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Education:
- Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Mathematics; 1991-1995; Washington State University
- Master of Science in Mathematics; 1990-1991; Washington State University
- Bachelor of Science in Physics; 1988
- Bachelor of Science in Geology; 1982
Experience:- Faculty Research Associate, 1999-present, Oregon State University, Environmental & Molecular Toxicology Department
- Instructor, 1999-2010, Oregon State University; Mathematics Department .. Courses taught include MTH 105, 111,112, 231, 232, 245, 251, 252, 253, 254 ,306, 351 Instructor, 1999-2005, Oregon State University, Statistics Department. Taught Introductory and intermediate statistics courses.
- Industry Consultant, 1996-2005: Provided consultation services in the areas of statistical analysis, optimization, regression, numerical analysis, and multivariate statistical methods including neural networks.
- Instructor, 1995-1999, Washington State University; Department of Mathematics: Taught upper division and lower division mathematics and statistics courses, upper division courses included: Statistics, Applied Probability, Linear Programming, Differential Equations, and Linear Algebra Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant, 1990-1995, Washington State University; Department of Mathematics.
Journal Article(s)
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2022. Wildfire Impact on Indoor and Outdoor PAH Air Quality.. Environ Sci Technol.
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2019. Discovery of common chemical exposures across three continents using silicone wristbands.. R Soc Open Sci. 6(2):181836.
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2018. Environmental and individual PAH exposures near rural natural gas extraction.. Environ Pollut. 241:397-405.
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2016. Emissions of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Natural Gas Extraction into Air.. Environ Sci Technol. 50(14):7921-9.
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2016. PAH and OPAH Flux during the Deepwater Horizon Incident.. Environ Sci Technol. 50(14):7489-97.
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2016. Transport stability of pesticides and PAHs sequestered in polyethylene passive sampling devices.. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int.
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2016. Passive samplers accurately predict PAH levels in resident crayfish.. Sci Total Environ. 544:782-791.
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2015. Impact of natural gas extraction on PAH levels in ambient air.. Environ Sci Technol. 49(8):5203-5210.
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2015. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) and Oxygenated PAH (OPAH) Air-Water Exchange during the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.. Environ Sci Technol. 49(1):141-9.
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2014. Predicting polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations in resident aquatic organisms using passive samplers and partial least-squares calibration.. Environ Sci Technol. 48(11):6291-9.
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2012. Impact of the deepwater horizon oil spill on bioavailable polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Gulf of Mexico coastal waters.. Environ Sci Technol. 46(4):2033-9.
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2012. Bridging environmental mixtures and toxic effects.. Environ Toxicol Chem. 31(12):2877-87.
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1998. Fingerprinting the Potato. Science. 281
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2002. Chemical Profiling to Differentiating Geographic Growing Origin of Coffee. J Agric Food Chem. 50(7):2068-75.
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2005. Chemical Profiling to Differentiate Geographic Origin of Pistachios. J Agric Food Chem. 53(2):410-8.
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2006. Seasonal and Variety Effects on Stable Isotope Profiling to Determine Geographic Growing Origin of Pistachios. J Agric Food Chem. 54(5):1747-52.
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2006. Stable isotope and trace element profiling combined with classification models to differentiate geographic growing origin for three fruits: effects of subregion and variety.. J Agric Food Chem. 54(13):4506-16.
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2010. Chemical profiling with modeling differentiates wild and farm-raised salmon.. J Agric Food Chem. 58(22):11768-74.
Magazine Article(s)
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1998. Detecting the Geographic Origins of Food. Inside Laboratory Management, AOAC International.
Newspaper Article(s)
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2002. Chemist brews up test to foil coffee rip-offs. The Toronto Star.
Platform/Presentation(s)
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2024. Wildfire Smoke Characterized for 1500 Potential Chemicals. The 18th International Congress on Combustion By-Products and Their Health Effects, Durham, North Carolina.
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2021. Wildfire impact on indoor/outdoor air quality and chemical movement of PAHs. Puget Sound Toxics Workshop, Virtual.
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2021. Wildfire Impacts on Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality. SETAC North America 42nd Annual Meeting Portland, OR.
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2020. Wildfire impact on indoor/outdoor air quality and chemical movement of PAHs. Cascadia Wildfire and Urban Smoke Working Group Webinar, Virtual.
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2020. Wildfire impact on indoor/outdoor air quality and chemical movement of PAHs. SETAC North America 41st Annual Meeting, Virtual.
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2018. Discovery of common chemical exposures across three continents using silicone wristbands. FSES External Advisory Committee Meeting, Yachats, OR.
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2017. Comparing chemical exposures across diverse communities using silicone wristbands. 27th International Society of Exposure Science Annual Meeting. Research Triangle Park, North Carolina..
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2015. Predicting PAH Contamination in Resident Shellfish. Oregon State University Superfund Research Program’s Environmental Health Science Trainee Colloquium. Corvallis, OR.
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2015. Passive water sampling predicts PAH contamination in signal crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus. SETAC North America 36th Annual Meeting. Salt Lake City, Utah.
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2014. Component-based analysis of OPAH interaction effects in zebrafish. SETAC North America 35th Annual Meeting.
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2012. Bridging Environmental Mixtures and Toxic Effects. SETAC North America 33rd Annual Meeting.
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1998. The Use of Pattern Recognition methods and Neural Networks in Classification Problems. PITTCON®‘98 Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, New Orleans, LA, Invited Symposium speaker.
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1998. The Use of Trace Metals in Defining Geographic Origin of Potatoes. PITTCON®‘98 Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, New Orleans, LA, Invited Symposium speaker.
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2002. Chemical Bioavailability in Eco-systesm: Case Study of Contaminants In Portland Harbor. PNW SETAC Regional Mtg, Portland, OR.
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2010. Can consumers trust salmon production method labels through the use of chemical profiling? platform presentation, ACS Spring Conference.
Poster(s)
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2024. Wildfire Smoke Characterized for 1500 Potential Chemicals. OSU NIEHS All Centers Meeting.
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2024. Wildfire Impact on Parent and Alkylated PAH Soil-Air Exchange. OSU NIEHS All Centers Meeting.
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2024. Wildfire Smoke Characterized for 1500 Potential Chemicals. PNW SETAC 33rd Annual Conference, Troutdale, OR.
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2024. Wildfire Impact on Parent and Alkylated PAH Soil-Air Exchange. The 18th International Congress on Combustion By-Products and Their Health Effects, Durham, North Carolina.
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2023. Movement of PAHs and Alkylated PAHs Between Air and Soil Pre-Wildfire, Wildfire, and Post-Wildfire. OSU EMT Research Day Symposium Corvallis, OR.
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2022. Movement of PAHs and Alkylated PAHs Between Air and Soil Before, During, and After Wildfires. SETAC North America 43rd Annual Meeting Pittsburgh, PA.
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2023. Movement of Parent PAHs and Alkylated PAHs Between Air and Soil Before, During, and After a Wildfire. PNW SETAC 32nd Annual Conference Troutdale, OR.
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2023. Investigating Wildfire Smoke Composition and the Movement of Parent and Alkylated PAHs Between Air and Soil Before, During, and After a Wildfire to Understand Potential Human Exposure. SETAC North America 44th Annual Meeting Louisville, KY.
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2019. Discovery of common chemical exposures across three continents using silicone wristbands. EMT Research Day, Corvallis, OR.
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2018. Comparing Chemical Exposures Across Diverse Communities Using Silicone Wristbands. Total Exposure Health Conference, Bethesda, MD.
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2018. Comparing chemical exposures across diverse communities using silicone wristbands. Gordon Research Conference on Environmental Sciences: Water, Holderness, NH.
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2017. Comparing chemical exposures across diverse communities using silicone wristbands. 27th International Society of Exposure Science Annual Meeting. Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
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2015. What’s in the air? Using passive sampling to study fracking EMT Research Day 2015.
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2015. Impact of natural gas extraction on PAH levels in ambient air. SETAC Europe 25th Annual Meeting, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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2014. What's in the air? Using passive sampling to study fracking Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America 34th Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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2012. Legacy pollutant levels in crayfish compared to passive sampling devices: Determination of correlations and development of bioaccumulation models. SETAC North American 33rd Annual National Conference.
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1994. Metric and Model-Based SRI Updates. 15th International Symposium on Mathematical Programming, Ann Arbor, MI.
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1997. Defining Geographic Origin of Potatoes with Trace Metal Analysis Using Neural Networks. 111th AOAC INTERNATIONAL (Association of Official Analytical Chemists) Annual Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, CA.
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1998. The Use of Trace Metals in Defining Geographic Origin of Commodities. 53rd Northwest Regional, American Chemical Society Mtg, Richland, WA.
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1998. The Use of Trace Metals in Defining Geographic Origin of Commodities-Apples. American Chemical Society National Mtg, Boston, MA.
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1999. Defining Geographic Origin of Foods-apples. PITTCON®‘99 Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, Orlando, FL.
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1999. Defining the Geographic Origin of Coffee. 54th Northwest Regional, American Chemical Society Mtg, Portland, OR.
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2001. Human Health Risks Associated from PCBs in Fish from the Willamette River & Portland Harbor. AOAC International Meeting., Tacoma, WA.
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2001. Human Health Risks Associated from PCBs in Fish from the Willamette River & Portland Harbor. Annual SETAC mtg, Baltimore, MD.
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2002. Human Health Risks Associated with Organochlorine Pesticides and PCBs in Fish from the Willamette River & Portland Harbor. PITTCON®‘01 Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, New Orleans, LA.
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2002. Bioaccumulation profiles of chemical contaminants from the Willamette River Portland Harbor Superfund Site and Human Health Risks Assessment. PNW SETAC Regional Mtg, Portland, OR.
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2006. Stable isotope and trace element profiling combined with classification models to differentiate geographic growing origin for three fruits: effects of sub-region and variety. American Chemical Society National 232nd annual Mtg, San Francisco, CA.
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2007. Protecting the Nation’s Food Supply: Use of chemical profiling to determine origin of food commodities. SETAC North America 28th Annual Conference, Milwaukee, WI.
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2007. Protecting the Nation’s Food Supply, Use of chemical profiling to determine the origin of food commodities. SETAC North America 28th Annual Conference, Milwaukee, WI.
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2008. Use of chemical profiling to determine farm raised versus wild caught salmon. SETAC North America 29th Annual Conference, Tampa, FL.
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2009. Site-specific toxic effects in zebrafish embryos exposed to passive sampling device extracts linked to differences in environmental contaminant mixtures. SETAC North America 30th Annual Conference.
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2009. Site specific toxic effects in zebrafish embryos to passive sampling device extracts linked to differences in environmental contaminant mixtures. Superfund Research Program Annual Meeting.
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2011. Assessment and Source Modeling of Bioavailable Contaminants in Gulf of Mexico Coastal Waters Before, During and After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. SETAC North America 32nd Annual Conference.
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2011. Pre- and post- shoreline oiling assessment of bioavailable PAH compounds in coastal waters of the Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. SETAC – Gulf Oil Spill Focused Topic Meeting.
Technical Report(s)
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1998. New Test Weeds Out Real Idaho Potatoes. To Sell the Truth.

