Staff

John Svenson, PhD, CSP
I joined UNC Charlotte in 2022 serving as the Associate Director of Environmental Health and Safety. I have previously been on both faculty and staff and supported EHS programs in higher education across the country since 2008. It is my pleasure to help others, promote a culture of safety, and support Charlotte’s mission of teaching, […]

Kyle Thaman, MS
I received my Bachelor’s of Science in Biology (with a concentration in Bioinformatics) from Denison University in 2008, and my masters in Marine Biology from the College of Charleston in 2011. In college I was part of the National Sea Urchin Genome Project where I spent my summers mapping out skeletal matrix genes in Strongylocentrotus […]

Tyler Vanhoy
I originally joined UNC Charlotte in 2011 as an undergraduate, earning a B.S. in Geology in 2015. After graduating, I worked for several years as an Environmental Consultant, specializing in ground and surface water monitoring. I transitioned into a role with Mecklenburg County Storm Water Services, where I primarily focused on surface water monitoring in […]