My research program focuses on mechanisms of transcriptional regulation and epigenetic patterning in response to environmental cues or stressors, with a particular focus on chemical pollutants. I completed my PhD at University of Michigan, where I studied epigenetic modifications at the metastable epiallele viable yellow Agouti and DNA methylation changes in mice with developmental bisphenol A exposure that subsequently developed liver cancer. I completed my postdoctoral training at Duke University, where I studied DNA methylation differences in methylmercury-exposed communities living near artisanal and small-scale gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon. In my current work, I focus on the relative roles of stochastic heterogeneity, genetic variation, and environmental stressor exposures in epigenetic and gene expression profiles among cells, cell types, and individuals in a population. In addition, I study the roles of baseline chromatin states and structures in regulating transcription of environmental stress response genes, as well as formation of transcriptional memories at these genes. My broader goal is to translate mechanistic environmental epigenetics to human populations, or "bench to community" translation.