From Cells to Ecosystems: Understanding Environmental Contamination
Abstract
Anthropogenic pollution is ubiquitous across the globe and has become one of the spokes linked to the One Health paradigm. Environmental contamination affects physiological function at the cellular level that radiates across biological levels of organization to influence human and ecosystem health. Research in our lab investigates how individual and complex mixes of chemicals impact animal development through disruption of physiological, organismal and ecosystem function. Evaluating the impacts of these chemicals across model systems can support the development of best practices to promote environments that are clean and safe across biological systems.
Professor Catherine Propper
Professor Catherine R. Propper has been a Professor of Biological Sciences at Northern Arizona University (NAU) since 1991. Prof Propper is an Environmental Endocrinologist/ Ecotoxicologist, and serves as the Lead for the National Institutes of Health funded Southwest Health Equities Research Collaborative’s Research Capacity Core. Her research focuses on how environmental contaminants affect development, reproduction, and behavior, and she has published more than 70 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. Locally, statewide, and nationally, she serves on panels associated with water quality and environmental toxicology. Nationally and internationally, she collaborates with programs in biodiversity-related aspects of sustainable agriculture, and at NAU she directs federally and foundation-funded mentorship programs.
Professor Catherine Propper, Northern Arizona University (NAU) E: Catherine.Propper@nau.edu
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