Natalie Johnson

Natalie Johnson is an Associate Professor in Environmental and Occupational Health at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University. She chairs the Interdisciplinary Program in Toxicology and leads critical research on air pollution impacts on vulnerable populations.

• Education
• PhD in Toxicology, Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine
• Postdoctoral Fellowship in Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• BS in Biology, Texas A&M University College of Science

Her research focuses on inhalation toxicology, maternal exposure to pollutants, and gene-environment interactions. She directs the mobile responding to air pollution in disasters (mRAPiD van), a real-time chemical pollutant detection platform, and investigates emerging environmental chemicals in breast milk.

Current projects include:

• Respiratory toxicology of inhaled pollutants
• Prenatal/pediatric air pollution exposure and immune development
• Development of green-engineered clays for toxin mitigation