Environment

The 3 E’s: Environment, Economics and Engineering

Researching the intersection of environment, economics and engineering

Dr. Characklis teaching students

Researching the intersection of environment, economics and engineering

Greg Characklis, Philip C. Singer Distinguished Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering at UNC-Chapel Hill, is conducting research that will significantly affect both local and national communities.

As the director of the Center on Financial Risk in Environmental Systems, which spans both the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and the UNC Institute for the Environment, Characklis is especially interested in integrating engineering and economic principles into the development of solutions to environmental challenges. Specifically, he is researching the development of improved strategies for managing water supply and treatment systems, exploration of the economic and environmental trade-offs associated with energy production, and the management of environmental financial risks.

Characklis is one of the many faculty members at Carolina working toward building a more sustainable future for our communities.

Read the complete Carolina Story to learn more about this professor’s research…Opens in new window

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Funding Priorities

    Readers Also Viewed...

    Rebecca Fry leans agains a shelf in the Fry Lab.
    Faculty Support

    Angling for Solutions

    Rebecca Fry’s lab is one of the first to study the effects of prenatal exposure to toxic metals as it relates to the epigenome.

    Portrait of Dean Nancy Messionnier
    Faculty Support

    Honored for Advancement of Medical Sciences

    Dean Nancy Messonnier inducted into the National Academy of Medicine

    Elderly women participate in an exercise class
    Health

    Moving Toward Better Cognition

    New project seeks to pilot greater physical activity for older adults

    Health

    Showing Teens the Real Cost

    Carolina researchers find that Real Cost anti-vaping ads are effective at discouraging youth from vaping

    Portrait of Danyu Lin
    Research

    Crucial Study for Child COVID

    New research makes the case for children’s COVID boosters

    A doctor performs a sonograph
    Global Impact

    Making Ultrasounds Universal

    Using the power of artificial intelligence to improve maternal health worldwide