Dr. Yukyan Lam is the Director of Research and a Senior Scientist at the Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School University, where she helps develop and manage the Center’s research portfolio. She is a social and behavioral public health scientist trained in quantitative and qualitative methodologies, with a background as a former international human rights lawyer. Yukyan’s recent work with the Tishman Center has focused on investigating the impacts of climate change mitigation policies and technologies on environmental justice communities and advancing approaches to address cumulative impacts in permitting. She was the 2019 recipient of the American Public Health Association’s Rebecca A. Head Award, which recognizes an emerging leader working at the nexus of science, policy, and environmental justice. Yukyan holds a BS in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a JD from Harvard Law School, and a PhD from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at NYU School of Law.