Center for Environmental Health and Toxicology
Promoting the integration of new perspectives
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The University of Nebraska
Center for Environmental Health and Toxicology
Promoting the integration of new perspectives
and insights into education and research
UNL
Faculty Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
Dr. Roy Spalding: Professor, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture. Working to further understand the extent, sources and persistence of agrichemicals in our environment and the remedial alternatives for ground water problem areas.
Dr. F. Edwin (Ed) Harvey: Associate Director and Professor, School of Natural Resources; Director, Justin Smith Morrill Scholars Program; Supervisor, Groundwater Chemistry Laboratory. My research uses dissolved major ions, nutrients and trace metals in natural waters in conjunction with the stable and radioactive isotopes of water and its dissolved constituents to trace water movement with the hydrologic cycle, and to understand the geochemical evolution of water and its impact on ecosystems and the environment.
Dr. Kyle Hoagland: Director, Water Center and Professor, Aquatic Ecology. My research laboratory has focused on the toxicity of agricultural chemicals to algae in lakes and streams, with an emphasis on the two most commonly used herbicides, atrazine and alachlor. This research has been conducted from the population to the community levels, at both chronic (more diffuse, long-term) and acute (more intensive, short-term) exposures. In addition, the lab addresses aquatic ecology issues, including lake restoration, lake classification and water quality assessment.
Dr. Patrick (Pat) Shea: Professor, School of Natural Resources. Environmental chemistry and toxicology of xenobiotics, emphasizing soil-water-plant systems, environmental remediation, and detoxification processes.
Dr. Daniel Snow: Research Associate Professor and Laboratory Director, Water Center/School of Natural Resources. Research interests include environmental mass spectrometry and analysis of emerging contaminants - pharmaceuticals, steroids, natural and synthetic toxins.
Dr. Peter Angeletti: Assistant Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Nebraska Center for Virology. My research is focused on three main topics relating to sexually transmitted Human papillomaviruses (HPVs).
Dr. Vadim Gladyshev: Associate Professor, Biochemistry. Research interest includes identity and functions of selenocysteine-containing proteins, mechanism of cancer prevention by selenium, bioinformatics, redox regulation of cellular processes and aging.
Dr. David Berkowitz: Professor, Chemistry. Research group is investigating problems at the interface of organic chemistry and mechanistic enzymology.
Dr. Ronald Cerny: Associate Research Professor, Chemistry and Director of Services, Nebraska Center for Mass Spectrometry. His research focus in on mass spectrometry.
Dr. Patrick Dussault: Chair and Professor, Chemistry. New methods for peroxide synthesis; improved methods for oxidation, including the use of ozone, singlet oxygen, and hydrogen peroxide; small molecule-based signaling in mammalian, plant, and fungal systems.
Dr. David Hage: Professor, Chemistry. Research is concerned with the theory and development of new analytical methods for separating biological molecules and agents of interest in environmental toxicology.
Dr. Hideaki Moriyama: Associate Professor, Biology. Research focuses on the molecular basics of reproduction isolation.
Dr. James Takacs: Professor, Chemistry. Projects include the design of new synthetic methods based on catalytic transition metal mediated carbocyclization reactions and the application of these new methods to total synthesis of natural products.
Department of Entomology (ENTO)
Dr. Shripat Kamble: Professor, Entomology. Research areas include fate of pesticides in urban environment, molecular toxicology, baiting technology as alternatives to pesticides.
Dr. Blair Siegfried: Professor, Entomology. Research deals with the effects of agricultural pesticides on non-target aquatic organisms that inhabit Nebraska lakes and streams.
Food Science & Technology (FDST)
Dr. Lloyd Bullerman: Professor, Food Science & Technology. Research interests include food safety, food microbiology, food toxicology, food mycology, mycotoxins and the effects of processing on survival of molds and stability of mycotoxins in foods.
Dr. Dojin Ryu: Adjunct Faculty, Food Science & Technology, UN-L; Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas. Areas of interest include food safety and toxicology, and the fate of toxicants in foods during processes.
Dr. Steve Taylor: Professor, Food Science & Technology. Currently involved in the development of immunological methods for the detection of allergens, proteins and toxins in food.
Dr. Rick Bevins: Professor, Psychology, School of Arts & Sciences. My research focuses basic behavioral and neuropharmacological processes involved in the etiology of drug abuse. This preclinical research bridges areas of neuroscience, toxicology, pharmacology, animal learning and cognition, psychology, and immunology.
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Center for Environmental Health and Toxicology
986805 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska 68198-6805
Phone: (402) 559-8924
Fax: (402) 559-8068
E-mail: uncetox@unmc.edu