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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)
Wildfire Impact on Indoor and Outdoor PAH Air Quality.. Environ Sci Technol. .
2022.
Discovery of common chemical exposures across three continents using silicone wristbands.. R Soc Open Sci. 6(2):181836. .
2019.
Environmental and individual PAH exposures near rural natural gas extraction.. Environ Pollut. 241:397-405. .
2018.
Emissions of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Natural Gas Extraction into Air.. Environ Sci Technol. 50(14):7921-9. .
2016.
PAH and OPAH Flux during the Deepwater Horizon Incident.. Environ Sci Technol. 50(14):7489-97. .
2016.
Transport stability of pesticides and PAHs sequestered in polyethylene passive sampling devices.. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. .
2016.
Passive samplers accurately predict PAH levels in resident crayfish.. Sci Total Environ. 544:782-791. .
2016.
Impact of natural gas extraction on PAH levels in ambient air.. Environ Sci Technol. 49(8):5203-5210. .
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. .
2015.
Predicting polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations in resident aquatic organisms using passive samplers and partial least-squares calibration.. Environ Sci Technol. 48(11):6291-9. .
2014.
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. .
2012.
Bridging environmental mixtures and toxic effects.. Environ Toxicol Chem. 31(12):2877-87. .
2012.
Fingerprinting the Potato. Science. 281 .
1998.
Chemical Profiling to Differentiating Geographic Growing Origin of Coffee. J Agric Food Chem. 50(7):2068-75. .
2002.
Chemical Profiling to Differentiate Geographic Origin of Pistachios. J Agric Food Chem. 53(2):410-8. .
2005.
Seasonal and Variety Effects on Stable Isotope Profiling to Determine Geographic Growing Origin of Pistachios. J Agric Food Chem. 54(5):1747-52. .
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. .
2006.
Chemical profiling with modeling differentiates wild and farm-raised salmon.. J Agric Food Chem. 58(22):11768-74. .
2010.
Magazine Article(s)
Detecting the Geographic Origins of Food. Inside Laboratory Management, AOAC International. .
1998.
Newspaper Article(s)
Chemist brews up test to foil coffee rip-offs. The Toronto Star. .
2002.
Platform/Presentation(s)
Wildfire Smoke Characterized for 1500 Potential Chemicals. The 18th International Congress on Combustion By-Products and Their Health Effects, Durham, North Carolina. .
2024.
Wildfire impact on indoor/outdoor air quality and chemical movement of PAHs. Puget Sound Toxics Workshop, Virtual. .
2021.
Wildfire Impacts on Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality. SETAC North America 42nd Annual Meeting Portland, OR. .
2021.
Wildfire impact on indoor/outdoor air quality and chemical movement of PAHs. Cascadia Wildfire and Urban Smoke Working Group Webinar, Virtual. .
2020.
Wildfire impact on indoor/outdoor air quality and chemical movement of PAHs. SETAC North America 41st Annual Meeting, Virtual. .
2020.
Discovery of common chemical exposures across three continents using silicone wristbands. FSES External Advisory Committee Meeting, Yachats, OR. .
2018.
Comparing chemical exposures across diverse communities using silicone wristbands. 27th International Society of Exposure Science Annual Meeting. Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.. .
2017.
Predicting PAH Contamination in Resident Shellfish. Oregon State University Superfund Research Program’s Environmental Health Science Trainee Colloquium. Corvallis, OR. .
2015.
Passive water sampling predicts PAH contamination in signal crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus. SETAC North America 36th Annual Meeting. Salt Lake City, Utah. .
2015.
Component-based analysis of OPAH interaction effects in zebrafish. SETAC North America 35th Annual Meeting. .
2014.
Bridging Environmental Mixtures and Toxic Effects. SETAC North America 33rd Annual Meeting. .
2012.
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. .
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. .
1998.
Chemical Bioavailability in Eco-systesm: Case Study of Contaminants In Portland Harbor. PNW SETAC Regional Mtg, Portland, OR. .
2002.
Can consumers trust salmon production method labels through the use of chemical profiling? platform presentation, ACS Spring Conference. .
2010.
Poster(s)
Wildfire Smoke Characterized for 1500 Potential Chemicals. OSU NIEHS All Centers Meeting. .
2024.
Wildfire Impact on Parent and Alkylated PAH Soil-Air Exchange. OSU NIEHS All Centers Meeting. .
2024.
Wildfire Smoke Characterized for 1500 Potential Chemicals. PNW SETAC 33rd Annual Conference, Troutdale, OR. .
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. .
2024.
Movement of PAHs and Alkylated PAHs Between Air and Soil Pre-Wildfire, Wildfire, and Post-Wildfire. OSU EMT Research Day Symposium Corvallis, OR. .
2023.
Movement of PAHs and Alkylated PAHs Between Air and Soil Before, During, and After Wildfires. SETAC North America 43rd Annual Meeting Pittsburgh, PA. .
2022.
Movement of Parent PAHs and Alkylated PAHs Between Air and Soil Before, During, and After a Wildfire. PNW SETAC 32nd Annual Conference Troutdale, OR. .
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. .
2023.
Discovery of common chemical exposures across three continents using silicone wristbands. EMT Research Day, Corvallis, OR. .
2019.
Comparing Chemical Exposures Across Diverse Communities Using Silicone Wristbands. Total Exposure Health Conference, Bethesda, MD. .
2018.
Comparing chemical exposures across diverse communities using silicone wristbands. Gordon Research Conference on Environmental Sciences: Water, Holderness, NH. .
2018.
Comparing chemical exposures across diverse communities using silicone wristbands. 27th International Society of Exposure Science Annual Meeting. Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. .
2017.
What’s in the air? Using passive sampling to study fracking EMT Research Day 2015. .
2015.
Impact of natural gas extraction on PAH levels in ambient air. SETAC Europe 25th Annual Meeting, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. .
2015.
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. .
2014.
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. .
2012.
Metric and Model-Based SRI Updates. 15th International Symposium on Mathematical Programming, Ann Arbor, MI. .
1994.
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. .
1997.
The Use of Trace Metals in Defining Geographic Origin of Commodities. 53rd Northwest Regional, American Chemical Society Mtg, Richland, WA. .
1998.
The Use of Trace Metals in Defining Geographic Origin of Commodities-Apples. American Chemical Society National Mtg, Boston, MA. .
1998.
Defining Geographic Origin of Foods-apples. PITTCON®‘99 Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, Orlando, FL. .
1999.
Defining the Geographic Origin of Coffee. 54th Northwest Regional, American Chemical Society Mtg, Portland, OR. .
1999.
Human Health Risks Associated from PCBs in Fish from the Willamette River & Portland Harbor. AOAC International Meeting., Tacoma, WA. .
2001.
Human Health Risks Associated from PCBs in Fish from the Willamette River & Portland Harbor. Annual SETAC mtg, Baltimore, MD. .
2001.
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. .
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. .
2002.
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. .
2006.
Protecting the Nation’s Food Supply: Use of chemical profiling to determine origin of food commodities. SETAC North America 28th Annual Conference, Milwaukee, WI. .
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. .
2007.
Use of chemical profiling to determine farm raised versus wild caught salmon. SETAC North America 29th Annual Conference, Tampa, FL. .
2008.
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. .
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. .
2009.
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. .
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. .
2011.
Technical Report(s)
New Test Weeds Out Real Idaho Potatoes. To Sell the Truth. .
1998.