Research Interests for the Department

• Air pollution associated with solid fuels

• Environmental exposure assessment and Risk Analysis of Pathogen

• Environmental health and safety engineering

• Environmental Microbiology & Water Quality

• Environmental monitoring and remediation using microbial activity

• Exposure-response relationships between air pollution/heat exposure and health outcomes

• Fate and Transport of Pathogens in Soil and Water

• Green manufacturing and ecological engineering

• Health impact assessment for ambient air pollution

• Indicators of Fecal Pollution in Soil and Water

• Indoor air chemistry

• Indoor and ambient air sampling and analysis

• Indoor air quality in rural Appalachian homes

• Industrial hygiene sampling and characterization

• Projecting heat-related health impacts of global climate change

• The impacts of economic development on air quality and public health in China

• Worker and general public heat stress issues