Zhongzheng “Jason” Niu
2023-2024 Presidential Sustainability Solutions Fellow
As an epidemiologist, Zhongzheng “Jason” Niu (he/him) uses a life course framework to study the cardiometabolic health risk and biological aging process in association with environmental exposures such as air pollution and heatwave.
His ongoing research examines how air pollution and heatwave, along with other environmental contaminations, are associated with mothers’ cardiometabolic risk during pregnancy.
Robin Craig
2023-2024 Faculty Co-Director, Presidential Sustainability Solutions Fellowship
Robin Craig specializes in all things water, including the relationships between climate change and water; the water-energy-food nexus; the Clean Water Act; the intersection of water issues and land issues; ocean and coastal law; marine biodiversity and marine protected areas; water law; ecological resilience and the law; climate change adaptation, and the relationships between environmental law and public health.
Alex Kyriakakis
2023-2024 Presidential Sustainability Solutions Fellowship Research Assistant
Alex Kyriakakis is a fourth year undergraduate student pursuing a B.S in Human Biology. She is interested in the intersection of social justice, education, and science. At USC, Alex has been involved with Med-ucate where she helped develop a health education course curriculum for high school students in Liberia. In addition, she has tutored biology for local middle school students through Joint Educational Project. In her free time, Alex enjoys reading, running, and trying new restaurants.