Foluke Adelabu

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Foluke Adelabu is an accomplished Graduate Research Assistant in the Built Environment Department at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in the Applied Science and Technology program, with a focus on Technology Management and a minor in Environmental Health and Safety, she possesses a strong academic background.

Having previously obtained a master's degree in Technology Management from the same university, Foluke has honed her expertise in various areas. Her research interests encompass contaminants exposure assessment, activity pattern modeling, environmental sensitization, data mining in Environmental Health and Safety (EHS), data analysis, machine learning, and data analytics. With a passion for making a positive impact on the world, she aspires to establish herself as a prominent researcher in the coming years.

Foluke Adelabu's dedication to her field, combined with her diverse skill set and academic pursuits, positions her as a promising and driven individual in the realm of research and technology.

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Jenna Honan

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Jenna Honan is a Research Specialist and Environmental Health Sciences PhD student in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health at the University of Arizona. Her interests include contaminant fate and transport in the environment, ecological restoration, community-engaged research, policy development, ecotoxicology, and statistical modeling. For her MS in Environmental Sciences, she completed a groundwater modeling project that considered the fate and transport of heavy metals in the subsurface from a release of wastewater effluent into a river near the Mexico-US border. Her current research focuses on environmental and occupational exposures, including VOCs in beauty salons and autobody shops, pesticides on and near agricultural sites, and metals near mining operations, always with the goal of helping prevent long-term negative health outcomes that likely follow such exposures. She is a first-generation student from rural Arizona, which brings a distinctive perspective to her studies.

Cristina Fayad Martinez

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Cristina Fayad Martínez is a recent graduate student with a Master of Professional Science
in Climate and Society from the University of Miami. Her background as a physics major
has allowed her to do research through modeling on fire emissions and their impact in air quality. She is mostly interest on the influence air quality has on public health in hopes to help prioritize infrastructure, building codes, and policy development. She is now working under Dr. Solo-Gabriele’s team, measuring dust properties from samples collected at indoor surfaces to evaluate children’s exposure.

Matthew Roca

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Roca is an Undergraduate student pursuing a B.S. in geological sciences & geospatial technology at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. Conducts environmental fieldwork and laboratory work as a research assistant. Researches closely with Dr. Helena Solo-Gabriele, Associate Dean of Research at the Department of Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering. Currently interested in microbial water quality after hurricanes, soils, and particle size characterization techniques.”

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Suraj Panara

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Suraj Panara is an undergraduate student pursuing a B.S. in Health and Societies at the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently researching with Dr. Solo-Gabriele on measuring and analyzing dust particles inside homes by collecting them through a variety of methods to determine its effects on children. As a research volunteer assistant, he reviews field data, prepared sample materials, and
collected field data with the team as well.

Ryuichi Nitta

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Ryuichi Nitta is an undergraduate student pursuing a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Miami College of Engineering. His interest lies in learning more about green energy to help the environment by integrating the skills he learns as a mechanical engineer. He is experienced with Matlab, Creo, and 3D printing.

He is working with Dr. Helena Solo-Gabriele as an undergraduate research assistant on the Dust Research Study: a project focused on analyzing dust particles inside homes to determine its effect on children.

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Jacqueline Larson

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Jacqueline Larson is an undergraduate pursuing a B.S. in public health at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health with a minor in studio art. She began working with Dr. Paloma Beamer in the summer of 2022 on the EPA Soil and Dust Ingestion study helping complete surveys and house visits in the Tucson area. In collaboration with the EPA project, she is currently working on a study that measures mouth surface area, which is a key parameter required by many non-dietary ingestion exposure and risk models for which there is limited data. She joined Dr. Beamer’s lab as part of the Environmental Health Science Transformative Research for Undergraduate Experience (EHS-TRUE), and through the experience has been inspired to pursue higher education. Jacqueline will graduate from the University of Arizona with her B.S. in spring 2024 and hopes to join the Peace Corps or United Nations after graduation, after which she will return to the UA for her MPH in One Health.

Khalil McKoy

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Khalil McKoy is an Undergraduate student pursuing a B.S. in Biology at the illustrious North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. He began working as a research assistant of the Built Environment department in the summer of 2023 on the EPA Soil and Dust Ingestion study helping to complete video translation and processing. Khalil currently holds two Associates degrees; one in Applied Science and the other in Arts. After undergrad, he plans to continue his education to obtain a Masters in Psychology or Environmental Sciences. With his continued education he plans to attend law school so that he can write new policies/contracts. This would find new ways to develop and implement plans to limit the amount of negative exposure to harmful contaminants found in the soil; while focusing on areas of low socioeconomic status. 

Olusola Olabisi Ogunseye

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Olusola Ogunseye is a Graduate Research Assistant and PhD student in Environmental Health Sciences at Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona. He holds BSc in Biochemistry from Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta and MPH in Environmental Health from University of Ibadan, both in Nigeria. His research interests include air pollution & exposure assessment, occupational health and statistical modeling.

His current research focuses on modeling soil/dust ingestion among young children and
statewide COVID-19 survey in Arizona.

Keziah Floyd

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Keziah Floyd is a undergraduate student pursuing a B.S in Biology Pre-Med at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. She aspires to be an obstetrician and gynecologist focusing on how low income minority women are more at risk of a high-risk pregnancy and delivery. The current research she is working on for summer 2023 is the EPA Soil and Dust Ingestion project where she will track where children spend time for soil/dust ingestion across various environments.