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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

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 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

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

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)

Kamal Swami, PhD. University at Albany (1984)
Method development and trace metals analysis of environmental samples.
swami@wadsworth.org

Buu Tran, PhD. Claude Bernard University (1993)
Analytical chemistry of environmental pollutants, food toxins and drugs.
bnt01@health.state.ny.us.


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