Clean Air Council
Christine U. is a highly experienced Senior Geospatial Data Scientist at USAID, specializing in spatial and statistical analysis to support programs related to climate change, biodiversity, and global health. With a strong background in environmental GIS, Christine has volunteered with the Clean Air Council and has held postdoctoral researcher positions at Cornell University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, focusing on plant-pollinator interactions and invasive species. Other notable roles include a Graduate Research Fellow at Dartmouth College, where research on Arctic ecology was conducted, and significant work in community-based participatory research at Duke University. Christine has earned a PhD from Dartmouth College and holds a Master’s Degree and a Graduate Certificate in Geographic Information Sciences from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, alongside a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Studies from Gettysburg College.
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Clean Air Council
The Clean Air Council is a member-supported, nonprofit environmental organization dedicated to protecting everyone's right to breathe clean air. The Council works through public education, community advocacy, and government oversight to ensure enforcement of environmental laws. The Council was founded in 1967 by a group of forward-looking community leaders, policy makers, and progressive business leaders. Headquartered in Philadelphia, the Council made a name for itself by the mid-1970s as the result of two major achievements: establishing and distributing a daily regional air quality index report (still used to this day); and forcing Pennsylvania to implement its vehicle emissions testing program. The Council has now grown to include 8,000 members and expanded its programmatic focus to include children’s environmental health, energy, climate change, waste and recycling, and transportation. The Council has also established an indoor air quality resource center for the public and holds the Philadelphia area’s largest Earth Day event, the annual Run for Clean Air. Learn more about the Clean Air Council at cleanair.org