Class of 2022

Cassie Gaskins

Cassie is a first-generation student from Romulus, Michigan. She completed her bachelor’s degree in Public Health Sciences at the University of Michigan in April 2020 and is returning as a first-year MPH Candidate in Industrial Hygiene. Prior to pursuing her education, Cassie was employed as a Sales Coordinator at Health Alliance Plan and worked closely with many skilled trades and labor unions. As an undergrad, she worked as a research assistant in an epidemiology lab as well as within the department of Health Behavior and Health Education. Collectively, these experiences have allowed her to more deeply explore multiple fields of public health, reinforcing her views on the importance of occupational health and safety. Cassie pursues industrial hygiene to protect the dignity and quality of life of working people. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her son and siblings, biking, watersports, and going to concerts and music festivals.

Christopher Claes

Christopher was born in Arizona but grew up in Metro Detroit and completed his undergraduate degree in Geological Sciences at Albion College in 2013. Since then, he has largely been involved in the environmental consulting trade, sampling groundwater and soil for contamination, writing environmental assessment reports, and conducting surveys of residential, commercial, and industrial properties for the presence of asbestos and other hazardous materials. He's most proud of his time remediating the impacted water and sediment of the Kalamazoo River from the 2010 oil spill, where he operated and maintained a water treatment plant. As of late, he has developed and managed an NVLAP-accredited laboratory that analyzes samples using polarized light microscopy. His passion for IH stems from those two projects, where he was able to see first-hand the importance of worker safety. Outside of the daily grind, he is an avid woodworker and amateur musician.

Tiara Pamungkas

Tiara is an international MPH student from Indonesia. Her passion for industrial hygiene started as a Public Health Studies undergraduate at the University of Indonesia. She excelled in occupational health and industrial hygiene courses and secured an apprentice position with the industrial hygiene department at Total E&P Indonesie, a multinational oil and gas company currently known as PT Pertamina Hulu Mahakam (PHM). Due to her performance as an apprentice, she was recruited as an industrial hygienist at PHM. Among her responsibilities was the establishing of a benzene exposure management program, which included air monitoring for benzene and and biomonitoring of urinary S-Phenylmercapturic Acid (S-PMA). She also conducted quantitative fit testing (QNFT) based on OSHA standards. After managing workplace health hazards as an industrial hygienist for more than four years, Tiara is excited to gain new knowledge, skills, and connections that will help her to develop the future of occupational health risk management in Indonesia. She is particularly interested in how heat stress exposures affect physiological responses. For recreation, she loves to spend her time running, hiking, playing guitar, and exploring nice coffee shops.

Trevor Hartmann

Trevor has lived within 15 miles of the University of Michigan his whole life and is from Saline. He graduated from Grand Valley State University in December 2019 with a bachelor's degree in Occupational Safety and Health Management. During his time at Grand Valley, he served as the president of his fraternity and was an active member in GVSU's student chapter of the American Society of Safety Professionals. Upon graduation, Trevor worked for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles as a Safety Professional at their Dundee Engine Facility. Trevor's decision to pursue a public health career and industrial hygiene was inspired by one of his professors at Grand Valley. What interests him most about the field is taking a more in-depth look at not just worker safety, but the health effects the workplace can have on an individual. Aside from school, Trevor's interests include spending time with his friends and family, reading, watching sports, golfing, and anything that involves dogs.

Anna Tankersley

Anna is a Michigan native from the Jackson area, just west of Ann Arbor. She received her B.S. in Public Health from the University of Michigan in 2020, and decided to stay to pursue her MPH. Anna’s desire to pursue an industrial hygiene career came from her interest in the intersection between the natural environment, the built environment, and human health. Her professional experiences include a summer as a Health and Safety Compliance Coordinator intern with Air BP in Chicago, as well as a Health and Safety internship with Renewable Energy Group in Ames, Iowa. In her free time, Anna enjoys relaxing at home with her two cats, reading, and spending time outdoors.

Gyan Rusconi-Rodrigues

Gyan is a first-year MPH candidate in industrial hygiene. A Bay Area native, he received his Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science from UC Berkeley. He has worked over the last three years as a project scientist at ATC Group Services LLC. His primary focus was conducting environmental assessments and industrial hygiene sampling for commercial real estate transactions. In addition to public health and workplace safety, Gyan's passions include cooking, playing rugby, camping, and surfing.

Summer Corsolini

Summer was born and raised in Carol Stream, Illinois. She graduated from Illinois State University with bachelor degrees in both Environmental Health and Spanish and a minor in Safety. While attending Illinois State, Summer was the treasurer of the Environmental Health Student Association and worked as a research assistant studying biogas production and composition from novel anaerobic digesters. Her professional experiences include working as a Health and Safety Intern for AbbVie in North Chicago, Illinois, and as an Industrial Hygiene Intern for Bayer in Soda Springs, Idaho. Her internships helped solidify her passion for industrial hygiene, with special interests in noise monitoring and ventilation. In her free time, Summer enjoys reading, hiking, and kayaking.

Connor Vandivier

Connor is an Indiana born, Michigan raised student in the MPH Industrial Hygiene Program. He received his Bachelor of Science in Geology from Eastern Michigan University, where he also participated in an undergraduate research program in mineralogy, focusing on the tourmaline family of minerals. After graduating, he worked for a local environmental consulting firm, and ended up as the quality manager for their asbestos analysis/identification lab. Through his work at this firm, he developed a passion for occupational health and hazard communication, and is therefore understandably thrilled to be a member of UMIHSA. Outside of school, Connor enjoys baking and tinkering with pre-2000s electronics.

Ana Turcu

Ana is a first-generation immigrant and student who graduated with a Bachelor of Science from University of South Alabama. She realized that a degree in biology would allow her to mold her education path to suit her interests, as well as to combine her love of learning and science with the opportunity to grow as a person. During her sophomore year, she began researching the possible career options available to someone with a bachelor’s degree in biology, and discovered the field of industrial hygiene (IH). IH was a completely new concept to her because Moldova does not offer anything remotely resembling an educational program that focuses on worker safety.

“I am a strong believer that everyone has the right to be safe and stress-free at work and If I can contribute to creating a safe environment for others in their places of work, then I will know that I have put my experiences and hours of studying to good use. I also know that a career in industrial hygiene would continuously stimulate my interests, as it is a complex and ever-evolving field with many practical applications.”

In her free time, Ana loves spending time with her family and friends, as well as hiking and discovering new places