Kathleen Gray

Kathleen Gray serves as Director of the Center for Public Engagement with Science and Research Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, affiliated with the UNC Institute for the Environment. She directs community engaged activities within the UNC Superfund Research Program and UNC Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility.

Her educational background includes:

• Ph.D. in Science Education from NC State University
• MSPH in Environmental Sciences and Engineering from UNC-Chapel Hill
• B.S. in Mathematics from Vanderbilt University

Dr. Gray specializes in informal science learning, environmental exposure health impacts, and research result report-back methodologies. She leads multi-site collaborations for teacher and youth programming while managing science communication for large initiatives like the NC PFAS Testing Network, which investigates per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in air and water across North Carolina.

Dr. Gray's scientific awards are not specified in available materials.

She advises federal and state agencies alongside research centers at peer institutions, with project funding secured from federal, state, and private sponsors. Her work emphasizes stakeholder collaboration across North Carolina and U.S. communities to address environmental exposure challenges.

Dr. Gray leads the Center for Public Engagement with Science as an interdisciplinary hub, directs community engagement components for the UNC Superfund Research Program and Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility, and previously managed science communication for the statewide NC PFAS Testing Network involving multiple N.C. universities.