- Profile
Linda Greer is an environmental toxicologist specializing in industrial pollution and toxic chemical exposures. She worked at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) for nearly 30 years, first focusing on driving reductions from domestic sources, then turning to globally significant sources for the last two decades of her work. She capped her career with four years at the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, the leading environmental NGO in China, as its only western employee.
Linda spent a sabbatical year as interim director of the University of Michigan Biological Station, which had first launched her interest in environmental science as a 19-year-old undergrad. For more than a decade, she taught “Scientific Fundamentals of Risk Assessment” during the summer term at Vermont Law School. She has also taught short professional development courses for the National Association of State Attorneys General and the U.S. Department of Justice Department of Environmental Crimes.
Greer has served on many expert boards, commissions, and panels, including at the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. EPA Science Advisory Board. She has testified frequently before the U.S. Congress. Greer has a PhD in environmental toxicology from the University of Maryland, an MSPH in environmental sciences and engineering from the UNC School of Public Health, and a BS in biology from Tufts University. Linda also holds an honorary Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) from Vermont Law School.