Who we Are
The Institute for Health in the Built Environment was founded by three research laboratories at the University of Oregon: Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory, Biology and the Built Environment Center, and Baker Lighting Lab.
The long-standing collaboration between these three seemingly disparate fields became the model for what the Institute hopes to achieve. Not only do these research laboratories share workspace, research tools, and personnel; they share ideas and a new way of conceptualizing the solution to a problem. Formed in the spirit of this collaborative strategy, the Institute for Health in the Built Environment seeks to broaden the network of researchers and practitioners such that issues concerning health, comfort, and sustainability in the human ecosystem are addressed in a way that benefits our work, our community, and our planet.
STAFF
Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg
Professor, Department of Architecture; Director, ESBL; Co-Director, BioBE
Jessica Green
Professor, Department of Biology; Co-Director, BioBE
Siobhan Rockcastle
Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture; Chair, Baker Lighting Laboratory
G.Z. (Charlie) Brown
Philip H. Knight Professor, Department of Architecture; Founding Director, ESBL
Mark Fretz
Associate Director of Knowledge Exchange, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture
Jeff Kline
Senior Research Associate, ESBL
Dale Northcutt
Senior Research Assistant II, ESBL
Jason Stenson
Senior Research Assistant I, ESBL
Gwynne Mhuireach
Post Doctoral Scholar, BioBE
Paul Ward
Research Assistant Professor, ESBL
Alen Mahic
Research Associate, ESBL
Willem Griffiths
Lab Tech, BioBE
Patrick Horve
Lab Tech, BioBE
Students
Alida Bevirt
Office Specialist, ESBL
Hooman Parhizkar
PhD Candidate, Research Fellow, IHBE
Lily Summers
Graduate Student Researcher, IHBE, Portland
Olivia Bain
Graduate Student Researcher, IHBE, Portland
Michael Yauk
Graduate Student Researcher, IHBE,Portland
Catherine Earley
Graduate Student Researcher, IHBE,Portland
Katherine Martin
Graduate Student Researcher, IHBE, Portland
Sandra Byers
Graduate Student Researcher, Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory
Alex Balog
Graduate Student Researcher, ESBL
Megan Danell
Graduate Student Researcher, Baker Lab
Carolina da Silva Correa Leite
Graduate Student Researcher, ESBL
Delaney Hetrick
Undergraduate Student Laboratory Assistant, ESBL
Georgia MacCrone
Undergraduate Student Researcher, BioBE
Maranda Yob
Web Designer and Content Creator, ESBL/BioBE/IHBE
Featured Collaborators
Ashkaan Fahimipour
University of California Davis
Sue Ishaq
University of Maine, Orono, Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Sciences
Robert Martindale
Oregon Health Sciences University, Chief of the Division of GI and General Surgery, Professor of Surgery
Laszlo Kiraly
Oregon Health Sciences University, Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, Associate Professor of Surgery
Matthew Butler
Oregon Health Sciences University, Butler Clock Physiology Laboratory, Assistant Professor
Andrew McHill
Oregon Health Sciences University,Shea Laboratory, Research Assistant Professor
Christopher Minson
University of Oregon, Department of Physiology, Kenneth and Kenda Singer Professor of Human Physiology
Erica Hartmann
Northwestern University, Professor of Civil/Environmental Engineering
Elliott Gall
Portland State University, Maseeh College of Engineering & Computer Science, Green Building Research LaboratoryAssistant Professor
Rolf Halden
Arizona State University, Director of Biodesign Institute of Environmental Security
Curtis Huttenhower
Harvard University, Professor of Computational Biology
Deb Johnson-Shelton
Oregon Research Institute, Associate Research Scientist
Susan Sokolowski
Founding Director and Associate Professor of the Sports Product Design Graduate Program, University of Oregon
Esther Hagenlocher
Associate Professor Department of Architecture and Department of Interior Architecture, College of Design University of Oregon