Network Members: Program on Plastics, Ecosystems, and Public Health

The Program on Plastics, Ecosystems, and Public Health (PEPH) links experts from across Northwestern with collaborators from academic, civic, and industrial partner institutions. With expertise spanning engineering, materials science, chemistry, policy, public health, ecology, business, and more, PEPH Program network members are working together to deliver scalable solutions addressing the global use and accumulation of plastics.

Profiles: Network Member Spotlights

All Network Members 

Ludmilla Aristilde Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and (by courtesy) of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern RESEARCHER PROFILE   //   WEBSITE

Kathryn L. Beers Group Leader for Polymers and Complex Fluids Group, Materials Science and Engineering Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Researcher Profile   //   Website

Bruce Biwer Environmental Chemist/Program Manager, Argonne National Lab WEBSITE

Neal Blair Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern WEBSITE

Linda Broadbelt Sarah Rebecca Roland Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering; Associate Dean for Research of Engineering, Northwestern Researcher Profile   //   WEBSITE

Monica Colaiacovo Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School WEBSITE

Natasha DeJarnett Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Louisville WEBSITE

Massimiliano Delferro Chemist and Group Leader, Catalysis Science Program at the Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division at Argonne National Lab WEBSITE

William Dichtel Robert L. Letsinger Professor of Chemistry, Northwestern WEBSITE

Jennifer Dunn Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and (by courtesy) Mechanical Engineering; Associate Director, Center for Engineering Sustainability and Resilience WEBSITE

Jeffrey Freeman Senior Scientist and Assistant Program Manager, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Website

William Funk Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern Researcher Profile   //   WEBSITE

Richard Gross Professor and Constellation Chair, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute WEBSITE

Paul Helm Research Scientist for the Great Lakes, Ontario Ministry of the Environment Website

Jonathan Higgins Senior Science Advisor, Global Water, The Nature Conservancy WEBSITE

Timothy Hoellein Assistant Professor of Biology, Loyola University, Chicago Website

Stephanie Hooker Chief, Applied Chemicals and Materials Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Website

Matthew Hoffman Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology Researcher Profile   //   WEBSITE

Cynthia Jenks Division Director, Argonne National Lab Website

Julia Kalow Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Northwestern Website

John Kelly Professor of Biology, Loyola University, Chicago Website

Stefan Krause Professor of Ecohydrology and Biogeochemistry, University of Birmingham Website

Nancy Loeb Associate Clinical Professor of Law Emerita, Northwestern Website

Erik Luijten Professor of Materials Science and Engineering (Chair) and Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Northwestern Website

Margaret M. MacDonell Principal Environmental Systems Engineer, Argonne National Lab Researcher Profile   //   Website

John Meeker Professor of Environmental Health Sciences; Professor of Global Public Health; Senior Associate Dean for Research for Public Health, University of Michigan Researcher Profile   //   Website

William M. Miller Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern Website

Cristina Negri Division Director, Argonne National Lab; Fellow, Northwestern-Argonne Institute of Science and Engineering (NAISE) Researcher Profile   //   Website

Monica Olvera de la Cruz Lawyer Taylor Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry and (by courtesy) Chemical and Biological Engineering, Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern Website

Kate O'Neill Professor of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California at Berkeley WEBSITE

Peter Orris Chief of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago Website

Aaron Packman Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Center for Water Research Director, Northwestern Researcher Profile   //   Website

Thava Palanisami Senior Research Fellow at the School of Engineering, University of Newcastle, Australia WEBSITE

Kyoo-Chul (Kenneth) Park Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern Researcher Profile   //   WEBSITE

Kenneth Poeppelmeier Charles E. & Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry Website

Jeffrey Richards Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern WEBSITE

Chelsea Rochman Assistant Professor in Ecology, University of Toronto Website

Brad Rodgers Vice President of Technology, Danimer Scientific Website

Aaron D. Sadow Professor of Chemistry, Iowa State University Website

Neil Schweitzer Research Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern Website

John Scott Senior Analytical Chemist, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign WEBSITE

David R. Shonnard Professor and Richard and Bonnie Robbins Endowed Chair of Chemical Engineering, Michigan Technological University WEBSITE

Jon Sobus Physical Scientist, US Environmental Protection Agency's National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) Website

John Torkelson Walter P. Murphy Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering; Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Researcher Profile   //   Website

Douglas Walker Assistant Professor of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai WEBSITE

George Wells Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern Researcher Profile   //   Website