Project and Core Leaders
![Akram Alshawabkeh](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2020/05/akramalshawabkeh.jpg)
Akram Alshawabkeh
PROTECT Principal Investigator & Co – Director
Geo – Environmental Engineering
![José Cordero](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2020/05/josecordero.png)
José Cordero
PROTECT Co-Director
Pediatrics
![John Meeker](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2020/05/johnmeeker.jpg)
John Meeker
Project 1
Molecular Epidemiology
![Kelly Bakulski](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2020/05/kellybakulski.jpg)
Kelly Bakulski
Project 2
Toxicology
![Sean Harris](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2020/05/seanharri.jpg)
Sean Harris
Project 2
Toxicology
![Ingrid Padilla](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2020/05/Ingrid-Y-Padilla-Cestero-1.jpg)
Ingrid Padilla
Project 3
Hydrologic Engineering
![Carmen Vélez Vega](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2020/05/carmenvelezvega-3.jpg)
Carmen Vélez Vega
Community Engagement Core
Social Work
![Phil Brown](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2020/05/philbrown.jpg)
Phil Brown
Community Engagement Core
Social Science
![David Kaeli](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2020/05/davekaeli.jpg)
David Kaeli
Data Management & Analysis Core
Computer Engineering
![Kelsey Pieper](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2020/05/kelsey.jpg)
Kelsey Pieper
Training Core
Environmental Engineering
Investigators and Collaborators
![Julia Brody](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2020/05/Julia-Brody-1-1.jpeg)
Julia Brody
Silent Spring Institute
Community Psychology
![Antonia Calafat](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2020/05/antonia.jpg)
Antonia Calafat
CDC
Epidemiology
![Amber Cathey](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2020/05/amber-cathey-1024x907-2.jpg)
Amber Cathey
University of Michigan
Environmental Epidemiology
![Jennifer Dy](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2020/05/dy-j-2.jpg)
Jennifer Dy
Northeastern University
Machine Learning
![Muhammad Fahan Ehsan](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2020/05/FahadEhsan-Square.jpg)
Muhammad Fahan Ehsan
Northeastern University
Environmental Engineering
![Kelly Ferguson](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2020/05/Kelly-Ferguson-1.jpg)
Kelly Ferguson
NIEHS
Molecular Epidemiology
![Roger Giese](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2023/08/placeholder.jpg)
Roger Giese
Northeastern University
Environmental Health
![April Gu](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2020/05/gu-a-square-1.jpg)
April Gu
Cornell University
Biotechnology
![Gredia Huerta-Montañez](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2020/05/grediahuertamontanez-1.jpg)
Gredia Huerta-Montañez
Northeastern University
Pediatrics
![Phil Larese-Casanova](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2020/05/larese-p-2.jpg)
Phil Larese-Casanova
Northeastern University
Environmental Engineering
![Rita Loch-Caruso](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2022/07/4e4340e0ed265443.jpg)
Rita Loch-Caruso
University of Michigan
Toxicology
![Raul Machiavelli](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2020/05/Raul-Macchiavelli-UPRM-683x1024-2.jpg)
Raul Machiavelli
University of Puerto Rico
Biostatistics
![Justin Manjourides](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2020/05/admin-ajax-2.jpg)
Justin Manjourides
Northeastern University
Biostatistics
![Bhramar Mukherjee](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2020/05/bmukherj-m-square.jpg)
Bhramar Mukherjee
University of Michigan
Biostatistics
![Zaira Rosario-Pabón](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2022/06/ZairaRosario-Square.jpg)
Zaira Rosario-Pabón
Northeastern University
Data Management
![Aidsa Santiago Román](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2023/10/AidsaUpdated.jpg)
Aidsa Santiago Román
University of Puerto Rico
Engineering Education
![Tom Sheahan](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2020/05/tom-2.jpg)
Tom Sheahan
Northeastern University
Geotechnical Engineering
![Julia Varshavsky](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2022/08/JuliaVarshavsky-Square.jpg)
Julia Varshavsky
Northeastern University
Environmental Health
![Dorothy Vesper](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2023/06/DVesper-Square.jpg)
Dorothy Vesper
West Virginia University
Geology
![Deborah Watkins](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2020/05/Watkins_photo-2.jpg)
Deborah Watkins
University of Michigan
Epidemiology
![Chuanwu Xi](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2022/08/ChuanwuXi-Square.jpg)
Chuanwu Xi
University of Michigan
Environmental Health
![Emily Zimmerman](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2022/07/EmilyZimmerman2-1.png)
Emily Zimmerman
Northeastern University
Speech & Neurodevelopment
Postdocs
![Jong-Gook Kim](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2023/09/Jong-Gook-Kim-square.jpg)
Jong-Gook Kim
Northeastern University
Groundwater Remediation
![Skarlet Velasquez](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2020/05/Skarlet-Velasquez-sq.jpg)
Skarlet Velasquez
University of Georgia
Public Health
![Megan Woodbury](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2020/05/Megan-Woodbury.jpg)
Megan Woodbury
Northeastern University
Neuroscience
![Nobel Hernández-Otero](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2023/12/cropped.jpg)
Nobel Hernández-Otero
University of Puerto Rico
Social Determinants of Health
![Fernando Pantoja](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2024/02/fernando-pantoja-foto-38977453958d4f9b.jpg)
Fernando Pantoja
University of Puerto Rico
Groundwater Contamination
![Marieh Arekhi](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2024/07/Marieh-Arekhi.jpg)
Marieh Arekhi
Northeastern University
Environmental Engineering
![team2010 Fifteen people pose for a group photo outside](https://protect.sites.northeastern.edu/files/2020/05/team2010.jpg)
PROTECT Planning Meeting in Rincon, Puerto Rico – January 2010. L-R Back: Tom Sheahan, Ferdi Hellweger, Akram Alshawabkeh, José Cordero, Raul Machiavelli, John Meeker, Sangchul Hwang. L-R Front: Rita Loch-Caruso, Braulio Jimenez, Roger Giese, Ingrid Padilla, Mariah Nobrega, Kristin Hicks, Michael Silevitch, David Kaeli