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Department of Environmental Health Sciences

Environmental Chemistry: Faculty

Katherine T. Alben, Ph.D., Yale (1976)
Chemistry of drinking water; natural and anthropogenic organic compounds in aquatic organisms, rivers, lakes and wetlands. more info
alben@wadsworth.org

Kenneth M. Aldous, Ph.D., Imperial College, University of London (1970)
Instrumental methods of analysis of environmental pollutants. more info
aldous@wadsworth.org

Ilham AlMahamid, Ph.D., Paris-Sud University (1990)
Radiochemistry; Migration behavior of radionuclides in the subsurface, their solubility and complexation with organic materials; minimization of radioactive waste toxicity.
ilham.almahamid@wadsworth.org

Liang T. Chu, Ph.D. Princeton University (1990)
Atmospheric chemistry; kinetics and mechanisms of atmospheric reactions; reactions on ice and salt surfaces. more info
lchu@wadsworth.org

Kenneth Demerjian, Ph.D., Ohio State (1973)
Mechanisms of polluted and clean atmospheres. more info
kld@asrc.cestm.albany.edu

Vincent A. Dutkiewicz, Ph.D. University at Albany, State University of New York (1977)
Physical and chemical mechanisms of atmospheric sulfur and other environmentally significant pollutants. more info
dutkiew@wadsworth.org

Chia-Swee Hong, Ph.D. City University of New York (1980)
Ultratrace analytical chemistry; photochemistry. more info
hongc@wadsworth.org

Liaquat Husain, Ph.D. University of Arkansas (1968)
Atmospheric transport of trace chemicals; acid rain. more info
liaquat.husain@wadsworth.org

Kenneth W. Jackson, Ph.D. Imperial College, London (1972)
Fundamental and applied ultratrace analytical chemistry. more info
jackson@wadsworth.org

Robert Jansing, Ph.D., University of Houston, (1975)
Identification of biomarkers of human exposure to environmental chemicals. more info
jansing@wadsworth.org

Kurunthachalam Kannan, Ph.D., Ehime, Japan (1994)
Understanding global distribution, fate, and effects of organic pollutants in the environment. more info
kkannan@wadsworth.org

Haider A. Khwaja, Ph.D. University of New Brunswick, Canada (1982)
Atmospheric pollutants transport studies; photochemistry. more info
khwaja@wadsworth.org

Michael Kitto, Ph.D., University of Maryland (1987)
Radon in water and air; atmospheric gas and particle pollutants radioactivity. more info
MEK14@health.state.ny.us

Patrick W. O'Keefe, Ph.D. Oregon State University (1971)
Environmental chemistry and analysis of chlorinated dioxins, pharmaceuticals, and related compounds. more info
okeefe@wadsworth.org

Patrick J. Parsons, Ph.D., University of London (1983)
Trace-element analysis of biological tissues and fluids; analytical atomic spectrometry. more info
patrick.parsons@wadsworth.org

Thomas Semkow, Ph.D., Washington (St. Louis) (1983)
Environmental radioactivity; ionizing radiation measurement, mathematical modeling. more info
semkow@wadsworth.org

David Spink, Ph.D., University of Maryland (1983)
Effects of xenobiotics on the metabolism of drugs and steroid hormones. more info
david.spink@wadsworth.org

Robert Turesky, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1986)
Environmental and molecular epidemiology; assessment of human exposure to toxicants; biochemical toxicology of carcinogenic heterocyclic aromatic amines.more info
rturesky@wadsworth.org

James Webber, Ph.D., University at Albany, State University of New York (1999)
Hazardous microparticles in the environment; analytical electron microscopy. more info
webber@wadsworth.org

Qi Zhang, PhD University of California (2002)
Chemistry of atmospheric condensed phases (e.g., aerosol, fog and cloud droplets), aerosol mass spectrometry, and development of advanced data analysis techniques and instrumentation to characterize the sources and processes of organic particles. more info
qz@asrc.cestm.albany.edu

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

Lei Zhu, Ph.D. Columbia University (1991)
Tropospheric chemistry, reaction kinetics and photochemistry, homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions, atmospheric application of cavity ring-down spectroscopy and time-resolved step-scan FTIR. more info
zhul@wadsworth.org

Tadashi Yoshinari, Ph.D., Dalhousie University (1973)
Microbial processes; sources and sinks of atmospheric trace gases. more info
yoshinar@wadsworth.org

Adjunct Faculty

Robert Briggs, Ph.D. Albany Medical College (1972)
Mass spectrometry of environmental pollutants; chemical ionization mass spectrometry; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons of environmental concern; laboratory information management.
briggs@wadsworth.org

Kevin Civerolo, Ph.D., The University of Maryland, College Park (1996)


Additional information on faculty research interests and publications can be found at: http://www.wadsworth.org/resnres/bios/pifacframe.htm