Our Team
The EnviroLab Asia team consists of members from across The Claremont Colleges. The initiative is anchored at Claremont McKenna College.
Principal Investigators
Albert Park Associate Professor of History, Claremont McKenna College Research Interests: Design & Architecture, East Asian History & Political Economy, Korean History, Modern Japanese History
Branwen Williams Associate Professor of Environmental Science, W.M. Keck Science Department of Claremont McKenna College-Pitzer College-Scripps College Research Interests: Water Quality, Agricultural Water Quality, Water Pollution and Cyanobacteria
Marc Los Huertos Stephen M. Pauley M.D. ’62 Associate Professor of Environmental Analysis; Coordinator of Environmental Analysis, Pomona College Research Interests: Water Quality, Agricultural Water Quality, Water Pollution and Cyanobacteria
Tamara Venit-Shelton Associate Professor of History, Claremont McKenna College Research Interests: social and environmental history of the United States in the nineteenth century, history of medicine, race/ethnicity and immigration, labor and capitalism
Postdoctoral Fellow (2019-2021)
Franck Fu
Research Interests: Air quality, Atmospheric deposition, Particulate matters chemistry, Air pollution from Agriculture, Atmospheric trace metals. Background: PhD in Atmospheric chemistry in University of Paris 7 in France.
Postdoctoral Fellow (2017-2019)
Research Interests: aquatic ecology, (paleo)limnology, paleoecology, biogeochemistry, contaminants, ecosystem ecology, climate change, peatlands, biovectors, diatoms, conservation biology
Editor-in-Chief & Publication Advisor, EnviroLab Asia
Char Miller
Director and W. M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis and an affiliated member of the History Department, Pomona College Research Interests: The intersection of U.S. environmental policy, history and politics
Ad Hoc Steering Committee
The Ad Hoc Steering Committee is charged with reviewing applications for course development and redevelopment grants, along with reviewing research lab proposals. The members of the Committee are: Anne Harley (Associate Professor of Music, Scripps College), Melinda Herrold-Menzies (Professor of Environmental Analysis, Pitzer College), Zayn Kassam (Professor of Religious Studies; Coordinator of Gender and Women’s Studies; Coordinator of Middle Eastern Studies), Rachel Mayeri (Professor of Media Studies, Harvey Mudd College), Katie Purvis-Roberts (Professor of Chemistry & Environmental Science, Keck Science), and Tamara Venit-Shelton (Associate Professor of History, Claremont McKenna College).
Advisory Board
The Advisory Board is comprised of faculty members from the five colleges and charged with providing advice and feedback to the Principal Investigators on the overall trajectory and strategy of the project.
Project Administrator
Rebecca Heeb comes to EnviroLab Asia with extensive experience in program management and international education. Prior to joining the team, she had lived and worked in East and Southeast Asia for over a decade.