Neha Sunger
- Associate Professor
- Department: Public Health Sciences
- Institution: West Chester University of Pennsylvania
- Email: NSunger@wcupa.edu
Education
- Postdoctoral Fellow, The Dow Chemical Company, Toxicology & Environmental Research and Consulting, Michigan 2014
- PhD, Environmental Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia 2013
- MS, Environmental Engineering and Management, Indian Institute of Technology-IIT, Kanpur 2006
- BS, Civil Engineering, MBM Engineering College, Jodhpur 2003
Research Interests
Human health assessmentenvironmental riskDose-Response modelingHigh-throughput exposure programmingdatabase managementGIS applicationenvironmental healthinfectious disease assessmentwaste managementwater/wastewater treatment
Opportunities
Work Study Positions Available: No
Grant Funded Positions Available: No
Course-Credit Research Opportunities Available: No
Volunteer Research Positions Available: No
Biography
Dr. Sunger is an environmental engineer with interests in human health risk and exposure analysis. She joined West Chester University in fall semester of 2014 as Assistant Professor. Dr. Sunger teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in environmental health, microbial risk, and waste management. Prior to joining WCU, she was a post-doctoral research fellow at The Dow Chemical Company in Midland, MI. During her post-doctoral fellowship, she designed computer-based exposure analysis programs to enhance rapid screening of industrial chemicals for human health safety. Dr. Sunger is a member of the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA), the American Water Works Association (AWWA), the Association of Environmental Engineering & Science Professors (AEESP), and the International Society of Exposure Science (ISES).
Contact Information
Phone: 610-436-2289
List of Publications
- High-Throughput Exposure Assessment Tool (HEAT) for exposure-based prioritization of chemicals, Apr 2019
Qualitative Approach to Comparative Exposure in Alternatives Assessment, Jun 2018
Comparison of pathogen-derived ‘total risk’ with indicator-based correlations for recreational (swimming) exposure, Oct 2019
Exploratory Assessment of Risks from Drinking and Recreational Water Exposure to Children in the State of New Jersey, Mar 2018
A Quantitative Risk Assessment for Stachybotrys chartarum-Toxic Mold, Aug 2017
Supplementary Material, Apr 2017
Using exposure bands for rapid decision making in the RISK21 tiered exposure assessment, Feb 2017
Analysis of EPA’s endocrine screening battery and recommendations for further review, Jun 2015
Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment for Recreational Exposure to Water Bodies in Philadelphia, Mar 2015
A Quantitative Health Risk Assessment for S. chartarum - toxic mold, Dec 2013
Recreational use assessment of water-based activities, using time-lapse construction cameras, Feb 2012
Managing catastrophic risk to Istanbul’s housing infrastructure, Jul 2010
Autotrophic Denitrification Using Hydrogen Generated from Metallic Iron Corrosion, May 2009
