Dr. Bindu Panikkar is an Associate Professor at the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, a former Henderson Fellow, and a Gund Fellow at the University of Vermont.
Her current research projects examines the governance of risks within the permitting process of newly proposed mines in Alaska, as it pertains to increased access to remote Arctic regions as a consequence to climate change (NSF); Inuit challenges to navigation, food security and health from sea ice changes in the Northwest Passage; a citizen science/community-based research project to monitor species diversity, wildlife health, and environmental change in Yukon and Nunavut.
Her previous research focus and interests has included the social, and political challenges involved in the continued operation of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station past its design life, reflexive research ethics in fetal tissue xenotransplantation research (NIEHS), occupational health issues among immigrant workers (NIOSH), the ethics of uranium mining research, and the teratogenic effects of depleted uranium.
Dr. Panikkar is an interdisciplinary scholar and works within the intersection of Environmental Health, Environmental Justice, Environmental Policy, and Science, Technology, and Society Studies.
