Meet our new faculty: Laura Kwong, environmental health

Laura Kwong is a new member of the UC Berkeley faculty. (Photo courtesy Laura Kwong)

Name: Laura (Layla) Kwong (she/her)
Discipline: Environmental health
Degrees: Ph.D., civil and environmental engineering, Stanford, 2019
Research interests: Exposure to environmental contaminants and infectious disease, impacts on child and maternal health and development and interventions to reduce adverse impacts.
Hobbies:  Exploring overseas; backpacking, biking, hiking, running, windsurfing … anything under the sun!