Paul J. Lioy
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Paul J. Lioy, Ph. D. is an American
working in the field of Environmental Health
and specializing in Exposure Science
. He is one of the world’s leading experts in personal exposure to toxins.
His work has been recognized by the International Society of Exposure Analysis (now International Society of Exposure Science) (Lifetime Achievement Award) and the Air and Waste Management Association (Lifetime Achievement Award) for his research and application to environmental policy. Since 2002 he has been one of Information Sciences Institute
’s Most Highly Cited Scientists in the Category of Environment and Ecology, and is one of the founders of the International Society of Exposure (Analysis) Science (1989).
His Books include DUST: The inside Story of its Role in the September 11th Aftermath (forward By Gov. Tom Kean), and Toxic Air Pollution, with Joan Daisey. He has Published 250 scientific papers in the areas of air pollution, airborne and deposited particles, Homeland Security, Exposure Science, and Hazardous Wastes.
He is currently Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
, and Deputy Director of Government Relations and Director of Exposure Science, at the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute of Rutgers University
and UMDNJ in Piscataway, NJ.
, developed a multifaceted source to dose modeling system called MENTOR. Building upon the work of occupational hygiene and the more recent work of Wayne Ott, Lioy has clearly shown that the most important aspect of total human exposure is whether or not an individual comes into contact with a toxin, and this is discussed in a 2010 review article on exposure science. Thus, prevention is a key component of the field. In recent years he has been re-analyzing the work of the Father of Occupational Medicine, Bernardino Ramazzini
who actually provided the initial reasons for examining contact with an agent to define ways to control occupational illness. This historical analysis can be used to improve the way exposure science evolves in the future. Lioy is also a Fellow of the Collegium Ramazzini.
Lioy has been a central figure in understanding exposure to the air pollutant tropospheric ozone
, chloroform
exposures from shower water, hexavalent chromium
wastes, and most recently, the exposures derived from the dust and smoke released in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center
in 2001. He is also a major figure in defining some of the basic data requirements for examining human exposures within the National Children's Study
. He was a Co-Principal Investigator within the portion of the National Human Exposure Assessment Survey (NHEXAS) conducted in five mid-western states, led by Edo Pellizzari of Research Triangle Institute. In addition, from 1987 to 1991 he was the Chairman of the First National Research Council
(NRC) Committee that directly addressed human exposure issues and published Human Exposure to Air Pollutants: Advances and Opportunities,” also called “White Book.” Currently he is Vice Chair of a new NRC committee on Exposure Science. He was also vice chair of the WTC Technical Panel that was formed to address the issues of clean up in the WTC Aftermath.
(smog) was incorrect and that the one hour standard for peak ozone levels should be replaced by an eight hour standard. Independently, Peter Rombout, RIVM, Netherlands, discovered the same issue. In 1986, they collaborated and published an article on the need for an eight hour ozone standard. Lioy's group also conducted research on the relationship between ozone exposure and visits to emergency rooms during the summertime. In 2002, the United States Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) published an eight-hour NAAQS ozone standard based upon the scientific exposure–response evidence from multiple laboratories that exposures to asthmatics and others to eight hours of ozone above 0.80 ppm. More recently, this standard for protection of public health was tightened to 0.75 ppm but remained as an 8 hour contact with the air pollutant. Further consideration for tightening the standard is being proposed by the US EPA in 2010.
indoors. The complex issues of dust and semi-volatile toxins in homes were published in 2002 and 2006 review articles.
(WTC), one major environmental and occupational health related issue that became important during the aftermath was the size range and composition of the DUST and smoke that was released during the first hours to days post collapse of the twin towers, and subsequently the dust that had deposited indoors and required cleanup. In collaboration with multiple laboratories, Dr. Lioy examined the composition and size distribution of the WTC dust in detail for inorganic, organic
and ionic
species. The results were published in a 2002 article titled Characterization of the dust/smoke aerosol that settled east of the WTC in lower Manhattan after the collapse of the WTC September 11, 2001, and have been used to understand the cause of the WTC cough and other health outcomes. In other work that Lioy and colleagues published through 2009, they described the time line of exposure to the local population and workers from the moments after the collapse through December 2001, and pointed out the many lessons that can be learned from the WTC in order to effectively respond to other disasters. During the aftermath Lioy was interviewed many times by the Media on WTC Dust related issues from October 2001 through 2011 (See, e.g. Decade 9/11 and Please Explain: Dust - interviews with Leonard Lopate
on National Public Radio; Terror in the Dust - a documentary with Dr. Sanjay Gupta on CNN
; and The Memo Blog: Exploring 9/11 - The World Before and After - Exploring Health Effects of WTC Dust). The work of Lioy and his colleagues is mentioned in a book by Anthony Depalma entitled City of Dust: Illness, Arrogance, and 9/11. Lioy recently published a book on the WTC dust and his experiences entitled Dust: the Inside Story of its Role in the September 11th Aftermath. In 2009 he received a Ellen Hardin Walworth National Patriotism Medal from the Daughters of the American Revolution
for his work on the World Trade Center aftermath. Now, ten years after the disaster, the media continue to ask the question "What was in the World Trade Center Plume?"
See also Exposure issues in responders to disasters-offering some ideas and lessons learned from the response to the World Trade Center 911 tragedy.
in 1965, and Montclair State College (today University), NJ in 1969. (Magnum Cum Laude) He received a Masters Degree from Auburn University
, AL, in Physics
, 1971, and an M.S. and Ph.D. from Rutgers University
in 1975.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
working in the field of Environmental Health
Environmental health
Environmental health is the branch of public health that is concerned with all aspects of the natural and built environment that may affect human health...
and specializing in Exposure Science
Exposure science
Exposure science is the study of human contact with chemical, physical, or biological agents occurring in their environments, and advances knowledge of the mechanisms and dynamics of events either causing or preventing adverse health outcomes....
. He is one of the world’s leading experts in personal exposure to toxins.
His work has been recognized by the International Society of Exposure Analysis (now International Society of Exposure Science) (Lifetime Achievement Award) and the Air and Waste Management Association (Lifetime Achievement Award) for his research and application to environmental policy. Since 2002 he has been one of Information Sciences Institute
Information Sciences Institute
The Information Sciences Institute is a research and development unit of the University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering which focuses on computer and communications technology and information processing...
’s Most Highly Cited Scientists in the Category of Environment and Ecology, and is one of the founders of the International Society of Exposure (Analysis) Science (1989).
His Books include DUST: The inside Story of its Role in the September 11th Aftermath (forward By Gov. Tom Kean), and Toxic Air Pollution, with Joan Daisey. He has Published 250 scientific papers in the areas of air pollution, airborne and deposited particles, Homeland Security, Exposure Science, and Hazardous Wastes.
He is currently Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is a public medical school located in Piscataway and New Brunswick, New Jersey, and one of the eight schools of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey . In cooperation with Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, the medical school’s principal...
, and Deputy Director of Government Relations and Director of Exposure Science, at the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute of Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
and UMDNJ in Piscataway, NJ.
Exposure science
Lioy’s reputation had evolved primarily based upon his role is developing scientific principles and refining the approaches that define the field of exposure science. This discipline is associated with the field of environmental health sciences, which include epidemiology and risk assessment, and prevention. In a 1990 article published in Environmental Science and Technology he was the first to properly locate exposure science as the bridge between traditional environmental sciences and the understanding of human health outcomes. This source to effects schematic has been expanded upon by many over the course of the past 25 years. Based upon these initial ideas, his colleague, Panos G. GeorgopoulosPanos G. Georgopoulos
Panos G. Georgopoulos, Ph.D. is a scientist working in the field of Environmental Health and specializing in Mathematical Modeling of Environmental and Biological Systems. He is the architect or the MOdeling ENvironment for Total Risk studies...
, developed a multifaceted source to dose modeling system called MENTOR. Building upon the work of occupational hygiene and the more recent work of Wayne Ott, Lioy has clearly shown that the most important aspect of total human exposure is whether or not an individual comes into contact with a toxin, and this is discussed in a 2010 review article on exposure science. Thus, prevention is a key component of the field. In recent years he has been re-analyzing the work of the Father of Occupational Medicine, Bernardino Ramazzini
Bernardino Ramazzini
Bernardino Ramazzini was an Italian physician.Ramazzini was an early proponent of the use of cinchona bark in the treatment of Malaria...
who actually provided the initial reasons for examining contact with an agent to define ways to control occupational illness. This historical analysis can be used to improve the way exposure science evolves in the future. Lioy is also a Fellow of the Collegium Ramazzini.
Lioy has been a central figure in understanding exposure to the air pollutant tropospheric ozone
Tropospheric ozone
Ozone is a constituent of the troposphere . Photochemical and chemical reactions involving it drive many of the chemical processes that occur in the atmosphere by day and by night...
, chloroform
Chloroform
Chloroform is an organic compound with formula CHCl3. It is one of the four chloromethanes. The colorless, sweet-smelling, dense liquid is a trihalomethane, and is considered somewhat hazardous...
exposures from shower water, hexavalent chromium
Hexavalent chromium
Hexavalent chromium refers to chemical compounds that contain the element chromium in the +6 oxidation state. Virtually all chromium ore is processed via hexavalent chromium, specifically the salt sodium dichromate. Approximately of hexavalent chromium were produced in 1985...
wastes, and most recently, the exposures derived from the dust and smoke released in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center
World Trade Center
The original World Trade Center was a complex with seven buildings featuring landmark twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The complex opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks. The site is currently being rebuilt with five new...
in 2001. He is also a major figure in defining some of the basic data requirements for examining human exposures within the National Children's Study
National Children's Study
The National Children’s Study will examine the effects of environmental influences on the health and development of more than 100,000 children across the United States, following them from before birth until age 21...
. He was a Co-Principal Investigator within the portion of the National Human Exposure Assessment Survey (NHEXAS) conducted in five mid-western states, led by Edo Pellizzari of Research Triangle Institute. In addition, from 1987 to 1991 he was the Chairman of the First National Research Council
United States National Research Council
The National Research Council of the USA is the working arm of the United States National Academies, carrying out most of the studies done in their names.The National Academies include:* National Academy of Sciences...
(NRC) Committee that directly addressed human exposure issues and published Human Exposure to Air Pollutants: Advances and Opportunities,” also called “White Book.” Currently he is Vice Chair of a new NRC committee on Exposure Science. He was also vice chair of the WTC Technical Panel that was formed to address the issues of clean up in the WTC Aftermath.
Ozone
During the early 1980s Lioy recognized that the public health metric for defining exposure of the general population to troposphere ozoneOzone
Ozone , or trioxygen, is a triatomic molecule, consisting of three oxygen atoms. It is an allotrope of oxygen that is much less stable than the diatomic allotrope...
(smog) was incorrect and that the one hour standard for peak ozone levels should be replaced by an eight hour standard. Independently, Peter Rombout, RIVM, Netherlands, discovered the same issue. In 1986, they collaborated and published an article on the need for an eight hour ozone standard. Lioy's group also conducted research on the relationship between ozone exposure and visits to emergency rooms during the summertime. In 2002, the United States Environmental Protection Agency
United States Environmental Protection Agency
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is an agency of the federal government of the United States charged with protecting human health and the environment, by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress...
(EPA) published an eight-hour NAAQS ozone standard based upon the scientific exposure–response evidence from multiple laboratories that exposures to asthmatics and others to eight hours of ozone above 0.80 ppm. More recently, this standard for protection of public health was tightened to 0.75 ppm but remained as an 8 hour contact with the air pollutant. Further consideration for tightening the standard is being proposed by the US EPA in 2010.
Semivolatile chemical exposures in the home
The work of Dr. Lioy’s laboratory in the 1990s became increasingly focused on dust in the home as a potential metric of exposure to metals and organic compounds. Included was the concurrent scientific issue of the semi-volatility of the materials associated with dust particles. This led to studies that demonstrated that semi-volatile pesticides should not just be considered just residues after application, but as toxin that can be spread throughout the home based process of evaporation and absorption and adsorption. This process was described in an article Published in 1998, and focused on the accumulation of pesticides in children’s toys, and ways to protect toys were summarized in popular magazines and web sites. The work was used in revisions the EPA standards for use of the pesticide chlorpyrifosChlorpyrifos
Chlorpyrifos is a crystalline organophosphate insecticide that inhibits acetylcholinesterase and is used to control insect pests. It is known by many trade names...
indoors. The complex issues of dust and semi-volatile toxins in homes were published in 2002 and 2006 review articles.
Chromium wastes
During the late 1980s the state of NJ discovered that wastes from the refining and production of the chrome plated products had been used as apparent Clean fill in various residential settings, and was also had contaminated a number other industrial locations. Dr. Lioy conducted a comprehensive study of chromium wastes in Jersey City, including residential exposures and the bioavailability and size distribution if the wastes. The work found that similar to current lead problems, the chromium exposures indoors were highly related to the levels found in house dust and not ambient air. In addition the use of dust laden corium as a marker of exposure was extremely valuable in conclusively defining that the removal of the wastes in the residential neighborhoods brought the levels of chromium down to background. The efforts are continuing but now using analytical methods perfected at EOHSI to measure he levels of the hexavalent chromium (carcinogenic form) in the areas around remaining industrial sites, that have not received final remediation.WTC dust
In the wake of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade CenterWorld Trade Center
The original World Trade Center was a complex with seven buildings featuring landmark twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The complex opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks. The site is currently being rebuilt with five new...
(WTC), one major environmental and occupational health related issue that became important during the aftermath was the size range and composition of the DUST and smoke that was released during the first hours to days post collapse of the twin towers, and subsequently the dust that had deposited indoors and required cleanup. In collaboration with multiple laboratories, Dr. Lioy examined the composition and size distribution of the WTC dust in detail for inorganic, organic
Organic compound
An organic compound is any member of a large class of gaseous, liquid, or solid chemical compounds whose molecules contain carbon. For historical reasons discussed below, a few types of carbon-containing compounds such as carbides, carbonates, simple oxides of carbon, and cyanides, as well as the...
and ionic
Ionic compound
In chemistry, an ionic compound is a chemical compound in which ions are held together in a lattice structure by ionic bonds. Usually, the positively charged portion consists of metal cations and the negatively charged portion is an anion or polyatomic ion. Ions in ionic compounds are held together...
species. The results were published in a 2002 article titled Characterization of the dust/smoke aerosol that settled east of the WTC in lower Manhattan after the collapse of the WTC September 11, 2001, and have been used to understand the cause of the WTC cough and other health outcomes. In other work that Lioy and colleagues published through 2009, they described the time line of exposure to the local population and workers from the moments after the collapse through December 2001, and pointed out the many lessons that can be learned from the WTC in order to effectively respond to other disasters. During the aftermath Lioy was interviewed many times by the Media on WTC Dust related issues from October 2001 through 2011 (See, e.g. Decade 9/11 and Please Explain: Dust - interviews with Leonard Lopate
Leonard Lopate
Leonard Lopate is host of the public radio talk show The Leonard Lopate Show, broadcast on WNYC. He first broadcast on WKCR, the college radio station of Columbia University—where his brother Phillip was a student—then later at WBAI, before ultimately moving to WNYC. -Biography:Lopate came to...
on National Public Radio; Terror in the Dust - a documentary with Dr. Sanjay Gupta on CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
; and The Memo Blog: Exploring 9/11 - The World Before and After - Exploring Health Effects of WTC Dust). The work of Lioy and his colleagues is mentioned in a book by Anthony Depalma entitled City of Dust: Illness, Arrogance, and 9/11. Lioy recently published a book on the WTC dust and his experiences entitled Dust: the Inside Story of its Role in the September 11th Aftermath. In 2009 he received a Ellen Hardin Walworth National Patriotism Medal from the Daughters of the American Revolution
Daughters of the American Revolution
The Daughters of the American Revolution is a lineage-based membership organization for women who are descended from a person involved in United States' independence....
for his work on the World Trade Center aftermath. Now, ten years after the disaster, the media continue to ask the question "What was in the World Trade Center Plume?"
See also Exposure issues in responders to disasters-offering some ideas and lessons learned from the response to the World Trade Center 911 tragedy.
Education
Lioy graduated from Passaic High SchoolPassaic High School
Passaic High School is a four-year community public high school, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from Passaic, in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Passaic City School District...
in 1965, and Montclair State College (today University), NJ in 1969. (Magnum Cum Laude) He received a Masters Degree from Auburn University
Auburn University
Auburn University is a public university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. With more than 25,000 students and 1,200 faculty members, it is one of the largest universities in the state. Auburn was chartered on February 7, 1856, as the East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts...
, AL, in Physics
Auburn University Physics Department
The Physics Department at Auburn University offers academic programs leading to B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Physics. As of 2008, it has 21 full-time faculty members.-Undergraduate:...
, 1971, and an M.S. and Ph.D. from Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
in 1975.
University appointments
- 1989–present: Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ
- 2000–present: Professor, UMDNJ School of Public Health, Piscataway, NJ
- 1986–present: Professor, Graduate Faculty of Rutgers University: Department of Environmental Science, Public Health Program, and Toxicology Program, New Brunswick, NJ
- 1985-1989: Associate Professor, Department of Environmental and Community Medicine, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ
- 1982-1985: Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York City, NY
- 1978-1982: Assistant Professor, Institute of Environmental Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York City, NY
- 1976- 1978: Lecturer, Department of Civil Environmental Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of New York, New York City, NY
Major administrative responsibilities
- 2004–present: Vice Chair, Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS
- 2003–present: Deputy Director Government Relations, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, UMDNJ-RWJMS, and Rutgers University
- 2001-2003: Acting Associate Director, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute and UMDNJ-RWJMS, and Rutgers University
- 1999–present: Co-Director, Center for Exposure and Risk Modeling, UMDNJ/EOHSI
- 1995-2001: Deputy Director, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, UMDNJ-RWJMS, and Rutgers University
- 1994-1995: Acting Deputy Director, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute - UMDNJ-RWJMS and Rutgers University
- 1992–present: Director, Controlled Exposure Facility, EOHSI
- 1990-2002: Faculty Administrator, EOHSI Analytical Laboratories
- 1986–present: Chief, Exposure Measurement and Assessment Division, DECM of UMDNJ-RWJMS
- 1986–present: Director, Exposure Science Division, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, (EOHSI) Sponsored by UMDNJ and Rutgers University
- 1984-1985: Associate Director, Laboratory of Aerosol and Inhalation Research, Institute of Environmental Medicine, NYU Medical Center
Other professional positions
- 1975-1978: Senior Air Pollution Engineer, Interstate Sanitation Commission, New York City, NY
- 1973-1975: Physical Scientist (part-time) U.S. EPA, Region II, Surveillance and Analysis Division, NJ
Adjunct positions
- 2006-2009: Adjunct Professor, (volunteer) Department of Environmental and Occupational Health University of Pittsburgh Graduate School Public Health
- 1996: Visiting Professor, Department of Biometry and Biostatistics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
- 1990: Visiting Scientist, RIVM, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Awards and recognition
- Recipient of the Daughters of the American Revolution Founders Award, The Ellen Hardin Walworth Medal for Patriotism, 2009. A Resolution also approved by the New Jersey State Legislature.
- Recipient of the National Medal for Conservation from The Daughters of the American Revolution; 2009: Chapter and State of New Jersey Medalist
- Recipient of the 2009-2011 Distinguished Lecturer Award from the International Society of Exposure Science], Pasadena, CA, 2008.
- Recipient of the 2008 Distinguished Alumnus Award from Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering, Rutgers UniversityRutgers UniversityRutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
Graduate School - Recipient of the 2006 R. Walter Schesinger Basic Science Mentoring Award, UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolRobert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolRobert Wood Johnson Medical School is a public medical school located in Piscataway and New Brunswick, New Jersey, and one of the eight schools of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey . In cooperation with Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, the medical school’s principal...
- Recipient of Frank A. Chambers Award for outstanding achievement in the science and art of air pollution control from the Air Waste Management Association, 2003
- Institute for Scientific InformationInstitute for Scientific InformationThe Institute for Scientific Information was founded by Eugene Garfield in 1960. It was acquired by Thomson Scientific & Healthcare in 1992, became known as Thomson ISI and now is part of the Healthcare & Science business of the multi-billion dollar Thomson Reuters Corporation.ISI offered...
– Highly Cited Scientist – Environment and Ecology, 2002–present - Fellow, International Academy of Indoor Air Sciences, (Elected) 1999–Present
- Fellow, Collegium Ramazzini, Environmental & Occupational Medicine and Health, Carpi, Italy (Elected) 1999–Present
- Extraordinary Citizen of Week, Union County, Star Ledger, September 1999
- Resolution for selection as a fellow by the Collegium provided by Union County, Board of Freeholders
- Recipient of Jerome Wesolowski Award for Lifetime Excellence in Exposure Assessment Research, International Society of Exposure Analysis, 1998
- Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolRobert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolRobert Wood Johnson Medical School is a public medical school located in Piscataway and New Brunswick, New Jersey, and one of the eight schools of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey . In cooperation with Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, the medical school’s principal...
Nominee for UMDNJ Excellence Award, Biomedical Researcher 1992 - Fellow of New York Academy of SciencesNew York Academy of SciencesThe New York Academy of Sciences is the third oldest scientific society in the United States. An independent, non-profit organization with more than members in 140 countries, the Academy’s mission is to advance understanding of science and technology...
, Elected 1979 - Member of Sigma XI, 1980–2007
- University Fellow, Rutgers UniversityRutgers UniversityRutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
, 1973–1975 - Russell Scholar, Rutgers UniversityRutgers UniversityRutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
, 1973–1974 - United States Environmental Protection AgencyUnited States Environmental Protection AgencyThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is an agency of the federal government of the United States charged with protecting human health and the environment, by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress...
Air Pollution Fellow, Rutgers University, 1971–1973 - First Year Physics Graduate Student Award for Academics, Auburn UniversityAuburn UniversityAuburn University is a public university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. With more than 25,000 students and 1,200 faculty members, it is one of the largest universities in the state. Auburn was chartered on February 7, 1856, as the East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts...
, 1970 - National Defense Education ActNational Defense Education ActThe National Defense Education Act , signed into law on September 2, 1958, provided funding to United States education institutions at all levels. The act authorized funding for four years, increasing funding per year: for example, funding increased on eight program titles from 183 million dollars...
, Title IV Fellow, Auburn UniversityAuburn UniversityAuburn University is a public university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. With more than 25,000 students and 1,200 faculty members, it is one of the largest universities in the state. Auburn was chartered on February 7, 1856, as the East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts...
, 1969–1971
Advisory committee and boards
- Member, State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Science Advisory Board, 2010–present
- Executive Committee, University Center for Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response, 2007 – present
- Member, Research Advisory Board, Office of the Vice President for Research, Auburn UniversityAuburn UniversityAuburn University is a public university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. With more than 25,000 students and 1,200 faculty members, it is one of the largest universities in the state. Auburn was chartered on February 7, 1856, as the East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts...
, 2009–present - Executive Committee, New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness College, 2007–2009
- Co-Chair, New Jersey Universities Consortium on Homeland Security Research 2006–Present
- Member, The College of Science and Mathematics Advisory Council, Montclair State UniversityMontclair State UniversityMontclair State University is a public research university located in the Upper Montclair section of Montclair, the Great Notch area of Little Falls, and Clifton, New Jersey. As of October 2009, there were 18,171 total enrolled students: 14,139 undergraduate students and 4,032 graduate students...
, 2005–present - Member, Executive Committee, Rutgers University Homeland Security Initiative, 2003–Present
- Member, Citizens Advisory Committee New York City DEP Brooklyn-Queens Aquifer Feasibility Study, 2002–2006
- Member, Douglass College, Rutgers University Academic Councilors, 1998–Present
- Member, Council of Academic Policy Advisors to the New Jersey Legislature, 1998–2004
- Chair, United States Environmental Protection AgencyUnited States Environmental Protection AgencyThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is an agency of the federal government of the United States charged with protecting human health and the environment, by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress...
(EPA) Science Advisory Board, Committee on Health and Ecological Effects Valuation, Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis, 1997–2002 (see EPA-SAB bio) - Member, Science Advisory Board, European - EXPOLIS (Air Pollution Exposure Distribution of Adult Population in Europe) 1997-2004
- Member, Technical Advisory Committee on Aggregate Exposure and Risk, Hampshire Research Institute, 1999–2000
- Member, Dean's Advisory Council of the College of Science and Mathematics, Auburn UniversityAuburn UniversityAuburn University is a public university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. With more than 25,000 students and 1,200 faculty members, it is one of the largest universities in the state. Auburn was chartered on February 7, 1856, as the East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts...
, 1996–1999 - Member, EPA Science Advisory Board, 1992–2002, 2005–present
- Member, International Joint CommissionInternational Joint CommissionThe International Joint Commission is an independent binational organization established by the United States and Canada under the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909.The Commission has responsibilities related to the following treaties and agreements:...
: Board on Air Quality, 1992–2006 - Past President, International Society of Exposure Analysis, 1994–1995
- President, International Society of Exposure Analysis, 1993–1994
- Chair, Science Advisory Board, Pelham Bay Landfill, NY Remediation, 1990–1997
- Member, Board of Environmental Studies and Toxicology, National Academy of SciencesUnited States National Academy of SciencesThe National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine." As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and...
, 1989–1992 - Treasurer, International Society of Exposure Analysis, 1989–1991 (Co-Founder of Organization)
- Counselor, International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, 1988-1990 (Founding), Board of Directors
- Board Member, Mid-Atlantic States Section Air Pollution Control Association, 1978–1982
- Advisor, New Jersey Italian and Italian American Heritage Commission, Rutgers University
- Member, College of Science and Mathematics Advisory Council, Montclair State University
Major committee assignments - international, national, and regional
- Vice Chair, National Research CouncilUnited States National Research CouncilThe National Research Council of the USA is the working arm of the United States National Academies, carrying out most of the studies done in their names.The National Academies include:* National Academy of Sciences...
Committee on Exposure Science, 2010 – present - Member, Committee on Human and Environmental Exposure Science in the 21st Century, National Academies, 2010–present
- Member, EPA Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide ActFederal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide ActThe Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act , et seq. is a United States federal law that set up the basic U.S. system of pesticide regulation to protect applicators, consumers, and the environment. It is administered by the Environmental Protection Agency and the appropriate...
Panel on Exposure Assessment Protocols, 2009 – present - Member, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel (CHAP) ton children’s health of phthalatesPhthalatesPhthalates , or phthalate esters, are esters of phthalic acid and are mainly used as plasticizers . They are used primarily to soften polyvinyl chloride...
and phthalate alternatives as used in children’s toys and child care articles, Present. - Senior Technical Advisor, Pediatric Environmental Medicine Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 2009 – Present
- Member, EPA Science Advisory BoardScience Review BoardThe Science Advisory Board is a group of independent scientists selected by the Administrator of the EPA to advise on the scientific and technical aspects of environmental problems and issues and who, at the request of the Administrator, review the scientific aspects of any reports or other written...
panel on asbestosAsbestosAsbestos is a set of six naturally occurring silicate minerals used commercially for their desirable physical properties. They all have in common their eponymous, asbestiform habit: long, thin fibrous crystals...
, 2008–Present - Member, Advisory Board of University of Pittsburgh Academic Consortium for Excellence (UPACE) in Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT) (in collaboration with Drexel University), 2006–Present
- Member, EPA Science Advisory BoardScience Review BoardThe Science Advisory Board is a group of independent scientists selected by the Administrator of the EPA to advise on the scientific and technical aspects of environmental problems and issues and who, at the request of the Administrator, review the scientific aspects of any reports or other written...
, Council on Homeland Security, 2005–Present. - Member, Homeland Security Policy Committee, NJ 2005-2006
- Member, Executive Leadership Group of the New Jersey Chemical-Biological-Radiological-Nuclear-Explosive Center for Training and Research at UMDNJ, 2005–2006
- Member, University Committee for Environmental Affairs, Rutgers, 2005–2008
- Vice-Chair, US EPA, World Trade Center Expert Technical Panel – Indoor Clean-up Issues, 2004–2005
- Member, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Cancer Cluster Task Force, 2003–2005
- Member, Healthcare Issues Advisory Task Force of NJ, 2002–2004
- Member, Harvard UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
Particulate Matter Center Advisory Committee, 2000–2004 - Member, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Trenton/Hamilton Processing Center Environmental Clearance Committee (anthraxAnthraxAnthrax is an acute disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. Most forms of the disease are lethal, and it affects both humans and other animals...
), 2002–2004 - Member, Advisory Committee on NJ Southdown Quarry Exposure/Risk Characterization, 2000–2001
- Member, National Academy of SciencesUnited States National Academy of SciencesThe National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine." As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and...
, National Research CouncilUnited States National Research CouncilThe National Research Council of the USA is the working arm of the United States National Academies, carrying out most of the studies done in their names.The National Academies include:* National Academy of Sciences...
Committee on Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter, 1998–2005 - Member, EPA Science Advisory BoardScience Review BoardThe Science Advisory Board is a group of independent scientists selected by the Administrator of the EPA to advise on the scientific and technical aspects of environmental problems and issues and who, at the request of the Administrator, review the scientific aspects of any reports or other written...
Committee on the Particulate Matter Centers Research Program, Review Panel, 2001 - Temporary Councilor, World Health OrganizationWorld Health OrganizationThe World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...
, 1997 - Member, Air Pollution Guidelines Committee for Europe, 1993–1994
- Member, National Academy of SciencesUnited States National Academy of SciencesThe National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine." As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and...
, National Research CouncilUnited States National Research CouncilThe National Research Council of the USA is the working arm of the United States National Academies, carrying out most of the studies done in their names.The National Academies include:* National Academy of Sciences...
Committee on Risk Management in Department of EnergyUnited States Department of EnergyThe United States Department of Energy is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government concerned with the United States' policies regarding energy and safety in handling nuclear material...
's Environmental Restoration Program, 1993–1994 - Chair, Particle Total Exposure Assessment Methodology Review Panel, EPA, Science Advisory Board, 1989–1994
- Member, National Academy of SciencesUnited States National Academy of SciencesThe National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine." As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and...
, National Research CouncilUnited States National Research CouncilThe National Research Council of the USA is the working arm of the United States National Academies, carrying out most of the studies done in their names.The National Academies include:* National Academy of Sciences...
Committee on Tropospheric OzoneTropospheric ozoneOzone is a constituent of the troposphere . Photochemical and chemical reactions involving it drive many of the chemical processes that occur in the atmosphere by day and by night...
Formation and Measurement, 1989–1991 - Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Center for Environmental Epidemiology, University of PittsburghUniversity of PittsburghThe University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded as Pittsburgh Academy in 1787 on what was then the American frontier, Pitt is one of the oldest continuously chartered institutions of...
, School of Public Health, 1988–1992 - Chairman, NAS, National Research Council Committee on Exposure Assessment, 1987–1990
- Member, Scientific Advisory Committee on Harvard Multi-City Acid Health Study, Harvard University, 1987–1993
- Member, National Academy of Sciences, Workshop Panel, Health Risks from Exposure to Common Indoor Household Products in Allergic or Diseased Persons, 1987
- Member, Canadian Royal Academy of Sciences Committee on Acid Aerosol Health Research, 1987
- Member or Consultant, Science Advisory Board Subcommittees, 1984–2001, U.S. EPA: 1. Risk Assessment; 2. Integrated Air Cancer; 3. Integrated Environmental Management Project; 4. Total Exposure Assessment; 5. Clean Air Science Advisory Committee
- Member, USEPA, Health Effects, Grant's Peer Review Committee, 1989–1992
- Chairman, Peer Review Panel, U.S. EPA Indoor Air Pollution Program, 1984
- Member, National Academy of Sciences Committee on Air Pollution Epidemiology, 1983–1985
- Chairman, New Jersey Clean Air Council, 1983–1985
- Member, New Jersey Clean Air Council, 1981–1994
- Member, Interstate Hazardous Spill Response Committee, NJ, 1977
Books
- Kneip TJ, Lioy PJ (eds)., Air Pollution Control Association. 1980. Aerosols, anthropogenic and natural, sources and transport. New York, NY: New York Academy of Sciences. ISBN 0897660641
- Lioy PJ, Lioy MJY (eds). 1983. Air sampling instruments for evaluation of atmospheric contaminants. 6th ed. Cincinnati, OH: American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists. ISBN 0936712430
- Lioy PJ, Daisey JM (eds). 1987. Toxic air pollution : a comprehensive study of non-criteria air pollutants. Chelsea, MI.: Lewis Publishers. ISBN 0873710576
- Lioy PJ. 2010. DUST: The Inside Story of Its Role in the September 11th Aftermath (Forward By Tom Kean). Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield. ISBN 1442201487
External links
- Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI)
- NIEHS Center for Environmental Exposures and Disease (CEED) at EOHSI
- UMDNJ - Rutgers University CounterACT Research Center of Excellence
- University Center For Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response (UCDPER)
- Dust: The Inside Story of its Role in the September 11th Aftermath
- City of Dust by Anthony DePalma
- Video presentation on 2010 gulf oil leak