Dr. Rianna Murray is an Associate Research Professor in the Department of Global, Environmental and Occupational Health in the School of Public Health at the University of Maryland. She leads a UMD Grand Challenges project, the Maryland Safe Drinking WATER Study, which investigates microbial and chemical water quality in homes across Maryland. She also co-leads another UMD Grand Challenges project, the Global FEWture Alliance, an interdisciplinary, international team that develops holistic solutions that focus on all areas of the Food-Energy-Water (FEW) nexus. Dr. Murray is the Director of Graduate Studies for the Environmental Health Sciences MPH, MS and PhD programs at the School of Public Health. Dr. Murray is actively involved in mentoring graduate students and training the next generation of interdisciplinary researchers through the UMD Global STEWARDS program, a fellowship program formerly funded by the National Science Foundation. She is also a researcher with the CONSERVE Center of Excellence which investigates solutions that enable the safe agricultural use of recycled water. Dr. Murray earned a BS with a double major in biochemistry and chemistry from the University of the West Indies in Trinidad & Tobago, and a Master of Public Health and Ph.D. in Environmental Health Sciences from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Suhana Chattopadhyay is an Assistant Research Professor at the Department of Global, Environmental, and Occupational Health. She serves as the Program Manager for the Global FEWture Alliance and the UMD Global STEWARDS National Science Foundation NRT program. She is also a researcher with the CONSERVE Center of Excellence, which investigates transformative on‐farm treatment solutions that enable the safe use of nontraditional irrigation water, and the Maryland Safe Drinking WATER Study which characterizes the drinking water quality in Maryland's underserved communities.