Kim Anderson, PhD

 

Mailing Address:

Oregon State University - EMT Dept.

1007 Ag & Life Sciences Building

Corvallis, Oregon 97331

 

Office: ALS Room 1127

Phone 541-737-8501

 

kim.anderson@oregonstate.edu
 

Food Safety and Environmental Stewardship Program

The Food Safety and Environmental Stewardship Laboratory at Oregon State University provides chemical and toxicological information from pesticide residue studies to support registration of pesticides for use on Oregon's minor crops.  High quality analytical data are provided, backed by scientific studies that insure the data are defensible.

 Oregon State University Superfund Research Program               

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PAH’s: New Technologies and Emerging Health Risks

Superfund Chemical Mixtures Core - (Core Leader)
Superfund PAH Fate and Exsposure Project - (Project Leader)
Gulf of Mexico - Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, PAHs, and Health Environmental Forensic Chemistry Research
OSU Environmental Chemistry Portal (for potential students)

Our research is focused in the field of environmental forensic chemistry which involves the application of chemical concepts to the interpretation, distribution, speciation, and bioavailability of chemicals in the environment (often litigious). We focus on persistent, bioaccumulative, toxic chemicals. We are working at several field sites, mostly throughout the state of Oregon, including the Portland Harbor Superfund Site, and several sites on the Willamette River. We work in several eco-system compartments: dominantly fish, surface waters and sediments. In addition, to classical techniques, we work on development and evaluation of in-situ techniques which mimic organisms, in order to better understand bioavailability. We also look at the effect of episodic events/inputs into an eco-system.

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Current and Past Projects

EDUCATION

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry; 1985- 1989; Washington State University
  • Bachelor of Science in Chemistry; 1983- 1985; Boise State University
  • Bachelor of Science in Geology; 1978- 1981; University of Oregon

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • 2009-         Professor, Oregon State University, Environmental and Molecular Toxicology
  • 2007-         Center Investigator, Environmental Health Sciences Center, OSU
  • 2003-         Adjunct faculty, Dept. of Public Health, Oregon State University
  • 1999-         Director, Food Safety & Environmental Stewardship Program
  • 2004-09      Associate Professor, Oregon State University, Environmental and Molecular Toxicology
  • 1999-04     Assistant Professor, Oregon State University, Environmental and Molecular Toxicology
  • 1993-99     Assistant Professor, University of Idaho, Dept of Food Science and Toxicology
  • 1990 -99    Chief Chemist, University of Idaho, Analytical Sciences Laboratory
  • 1990-93     Inorganic Group Leader, University of Idaho, Analytical Sciences Laboratory
  • 1990          Post-doctoral Research Associate, Washington State University, Research Director: John P. Hunt
  • 1985-89     Graduate Asst. & Teaching Assistant, Washington State University
  • 1984-85     Analytical Chemist, Century Laboratories, Boise, Idaho
  • 1981-83     Well-Site Geologist, Petrograph Inc., Giddings, Texas