Dr. Amanda Masino

Dr. Amanda Masino is Associate Professor of Biology at HT and Director of HT’s undergraduate research program, the STEM Research Scholars. She is co-Advisor to HT’s environmental student group Green is the New Black, co-founder/co-organizer of the Building Green Justice Forum, and Faculty Director of the St. David’s Foundation Scholars Program and HT’s Environmental Justice curriculum. She is Executive Director and co-founder of the nonprofit Austin Community Data Coalition, which bridges university research to community concerns, and serves on the board of the Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems, the nation’s oldest green building nonprofit.  She and her students research cardiovascular health disparities, the indoor microbiome (sometimes in the Dumpster home!), and affordable housing impacts. Insta: @thedirt_yprofessor