Sunderland Group
Our research goal is to better understand how chemicals released by human activity interact with natural ecosystems and affect living systems. Our work quantitatively analyzes the entire exposure pathway for pollutants to identify key processes that have a large influence on their accumulation in living organisms. Our research approach combines environmental measurements with statistical and mechanistic simulation models to project chemical levels over space and time. This integrated approach allows us to better understand how human activities and climate change are affecting human and ecological health risks associated with environmental toxicants.
Principal Investigator
Elsie Sunderland
Fred Kavli Professor of Environmental Chemistry and Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences
