Leadership
Hanadi Rifai
Director
Dr. Rifai is an Environmental Engineer conducting research on fate and transport of pollutants in the environment. She is interested in understanding environmental systems and how they can be altered, managed or remediated to enhance their resiliency and sustainability. Her research on the health of bays and estuaries has focused on pathogenic pollutants and bioaccumulative chemicals including polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, polychlorinated dibenzofurans and polychlorinated biphenyls. Recently, Dr. Rifai’s research recently aims to understand community risks associated with chemical and biological pollutants emanating from environmental and industrial infrastructure in the wake of natural disasters. She has published extensively on compound flooding and cascading consequences of extreme events including impacts from COVID-19 on public health, especially disadvantaged communities.
University of Houston Internal Academic Board
