Ellen Silbergeld

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Ellen Kovner Silbergeld is a leading expert in the field of environmental health. After graduating from Vassar College summa cum laude in 1967, she earned a Ph. D. in engineering at Johns Hopkins University in 1972. A professor at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, she formerly was on the faculty at the University of Maryland and before that worked as a scientist for Environmental Defense. She is editor-in-chief of the journal Environmental Research. She is one of the world’s leading authorities on the toxicological manifestations of lead and mercury poisoning, having done did some of the first research on how lead affects the central nervous system. She has also been involved in public policy and raised public awareness of the dangers of lead. In 1993, she received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship (“genius award”) from the MacArthur Foundation.