Heather Stapleton

Heather M. Stapleton, Ph.D

Phone: (919) 613-8717, Fax: (919) 684-8741, heather.stapleton@duke.edu

PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION:

APPOINTMENTS:

Faculty Member, Integrated Toxicology Program                                      05/06-present

      Duke University, Durham, NC

Assistant Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment                            09/05 - present

Duke University, Durham, NC

National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow                                           09/03 – 08/05

            National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD

PUBLICATIONS

Noyes, P.D., Kelly, S.M., Mitchelmore, C.L., Stapleton, H.M. 2010. Characterizing the In Vitro Biotransformation of the Flame Retardant BDE 99 by Common Carp. Aquatic Toxicology, Accepted.

Kim, G.B., Stapleton, H.M. 2010. PBDEs, Methoxylated PBDEs and HBCDs in Japanese Common Squid (Todarodes pacificus) from Korean Offshore Waters. Marine Pollution Bulletin, Accepted. 

Meeker, J.D., Stapleton, H.M. 2010. House Dust Concentrations of Organophosphate Flame Retardants in Relation to Hormone Levels and Semen Quality Parameters. Environmental Health Perspectives, Accepted. 

Bearr, J.S., Stapleton, H.M., Mitchelmore, C.M. 2010. Accumulation and DNA Damage in Pimephales promelas Exposed to Two Brominated Flame Retardant Mixtures, Firemaster® 550 and Firemaster® BZ-54. Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, Accepted. 

Stapleton, H.M., Klosterhaus, S., Eagle, S., Fuh, J., Meeker, J.D., Blum, A., Webster, T.F. 2009. Detection of Organophosphate Flame Retardants in Furniture Foam and U.S. House Dust. Environmental Science & Technology, 43(19): 7490-7495.

Davis, E., Stapleton, H.M. 2009. Photodegradation Pathways of Nonabrominated Diphenyl Ethers, 2-Ethylhexyltetrabromobenzoate, and Di(2-ethylhexyl)tetrabromophthalate: Identifying Potential Markers of Photodegradation. Environmental Science & Technology, 43:5739-5746.

Brown, E.P., Stapleton, H.M., Kelly, S., Tilton, S.C., Gallagher, E.P. 2009. In Vitro Hepatic Metabolism of 2,2’,4,4’,5-pentabromodiphenyl ether (BDE 99) in Chinook Salmon (Onchorhynchus tshawytscha). Aquatic Toxicology, 92(4): 281-287.

Webster, T.F., Harrad, S., Millette, J.R., Holbrook, R.D., Davis, J. M., Stapleton, H.M., Allen, J.G., McClean, M.D., Ibarra, C., Abdallah, M.A., Covaci, A. 2009. Identifying transfer mechanisms and sources of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE 209) in indoor environments using environmental forensic microscopy. Environmental Science & Technology, 43:3067-3072. 

Stapleton, H.M., Kelly, S.M., Pei, R., Letcher, R.J., Gunsch, C.K. 2009. Metabolism of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) By Human Hepatocytes In Vitro. Environmental Health Perspectives, 117(2):197-202. 

Stapleton, H.M., Allen, J.G., Kelly, S.M., Konstantinov, A., Klosterhaus, S., Watkins, D., McClean, M.D., Webster, T.F.2008. Alternate and New Brominated Flame Retardants Detected in U.S. House Dust. Environmental Science & Technology, 42(18): 6910-6916. 

Allen, J.G., McClean, M.D., Stapleton, H.M., Webster, T.F. 2008. Longitudinal Analysis of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in Household Microenvironments: Characterization of Dust and Relationship to Indoor Air. Environment International. 34(8): 1085-1091.

Allen, J.G., McClean, M.D., Stapleton, H.M., Webster, T.F. 2008.  Linking PBDEs in House Dust to Consumer Products using X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF). Environmental Science & Technology, 42(11): 4222-4228.

Stapleton, H.M., Sjödin, A., Jones, R.S., Niehüser, S., Zhang, Y., Patterson, D.G. 2008. Serum PBDE Levels in Occupationally Exposed Individuals in the United States. Environmental Science & Technology, 42(9): 3453-3458.

Stapleton, H.M., Kelly, S.M., Allen, J.G., McClean, M.D., Webster, T.F. 2008. Measurement of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers on Hand Wipes: Estimating Exposure from Hand to Mouth Contact. Environmental Science & Technology, 42(9): 3329-3334.

Huwe, J.K., Hakk, H., Smith, D.J., Diliberto, J.J., Richardson, V., Stapleton, H.M., Birnbaum, L.S. 2008. Comparative Absorption and Bioavailability of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers Following Ingestion Via Dust and Oil in Male Rats. Environmental Science & Technology,   42(7): 2694-2700. 

Stapleton, H.M., and Dodder, Nathan G. 2008.  Photodegradation of Decabromodiphenyl Ether (BDE 209) in House Dust by Natural Sunlight. Environmental Chemistry & Toxicology, 27(2):306-312. 

Schantz, M.M., Keller, J.M., Leigh, S., Patterson, D.G., Sharpless, K.E., Sjödin, A., Stapleton, H.M., Swarthout, R.,  Turman, W.E., Wise, S.A. 2007. Certification of SRM 1589a PCBs, Pesticides, PBDEs, Dioxins/Furans in Human Serum.  Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry:389(4):1201-1208. 

Benedict, R.T., Stapleton, H.M., Letcher, R.J., Mitchelmore, C.M. 2007. Debromination of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether 99 (BDE 99) in Carp (Cyprinus carpio) Microflora and Microsomes. Chemosphere, 69(6): 987-993.

Allen, J.G., McClean, M.D., Stapleton, H.M., Nelson, J.W., Webster, T.F. 2007. Personal Exposure To Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) In Residential Indoor Air, Environmental Science & Technology, 41(13): 4574-4579. 

Stapleton, H.M., Keller, J.M., Schantz, M.M., Kucklick, J.R., Leigh, S.D., Wise, S.A. 2007. Determination of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in Environmental Standard Reference Materials.  Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 387(7): 2365-2379. 

Ashley, J.T.F., Libero, D., Halscheid, E., Zaoudeh, L., Stapleton, H.M. 2007. Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in American Eels (Anguilla rostrata) from the Delaware River, USA. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 79(1):99-103. 

Stapleton, H.M.  2006. Instrumental Methods and Challenges in Quantifying Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in Environmental Extracts: A Review. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 38(6):807-817.

Stapleton, H.M., Brazil, B., Holbrook, R.D., Benedict, R., Konstantinov, A., Mitchelmore, C. 2006. In Vivo and In Vitro Debromination of Decabromodiphenyl Ether (BDE 209) by Juvenile Rainbow Trout and Common Carp. Environmental Science and Technology, 40(15):4653-4658.

Stapleton, H.M., Dodder, N.G., Kucklick, J., Reddy, C.M., Schantz, M.M., Becker, P.R., Gulland, F., Porter, B.J., Wise, S.A. 2006. Determination of HBCD, PBDEs, and MeO-BDEs in California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus), Stranded Between 1993 and 2003. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 52(5):522-531.

Stapleton, H.M., Harner, T., Shoeib, M., Keller, J.M., Schantz, M.M., Leigh, S.D., Wise, S.A. 2005. Determination of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Indoor Dust Standard Reference Materials. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 384(3): 791-800.

Stapleton, H.M., Dodder, N.G., Offenberg, J.H., Schantz, M.M., and S.A. Wise. 2005. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in house dust and clothes dryer lint. Environ. Sci. Technol., 39(4): 925-931.

Tuerk, K.J.S., J.R. Kucklick, P.R. Becker, H.M. Stapleton, and J.E. Baker. 2005. Persistent organic pollutants in two dolphin species with focus on toxaphene and polybrominated diphenyl ethers.  Environ. Sci. Technol., 39(3): 692-698.

Stapleton, H.M., M. Alaee, R.J. Letcher and J. E. Baker 2004. Debromination of the flame retardant decabromodiphenyl ether by juvenile carp (Cyprinus carpio) following dietary exposure. Environ. Sci. Technol., 38(1): 112-119.

Stapleton, H.M, R.J. Letcher, and J.E. Baker. 2004. Dietary accumulation and metabolism of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) by juvenile carp (Cyprinus carpio). Environ. Contam. Toxicol., 23(8): 1939-1946.

Stapleton, H.M., R.J. Letcher and J. E. Baker. 2004.  Intestinal debromination of polybrominated diphenyl ether congeners BDE 99 and BDE 183 by the common carp (Cyprinus carpio), Environ. Sci. Technol., 38(4): 1054-1061.

Stapleton, H.M. and J.E. Baker. 2002.  Comparing polybrominated diphenyl ether and polychlorinated biphenyl accumulation in a Lake Michigan food web.  Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol., 45: 227-234.

Ashley, J., A. Moore, H.M. Stapleton, D. Velinsky, and M. Wilhelm. 2002. Sedimentary nonylphenol contamination in an urbanized/industrialized segment of the Delaware River estuary, USA.   Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol., 70: 978-984.

Hale, R.C., M. Alaee, J.B. Manchester-Neesvig, H.M. Stapleton, and M.G. Ikonomou. 2002. Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants in the North American environment. Environment International, 29: 771-779.

Stapleton, H.M.,  C. Masterson, J. Skubinna, P. Ostrom, N.E.Ostrom,  and J.E. Baker. 2001. Accumulation of atmospheric and sedimentary PCBs and toxaphene in a Lake Michigan food web.  Environ. Sci. Technol., 35(16): 3287-3293.

Stapleton, H.M, J. Skubinna, and J.E.Baker. 2001.  Seasonal dynamics of PCB and toxaphene bioaccumulation within a Lake Michigan food web.   J. Great Lakes. Res., 28(1): 52-64.

Stapleton, H.M, R.J.Letcher, and J.E.Baker. 2001.  Metabolism of highly chlorinated PCBs by a Lake Michigan fish.  Environ. Sci. Technol., 35(24): 4747-4752.

Schneider, A.R., H.M. Stapleton, J. Cornwell and J.E. Baker. 2001.  Recent declines in PAH, PCB, and Toxaphene levels in the Northern Great Lakes as determined from high resolution sediment cores.  Environ. Sci. Technol., 35(19): 3809-3815.

REPORTS AND BOOK CHAPTERS:

Stapleton, H.M.  2005. Degradation of Decabromodiphenyl Ether (BDE 209) in House Dust Following Sunlight Exposure. Report Prepared for the Environment Agency, Chemical Assessment Section, United Kingdom.  

INVITED SEMINARS AND GUEST SPEAKERS

“Fate and Transport of Brominated Flame Retardant Chemicals in the Environment: Implications for Human Exposure”. Invited Seminar, Chemistry Department, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, February 4, 2009. 

“Human Exposure to Brominated Flame Retardants: Sources, Pathways and Consequences”. Invited Seminar in the department of Human and Occupational Health, University of Washington, Seattle. September 28, 2008. 

“Debromination of the Flame Retardant Decabromodiphenyl Ether: Is it Environmentally Relevant”, Plenary Speaker, International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants (Dioxin 2008), Birmingham, United Kingdom, August 2008. 

“The Environmental Fate and Biotransformation of Brominated Flame Retardants” Invited Seminar in the Environmental and Molecular Toxicology Department at NC State, Raleigh, NC. December 2007.

“The Flame Retardant Decabromodiphenyl Ether: The Extent and Significance of Debromination”. Presented at the Natural Environmental Resource Council Annual POPs Network Meeting. University of Birmingham, U.K. July 11, 2007.

“The Flame Retardant Decabromodiphenyl Ether: New Insights on Exposure, Toxicology and Environmental Fate”. Presented at the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators Semi-annual Meeting. November 2006. 

“Bioaccumulation Potential of Natural and Anthropogenic Brominated Compounds in Aquatic Food Webs: Friends or Foe?” Presented at the Gordon Research Conference on Biogeochemistry, August 2006.  

“The Environmental Fate, Transport and Transformation of Brominated Flame Retardants” (October 4, 2006) Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio. 

 “Biotransformation of the Flame Retardant Chemicals PBDEs: Debromination in Fish and Humans” (Jan. 25^th, 2006). Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 

“Determination of Anthropogenic and Naturally Produced Brominated Compounds in California Sea Lions Stranded Between 1993 and 2003” (Nov. 2005). 2005 International Environmental Specimen Banking Symposium, Charleston, SC.

“PBDE Exposure and Accumulation in Fish: The Impact of Biotransformation” (Sept. 2005) 2005 National Forum on Contaminants in Fish, sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency.

“DecaBDE: Human Exposure and Debromination Potential in the Environment” (July 2005) Technical Briefing to the Illinois State Environmental Protection Agency regarding regulation of DecaBDE. 

“Monitoring Brominated Flame Retardants in the Environment” (May 2005) NOAA sponsored workshop to Identify Emerging Contaminants of Concern and their Implications for the Estuarine/Marine Environment and Human Health. Charleston, SC

“The Environmental Fate and Biotransformation of Brominated Flame Retardants in Fish” (March 2005),  St. Mary’s College of Maryland.

“Brominated Flame Retardants: Environmental Fate and Analtyical Uncertainties” (February 2005), Washington D.C. Chromatography Discussion Group, Rockville, MD.

Bioaccumulation of brominated flame retardants in aquatic food webs. (October 2002). Emerging Contaminants Workshop sponsored by the E.P.A.’s Toxic Subcommittee and the Chesapeake Bay Program, Solomons, MD.

Using stable isotopes to tracers of organic contaminant dynamics in the Great Lakes. Presented at the Horn Point Environmental Laboratory in Cambridge, Maryland. (November 2001).      

MEETING PRESENTATIONS

Stapleton, H.M., Jeremiason, J.D., and Baker, J.E.  (1998)  PCB accumulation in the food web of Grand Traverse Bay, Lake Michigan: Investigating current sources.  Presented at the 41st Annual IAGLR Conference in Hamilton, Ontario. 

Stapleton, H.M., Jeremiason, J.D., and Baker, J.E.  (1998)  Organochlorine accumulations within the food web of Grand Traverse Bay, Lake Michigan: Investigating current sources."  Presented at the SETAC 19th Annual Meeting in Charlotte, N.C.

Stapleton, H.M., Cohen, A.R., Cornwell, J., Jeremiason, J.D., and Baker, J.E.  (1999) Loadings of PAHs, PCBs, and Toxaphene in Sediment Cores Collected from Grand Traverse Bay, Lake Michigan.  Presented at the 42^nd Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research in Cleveland, Ohio. 

Stapleton, H.M., Jeremiason, J.D., Ostrom, N.E., and Baker, J.E.  (1999)  "Organochlorine burdens in the food web of Grand Traverse Bay, Lake Michigan."  Presented at the 42nd Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research in Cleveland, Ohio. 

Stapleton, H.M., and J.E. Baker. (2000) Evidence supporting PCB metabolism within deepwater sculpin in Grand Traverse Bay, Lake Michigan. Presented at the 21^st annual SETAC meeting in Nashville, TN.

Stapleton, H.M, R.J. Letcher, and J.E. Baker. (2001) Formation and bioaccumulation of methylsulfonyl PCBs in Lake Michigan Fish. Presented at the 44^th annual International Association of Great Lakes Research in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Stapleton, H.M., C. Masterson, J. Skubinna and J.E. Baker. (2000). Using stable isotopes to measure pelagic-benthic coupling of HOCs in Lake Michigan.  Presented at the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography’s summer meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark. 

Stapleton, H.M., P. Ostrom, C. Masterson, J. Skubinna and J. E. Baker. (2000).  Accumulation fo atmospheric and sedimentary PCBs and Toxaphene in a Great Lakes food web.  Presented at the 20^th International Symposium on Halogenated Environmental Organic Pollutants and POPS in Monterey, California.

Stapleton, H.M. and J.E. Baker. (2001) Comparing the temporal trends, partitioning and biomagnification of PBDEs and PCBs in Lake Michigan.  Presented at the 3^rd annual Brominated Flame Retardant Conference in Burlington, Ontario.

Stapleton, H.M. and J.E. Baker. (2001).  Accumulation of Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in a Lake Michigan food web.  Presented at the 22^nd annual SETAC meeting in Baltimore, MD.

Stapleton, H.M., R.J. Letcher and J.E. Baker. (2002).  Uptake, metabolism and depuration of PBDE congeneres by the common carp (Cyprinus carpio).  Presented at the 4^th annual Brominated Flame Retardant conference in Burlington, Ontario.           

Stapleton, H.M., R.J. Letcher and J.E. Baker, (2002). Uptake, metabolism and depuration of PBDE congeners by the common carp (Cyprinus carpio). Presented at the 22^nd International Symposium on Halogenated Environmental Organic Pollutants and POPs in Barcelona, Spain.

Stapleton, H.M., R. J. Letcher and J.E. Baker. (2002). Uptake, metabolism and depuration of PBDE congeners by the common carp (Cyprinus carpio).  Presented at the 23^rd annual SETAC meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah. 

Moore, A., J. Ashley,  H.M. Stapleton, and D. Velinsky. (2002). Assessing nonylphenol contamination in sediment from the Schuykill and Delaware River. Presented 23^rd annual SETAC meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah. 

Tuerk, K.J.S., J. Kucklick, H.M. Stapleton and J.E. Baker. (2002). Toxaphene and PBDEs in Atlantic white-sided dolphins and rough-toothed dolphins. Presented at the 23^rd annual SETAC meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah. 

Klosterhaus, S., H.M. Stapleton and J.E. Baker. (2002) PCB, PBDE and organochlorine concentrations in marine invertebrates and juvenile fish from the Antarctic peninsula.  Presented at the 23^rd annual SETAC meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah. 

Stapleton, H.M., R.J.Letcher and J.E. Baker. (2003) Debromination of the flame retardant decabromodiphenyl ether by juvenile carp (Cyprinus carpio). Presented at the 23^rd International Symposium on Halogenated Environmental Organic Pollutants and POPs in Boston, MA.  

Stapleton, H.M, and J.E. Baker (2003) Debromination of polybrominated diphenyl ether congeners by the common carp. Presented at the 24^th annual SETAC meeting in Austin, Texas.

Stapleton, H.M., N.G. Dodder, M.M. Schantz and S.A. Wise (2004) Measurement of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in Household Dust.  Presented at the 3^rd International Workshop on Brominated Flame Retardants in Toronto, Canada.

Stapleton, H.M., N.G. Dodder, J.H. Offenberg, M.M. Schantz and S.A. Wise (2004) Polybrominated diphenyl ethers and HBCD in House Dust. Presented at the 24^th International Symposium on Halogenated Environmental Organic Pollutants and POPs in Berlin, Germany. 

Stapleton, H.M., J. Kucklick, N.G. Dodder, B. Porter, F. Guland, M.M. Schantz and S.A. Wise. (2004) Temporal trends in HBCD, PBDEs and Methoxylated PBDEs in California Sea Lion Blubber. Presented at the 25^th annual SETAC meeting in Portland, Oregon. 

Stapleton, H.M., J. M. Keller, J.R. Kucklick, M.M. Schantz and S.A. Wise (2004) Measurement of PBDEs in Environmental Matrix Standard Reference Materials. Presented at the 25^th annual SETAC meeting in Portland, Oregon. 

Stapleton, H.M., J.M. Keller, J.R. Kucklick and M.M. Schantz. (2005) Indoor Dust and Fish Tissue Standard Reference Materials Certified for PBDEs. Presented at the 25^th International Symposium on Halogenated Environmental Organic Pollutants and POPs in Toronto, Canada. 

Stapleton, H.M, B. Brazil, S. Anderson, R. Benedict, C. Mitchelmore and D.R. Holbrook. (2005) In Vivo and In Vitro Debromination of Decabromodiphenyl Ether (BDE 209) in Juvenile Rainbow Trout.  Presented at the 25^th International Symposium on Halogenated Environmental Organic Pollutants and POPs in Toronto, Canada. 

Stapleton, H.M.; B.Brazil, R. Benedict, C. Mitchelmore and D.R. Holbrook. (2005) Uptake and Debromination of Decabromodiphenyl Ether in Juvenile Rainbow Trout: Assimilation and Biotransformation. Presented at the 26^th Annual SETAC meeting in Baltimore, Maryland. 

Stapleton, H.M.; N.G. Dodder. (2006) Photodegradation of Decabromodiphenyl Ether (BDE 209) in Natural and Amended House Dust.  Presented at the 8^th annual Brominated Flame Retardants Workshop in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 

Stapleton, H.M. (2006) Bioaccumulation Potential of Natural and Anthropogenic Brominated Compounds in Aquatic Food Webs: Friend or Foe?. Presented at the Gordon Research Conference on Organic Geochemistry.

Stapleton, H.M.; N.G. Dodder. (2006) Photodegradation of Decabromodiphenyl Ether (BDE 209) in Natural and Amended House Dust.  Presented at the 26^th International Symposium on Halogenated Environmental Organic Pollutants and POPs in Oslo, Norway.

Stapleton, H.M., S. Kelly, C. Mitchelmore. (2007) Biotransformation of PBDEs in Fish and Human Liver Microsomes. Presented at the 4^th International Workshop on Brominated Flame Retardants, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 

Stapleton, H.M., S. Kelly, C. Mitchelmore (2007). In Vitro Debromination of PBDEs in Carp Liver. Presented at the annual Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) meeting, Milwaukee, WI. 

Stapleton, H.M., S. Kelly, J.G. Allen, M. McClean, T.F.Webster (2007). Indoor Exposure and Fate of a New Class of POPs: PBDEs. Presented at the annual Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) meeting, Wilwaukee, WI. 

Stapleton, H.M., J.G. Allen, S. Kelly, A. Konstantinov, S. Klosterhaus, D. Watkins, M. McClean, T. F. Webster. (2008). Alternate and New Brominated Flame Retardants Detected in U.S. House Dust, Presented at the 28^th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants (Dioxin), Birmingham, United Kingdom.

ACTIVE MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Chemical Society

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

Recipient of a 2008 NIEHS “Outstanding New Environmental Scientist” (ONES) award ($2.2 million for 5 years)

First Runner-Up for the Top Environmental Science Paper Award of 2005:  Environmental Science and Technology. 

National Research Council (NRC) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (Sept. 2003 – Aug. 2005) 

Otto Hutzinger Award for the best student presentation at the 2003 International Symposium on Halogenated Organic Compounds in the Environment (Dioxin).

Awarded a 3 year fellowship from the E.P.A.’s Science To Achieve Results (STAR) program. (September 1999). Fellowship number U-915564-01-0

Awarded a student research grant from the Chesapeake-Potomac Regional Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. (October 2001). 

Awarded a 2 year academic fellowship to study at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory. (September 1997).      

Synergistic activities:

2007, 2008: FEMMES (Females Excelling More in Math, Engineering and Science).  Co-sponsored a project called “Build Your Own Aquifer: Lessons on Water Pollution”.

2008: Assisted in “Durham School Days”, an educational opportunity for local Durham 8^th grade students to motivate them to pursue college (10/23/08). Sponsored a project on “Environmental Pollution and Engineering Careers”. 

Organized the 7^th annual North American Workshop on Brominated Flame Retardants, held June 13-15, 2005 at NIST in Gaithersburg, MD (165 participants)

Secretary for the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Chesapeake-Potomac-Regional Chapter (2003-2005).

Proposal Reviewer:  NOAA, NSF, Environment Canada

Journal Reviewer: Environmental Science & Technology, Chemosphere, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Environment International, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

CLASSES TAUGHT:

   ENV 160                  Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry

   ENV/CE  240           Fate of Organic Chemicals in the Environment

   ENV/CE  298           Instrumental Methods for Environmental Pollutants