Ada Fox
Department of Environmental Sciences and
Engineering
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7400
Room: 12 Rosenau Hall
Phone: 508 733 8624 (cell)
e-mail: adaf@unc.edu
Education
- MSPH, Candidate in Environmental Sciences and Engineering. Research Advisor: Dr. Marc Serre.
- BS, Environmental Science & Policy, Science emphasis, Marist College, Pougkeepsie, NY, 2010.
Research Interests
- Environmental Exposure and Risk Assessment
- Spatiotemporal Mapping of Environmental Contaminants
- Application of GIS in Disaster Management
- Human & Ecological Health Effects of Water Pollutants
- Environmental Epidemiology & Medical Geography
Research Experience
Spring 2009: The toxicity of silver nanoparticles was studied on animal (chick embryos) and plant models (bean, Vicia faba, and tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum). Marist College with Dr. Zofia Gagnon.
Jun – Aug 2008: Division of Biological Sciences Research Intern at Harvard University, School of Public Health, laboratory of Dr. Dyann Wirth. Investigated a regulatory role of antisense RNA in Plasmodium falciparum.
Jan – May 2007: Plant models, bean (Vicia faba) and tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum), were used to study the toxicological effects of the heavy metal antimony (Sb3+) on growth and development. Marist College with Dr. Zofia Gagnon.
Honors and Awards
- Best Poster in Environmental Biology category at Eastern Colleges Science Conference (ECSC) 2007
- Top paper award at the 8th Annual Mid-Hudson American
Chemical Society (ACS)Undergraduate Symposium 2007
Presentations
· Nanoparticles: The New Environmental Threat. Presented at the 63rd ECSC. Wagner College, NY, April 2009
· Chemistry of Silver Nanoparticles in Biological Systems. Poster presented at the 10th Annual ACS Undergraduate Research Symposium of the Mid-Hudson Section. Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, NY, April 2009.
· Toxicological Effect of Antimony Sb +3 on Bean (Vicia faba) and Tomato Plant (Lycopersicon esculentum). Presented at the 61st ECSC. College of Mt. St. Vincent, Riverdale, NY, April 2007.
· Toxicology and Chemistry of Antimony (Sb 3+) in Two Plant Models: Bean (Vicia faba) and Tomato Plant (Lycopersicon esculentum). Presented at the 8th Annual ACS Undergraduate Research Symposium Mid-Hudson section. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, April 2007.
General Interests
- Conservation (natural resources)
- The outdoors – hiking, camping and doing trail work
- Cooking and baking cookies
- Photography