Rachel Goldstein

Dr. Rachel Rosenberg Goldstein is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Global, Environmental, and Occupational Health (GEOH). She also directs the WOW (Water quality, Outreach, and Wellness) Lab where her research focuses on improving water quality through community-engaged research and outreach. 

Her current projects include evaluating the microbial safety of harvested rainwater for produce irrigation, on-farm well water quality, determining the risk of exposure to pathogens and antibiotic-resistant bacteria from sanitary sewer overflows, and health risks from septic failures caused by sea-level rise. She is the co-project director of Extension and Outreach for CONSERVE: A Center of Excellence at the Nexus of Sustainable Water Reuse, Food, and Health. 

She received a PhD in Toxicology and Environmental Health and an MPH in Environmental Health from the University of Maryland, as well as a BA in Environmental Studies from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

Research Interests: Rainwater harvesting; sewage backups; septic failures

Areas of Expertise: Environmental microbiology; water quality; antimicrobial resistance