Environmental Chemistry Faculty

Track Coordinator:

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Xianliang Zhou, Ph.D., Dalhousie University (1988)
zhoux@wadsworth.org
Deployment and development of techniques for the measurement of organic and inorganic atmospheric trace species. 
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Faculty:

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Katherine T. Alben, Ph.D., Yale University (1976)
alben@wadsworth.org
Chemistry of drinking water; natural and anthropogenic organic compounds in aquatic organisms, rivers, lakes and wetlands.
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Kenneth M. Aldous, Ph.D., Imperial College, University of London (1970)
aldous@wadsworth.org
Instrumental methods of analysis of environmental pollutants.
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Ilham AlMahamid, Ph.D., Paris-Sud University (1990)
ialmaham@wadsworth.org
Assessment of human exposure to radioactive isotopes.
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Liang T. Chu, Ph.D., Princeton University 
lchu@wadsworth.org
Atmospheric chemistry; kinetics and mechanisms of atmospheric reactions; reactions on ice and salt surfaces.
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Robert Jansing, Ph.D., University of Houston (1975)
jansing@wadsworth.org
Identification of biomarkers of human exposure to environmental chemicals.
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Kurunthachalam Kannan, Ph.D., Ehime University, Japan (1994)
kkannan@wadsworth.org
Understanding global distribution, fate, and effects of organic pollutants in the environment and biomonitoring of human exposures.
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Haider A. Khwaja, Ph.D., University of New Brunswick, Canada (l982)
khwaja@wadsworth.org
Environmental Pollutants and Human Health.
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Michael Kitto, Ph.D., University of Maryland (1987)
kitto@wadsworth.org
Radon in water and air; atmospheric gas and particle pollutants radioactivity.
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Patrick J. Parsons, Ph.D., University of London (1983)
pparsons@wadsworth.org
Trace-element analysis of biological tissues and fluids; analytical atomic spectrometry.
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Thomas Semkow, Ph.D., University of Washington (St. Louis) (1983)
tms15@health.state.ny.us
Environmental radioactivity; ionizing radiation measurement, mathematical modeling.
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David Spink, Ph.D., University of Maryland (1983)
spink@wadsworth.org
Effects of xenobiotics on the metabolism of drugs and steroid hormones.
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Buu Tran, Ph.D., Claude Bernard University (1993)
bnt01@health.state.ny.us
Analytical chemistry of environmental pollutants, food toxins and drugs.

Robert Turesky, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1986)
rturesky@wadsworth.org
Environmental and molecular epidemiology; assessment of human exposure to toxicants; biochemical toxicology of carcinogenic heterocyclic aromatic amines.
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James Webber, Ph.D., University at Albany, State University of New York (1999)
webber@wadsworth.org
Hazardous microparticles in the environment; analytical electron microscopy.
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Lei Zhu, Ph.D., Columbia University (1991)
zhul@wadsworth.org
Kinetics and photochemistry of homogeneous and heterogeneous atmospheric reactions, new technique development, atmospheric application of cavity ring-down spectroscopy and its novel variant, and atmospheric application of time-resolved step-scan FT-IR.
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Adjunct Faculty:

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John G. Arnason, Ph.D., Stanford University (1995)
jga02@wadsworth.org  
Trace element and isotopic analysis of biological and environmental samples.

Liaquat Husain, Ph.D., University of Arkansas (1968)
husain@wadsworth.org
Atmospheric transport of trace chemicals; acid rain.
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Mirza M. Hussain Ph.D., University at Albany, State University of New York (1996)
mmh07@health.state.ny.us
Environmental pollutants and Health effects.

Christopher Palmer, PhD., University of Massachusetts (2001)
palmer@wadsworth.org
Determination of trace elements in blood and biological fluids; blood mercury speciation.

Susan Shaw, Dr. P.H., Columbia University (1999)
ssshaw@meriresearch.org
Understanding the global distribution, effects and trends of persistent organic pollutants in marine wildlife and people.
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Kamal Swami, Ph.D., University at Albany, State University of New York (1984)
swami@wadsworth.org
Method development and trace metals analysis of environmental samples.

Karl Yang, Ph.D., University of Connecticut (1998)
yangk@wadsworth.org
Use of novel analytical atomic spectrometric instruments and methodology in accurate determination of trace metals in complex environmental matrice.