments, sediment transport
Philip Berke
pberke@email.unc.eduDepartment of City and Regional Planning Director, Center for Resilient Communities
UNC Institute for the Environment
environmental planning, urban resilience, climate adaptation, hazard mitigation, land use planning
Richard Bilsborrow
richard_bilsborrow@unc.eduBiostatistics
economic demography, population, development and the environment
Linda Birnbaum
birnbaumls@niehs.nih.govDepartment of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
pharmacokinetic behavior of environmental chemicals, mechanisms of action of toxicants including endocrine disruptors, linking of real-world exposures to health effects
Brian Blanton
bblanton@renci.orgRenaissance Computing Institute
coastal, carbon, ecology, flood
Kerry Bloom
kerry_bloom@unc.eduDepartment of Biology
carbon sequestration, ecology
Wanda Bodnar
wanda_bodnar@unc.eduDepartment of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
research, analytical chemistry, mass spectrometry, liquid chromatography
Lama BouFajreldin
lamabf@email.unc.eduEnvironment, Ecology and Energy Program Teaching Assistant Professor
Environment, Ecology and Energy Program
teaching, sustainability, human dimensions, natural resources management
Philip Bromberg
philip_bromberg@med.unc.eduSchool of Medicine
asthma, air pollution, respiratory disease
Jada Brooks
jada@email.unc.eduSchool of Nursing
inflammation as a potential biological pathway linking environmental pollutant exposure and psychosocial factors to cardiovascular disease in American Indian women
Joe Brown
joebrown@unc.eduDepartment of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
water and sanitation technologies, environmental health microbiology and the role of infrastructure in protecting public health and well-being
John Bruno
jbruno@unc.eduDepartment of Biology
ecology and conservation of marine communities, climate change, disease ecology, marine biodiversity, macroecology, coral reef ecology, Galapagos, Caribbean, science communication
Shintaro Bunya
sbunya@unc.eduCoastal Resilience Center of Excellence
modeling of physical phenomena that cause coastal disasters such as hurricane storm surges and tsunamis, development of effective and efficient operational prediction model/system, continuous/discontinuous Galerkin finite element method, machine learning
Allison Burbank
allison_burbank@med.unc.eduPediatrics
asthma, obesity, allergy, environmental pollutants
Raymond Burby
burby@email.unc.eduDepartment of City and Regional Planning
land use, environmental planning, natural hazard mitigation, watershed protection, building code enforcement, energy conservation, new community development, low-income housing, environmental justice, environmental regulation and policy