Deborah Bennett, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine; CHE, John Muir Institute of the Environment
Fate, transport, and exposure to chemicals in a multimedia environment within the context of environmental exposure and risk assessment. Volatile organic compounds and pesticides are emphasized.
Jiangang Chen, Ph.D., Assistant Project Scientist, CHE, John Muir Institute of the Environment
The study of environmental hazards to women’s health, including female reproductive toxicology and physiology.
Dong-Fang Deng, Ph.D., Assistant Project Scientist, CHE, John Muir Institute of the Environment
Fish nutrition and toxicology; Study of different feeding strategies, dietary nutrients and environmental factors on fish growth and their tolerance to contaminant stressors using different biomarkers (growth, physiological, biochemical and molecular responses).
Teresa Fan, Ph.D., Associate Research Biochemist, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences; CHE, John Muir Institute of the Environment
Stress metabolism and contaminant biotransformation by plants and aquatic invertebrates in response to salinity, anaerobiosis, and anthropogenic pollution; roles of plant metabolism in biogeochemical cycling, in situ bioremediation, and ecotoxicology.
Ellen Gold, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, CHE, John Muir Institute of the Environment
Lifestyle and Ovarian Function in Midlife Women , Neurotoxicity of Organophosphates in Children of Migrant Farmworkers, Smoking Effects on Maternal Folate and Reproductive Outcomes, Smoking and Adverse Reproductive Health in Women, Epidemiology of Brain Tumors in Children
Andrew Hendrickx, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Human Anatomy, School of Medicine, Research Professor, CHE, John Muir Institute of the Environment
Reproduction and pregnancy as well as the effects of drugs and environmental chemicals on these events in the nonhuman primate. Formation and migration of multipotential neural crest cell which make a major contribution to craniofacial development. Developmental toxicity of retinoids, including the pathogenesis of craniofacial defects induced by these agents as well as safety evaluation of new retinoid compounds being developed for therapeutic purposes.
Bill Lasley, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine; and Associate Director, CHE, John Muir Institute of the Environment
Ovarian function, early pregnancy and comparative reproductive endocrinology, wildlife reproduction, comparative reproductive endocrinology, toxicology, epidemiology, reproduction of non-domestic species, endocrine aspect of female fertility and early pregnancy
Fumio Matsumura, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Environmental Toxicology, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, CHE, John Muir Institute of the Environment
Biochemical mechanisms of action of halogenated organic chemicals and their toxic expression in various biological systems
Marion Miller, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Environmental Toxicology, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Analysis of pesticide residues in the environment. IR-4 program works with farmers, agriculture scientists and extension personnel to carry out research and petition the EPA in order to obtain tolerances for specific pesticide uses needed by minor crop producers.
James Overstreet, M.D., Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine; Research Professor, CHE, John Muir Institute of the Environment
Sperm biology and sperm transport in the female reproductive tract, acceptable contraceptive measures for men, reproductive health of wildlife
Kent Pinkerton, Ph.D., Professor (In-Residence), Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, and Director, CHE, John Muir Institute of the Environment
Effects of environmental gases and particulates on lung structure and function. Cell-to-cell interactions in acute and chronic lung injury. Mechanisms of synergism between combined environmental pollutants. The effects of exogenous surfactant treatment and environmental tobacco smoke on lung growth and development.
Otto Raabe, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering; Research Professor, CHE, John Muir Institute of the Environment
Radiation Biology and Biophysics, Internal Radiation Dosimetry, Radiation Carcinogenesis, Heritable Effects of Ionizing Radiation, Dose-response Relationships, Risk Assessment, Health Physics, Environmental Health, Environmental Radioactivity, Airborne Radioactivity and Radioactive Particles, Inhalation Toxicology, Inhalation Exposure Equipment and Methods, Chemical Toxicology and Carcinogenesis, Aerosol Science, Aerosols in Medicine, Airborne Particle Sampling and Characterization.
Marc Schenker, M.D., M.P.H., Professor and Chair, Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine; and Director, Northern California Occupational Health Centers, Director, Western Agricultural Health & Safety Center; CHE, John Muir Institute of the Environment
Environmental and occupational risk factors for respiratory disease and lung cancer, biological monitoring of occupational exposures, health hazards of agricultural exposures especially respiratory and pesticide risks, occupational reproductive hazards, health hazards in the semiconductor industry, international issues in occupational and environmental health.
Swee Teh, Ph.D., Assistant Research Toxicologist/Pathologist, Aquatic Toxicology Program, Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine; CHE, John Muir Institute of the Environment
Conduct independent research in the fields of developmental biology, nutrition, toxicology and pathology, with special emphasis on adverse health effects (growth, reproduction and embryonic development) of environmental endocrine disruptors and contaminants in invertebrate, fish and shellfish populations.
Laura Van Winkle, Ph.D., Associate Adjunct Professor, Department of Anatomy, Physiology & Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine; Associate Research Cell Biologist, CHE, John Muir Institute of the Environment
Pulmonary cell biology and toxicology. Epithelial injury and repair. Regulation of proliferation. Airway remodeling in response to air pollutant and during postnatal lung development.
Christoph Vogel, Ph.D., Assistant Researcher, Department of Environmental Toxicology, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences; CHE, John Muir Institute of the Environment
Molecular mechanisms of action of halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons and airborne particles; molecular mechanisms of gene expression related to pathogenesis; and structure and function of receptors for xenobiotics and hormones.
Barry Wilson, Ph.D., Professor, Departments of Animal Science and Environmental Toxicology, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, CHE, John Muir Institute of the Environment
Modes of actions of environmental neurotoxicants, especially agricultural chemicals, emphasizing cellular and development events, biomarkers of exposure and effect of organophosphates and other esterase inhibitors and their effects on humans, experimental animals and wildlife
Hanspeter Witschi, M.D., Professor Emeritus, Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine; Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, CHE, John Muir Institute of the Environment
Cell turnover in the lungs of animals exposed to common air pollutants such as ozone or nitrogen dioxide