
Project Director
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Kristen Downs joined the UNC EFC as a Project Director in September 2022. She completed her PhD in Environmental Sciences and Engineering in the fall of 2022, with a focus on the relationships between weather variability, diarrheal diseases, and the environment in North Carolina. She has previously worked for The Water Institute, the Internet of Water, North Carolina Sea Grant, and the Water and Sanitation Section of UNICEF.