Appendix A
Committee Member Biographies

Aaron Barchowsky (Chair) is a professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the University of Pittsburgh. For the past 30 years, he has conducted National Institutes of Health–funded independent research investigating the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying cardiovascular and lung diseases caused by environmental exposures to metals and chronic changes in reduction/oxidation status. His current studies use epidemiological, in vivo, and cell-cultured-based approaches to investigate the molecular pathology and etiology of vascular and metabolic diseases caused by chronic exposure to low concentrations of arsenic in drinking water and food. As a member of the World Health Organization Chemicals and Toxins Task Force of the Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group, he contributed to assessment of the global burden of cancer and cardiovascular disease caused by arsenic exposure in food. He is past councilor of the Society of Toxicology and formerly served as president of the Metals Specialty Section. Dr. Barchowsky received a BS in zoology from North Carolina State University and a PhD in pharmacology from Duke University. He served as chair of the National Research Council Committee on Inorganic Arsenic and chair of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee to Evaluate the IRIS Protocol for Inorganic Arsenic.

Michael Aschner is the Harold and Muriel Block Chair in Molecular Pharmacology and professor of molecular pharmacology, neuroscience, and pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He is also an investigator at the Rose F. Kennedy Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center and a member of the Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. His research focuses on the interaction between genetics and the environment in triggering brain diseases and includes mechanisms of mercury- and manganese-induced neurotoxicity. He is past president of both the International Neurotoxicology Association and the International Society for Trace Element Research in Humans. Dr. Aschner received the Merit Award from the Society of Toxicology in 2011. He is past president of the Academy of Toxicological Science and is vice-president-elect of the Society of Toxicology. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Aschner serves on the European Food Safety Authority panel on a tolerable upper intake level for manganese. He received a PhD in anatomy and neurobiology at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. His service on past National Research Council committees includes the Committee on Copper in Drinking Water.

Daniel Bain is an associate professor in the Department of Geology and Environmental Science at the University of Pittsburgh. He is a founding member and current deputy director of the Pittsburgh Collaboratory for Water Research, Education, and Outreach. Dr. Bain’s research focuses on systems (e.g., hydrology, soil metals, and stream restoration), legacy effects of human historical activities, and trace metal/environmental chemistry. He has applied non-traditional stable isotope geochemistry and catchment geochemistry as an National Research Council postdoctoral fellow at the U.S. Geological Survey. He received a BA in geography and chemistry at Macalester College and an MS in environmental sciences and a PhD in geography and environmental engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

Simone Charles is a clinical associate professor of environmental health sciences in the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan. She also serves as the associate chair of the curriculum committee. Dr. Charles conducts public health practice and research translation, working with academic–community partnerships to address health impacts of environmental hazard exposures on underserved rural and urban communities. Her work addresses health disparities related to tobacco smoking, lead hazard exposure, migrant farmworker health, minority adolescent health, asthma reduction, and healthy housing. Her previous research included risk assessment modeling for environmental contaminants in soils, air

contaminant exposure assessments in various indoor settings, and tobacco smoke chemical tracer identification and efficacy determination in urban households with asthmatic children. Dr. Charles was recently invited to serve as the associate editor for the journal Environmental Justice. She was a 2013 National Institutes of Health National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities Translational Health Disparities scholar and 2012 Health Equity Leadership Institute fellow. She has a BS in natural sciences from the University of West Indies, an MS in environmental science from the University of Maryland, and a PhD in environmental chemistry and toxicology from Michigan State University.

Alan Cramb is a Distinguished Professor of Materials Engineering in the Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology, where he was provost and then president from 2015 until August 2021. Previously, he was dean of engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, conducted research related to steel processing at Carnegie Mellon University, and managed research within the steel industry. He is author of more than 200 publications and holds two patents. Dr. Cramb is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He was awarded the Bessemer Gold Medal in 2016 by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining for outstanding service to the steel industry. Dr. Cramb is past president of the Iron and Steel Society and the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum Engineers (AIME). He is a distinguished member or fellow of the Association for Iron & Steel Technology, AIME, American Society for Materials, American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Academy of Inventors, and Iron and Steel Society of Japan. Dr. Cramb received a BS in metallurgy from Strathclyde University in Glasgow and a PhD in materials science from the University of Pennsylvania.

Natasha DeJarnett is an assistant professor in the Division of Environmental Medicine of the Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute at the University of Louisville. She is also a professional lecturer at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University. She previously led the natural environment portfolio at the American Public Health Association and conducted research at the National Environmental Health Association. Dr. DeJarnett has expertise in environmental health, environmental cardiology, climate and health, and environmental health disparities. Dr. DeJarnett is a recipient of the Impact Award from the Society of Toxicology’s Cardiovascular Toxicology Specialty Section. In addition, she is a member of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Children’s Health Protection Advisory Committee, and member of the board of directors of Physicians for Social Responsibility. Dr. DeJarnett received BS degrees in chemistry and biology from Western Kentucky University, and an MPH and a PhD in public health from the University of Louisville.

Rebecca Fry is the Carol Remmer Angle Distinguished Professor in Children’s Environmental Health and associate chair in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering of the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina (UNC)–Chapel Hill. In addition, Dr. Fry is founding director of the Institute for Environmental Health Solutions at UNC–Chapel Hill and director of the UNC Superfund Research Program. Her expertise is in the field of environmental health, with unique research in the area of epigenetics and toxicogenomics. A major focus of her laboratory is to identify mechanisms underlying the deleterious impacts of toxic exposures during the prenatal period with a focus on the epigenome and developmental origins of health and disease. Her laboratory group has identified epigenetic mechanisms that relate toxic substances to pregnancy complications, children’s health, and cancer outcomes. Her group has published on a host of toxic substances, including arsenic and cadmium. She has MS and PhD degrees in biology from Tulane University. Dr. Fry served as a member of the National Research Council Committee on Inorganic Arsenic.

Philip Goodrum is a principal toxicologist with GSI Environmental Inc., which represents clients in negotiations with state and federal regulators, trustees, and stakeholder groups on issues related to data interpretation, statistical analysis, modeling, and risk characterization. Dr. Goodrum works extensively in the area of quantitative risk analysis and has particular expertise in human health exposure and risk

modeling of lead. He is an adjunct faculty/instructor with the State University of New York (SUNY) College of Environmental Science and Forestry. His current research is on mixtures toxicology and risk assessment for emerging contaminants, including per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. Dr. Goodrum is a board-certified toxicologist (Diplomat of American Board of Toxicology) and a two-time recipient of the annual industry affiliate award from the Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council in recognition of professional contributions to the Incremental Sampling Workgroup. He supported the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Technical Review Workgroup for Lead as a government contractor for 10 years, helping to develop tools and technical support documents related to applications of lead models. Dr. Goodrum has a BS in environmental technology from Cornell University and an MS in water resources and PhD in environmental engineering from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. He served as a member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee to Review Department of Defense’s Proposed Occupational Exposure Limits for Lead.

John Kissel is professor emeritus of environmental and occupational health sciences at the University of Washington. He had been an active member of the university faculty since 1990 until retirement in 2016. He held a prior position in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. Dr. Kissel’s former research interests involved human exposure assessment with an emphasis on exposures related to waste management, agricultural and residential use of pesticides, and consumer products. He characterized human-dermal contact with soils and sediments, including soil-borne metals, such as lead and arsenic. His study results have been incorporated directly into U.S. Environmental Protection Agency guidance documents, such as the Exposure Factors Handbook, that are used by persons involved in cleanup of Superfund sites or other contaminated lands. Dr. Kissel also conducted research in probabilistic prediction of aggregate exposure and reconciliation of model predictions with observed biomarker data. He is past president of the International Society of Exposure Analysis. Dr. Kissel received a BS in civil engineering from the University of Notre Dame, an SM in environmental engineering from Harvard University, and a PhD in civil/environmental engineering from Stanford University. He served as a member of the National Research Council Committee on the Superfund Site Assessment and Remediation in the Coeur d’Alene River Basin.

Deb Niemeier is the Clark Distinguished Chair at the University of Maryland’s A. James Clark School of Engineering, College Park. She is also professor emeritus in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Davis. Her current research includes collaborations with sociologists, planners, geographers, and veterinary medicine and education faculty to examine formal and informal governance processes in urban landscapes and to better characterize risk associated with outcomes in the intersection of finance, housing and infrastructure, and environmental hazards. Dr. Niemeier also conducts research on the micro-scale effects of localized vehicle emissions in poor and vulnerable communities. She is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for distinguished contributions to energy and environmental science study and policy development, a Guggenheim Fellow for foundational work on pro bono service in engineering, and a member of the American Philosophical Society. Dr. Niemeier holds a BS in civil engineering from the University of Texas System, an MS in civil engineering from the University of Maine, and a PhD in civil and environmental engineering from the University of Washington.

Peggy O’Day is a professor in the Department of Life and Environmental Sciences and a founding faculty member at the University of California, Merced. She conducts research on environmental geochemistry that focuses on the chemistry, reaction, and biogeochemical cycling of inorganic contaminants and species in surface and subsurface environments. She specializes in the use of spectroscopic and microscopic methods, especially synchrotron X-ray techniques, to study element speciation and environmental transformation of metals and nutrients in water, soils, sediments, and air particles. Dr. O’Day is a fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America. She received a BS in geology from the University of California, Davis, an MS in geological sciences from Cornell University, and a PhD in geochemistry from Stanford

University. Dr. O’Day served as a member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee on Sources of Lead Contamination At or Near Superfund Site.

Ruth O’Donnell is an environmental scientist with more than 20 years of experience in environmental health and safety regulatory compliance, working in a diverse range of industries. She was a compliance and policy specialist in the Bureau of Waste Management for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), where she worked on the beneficial use of industrial byproducts program. She was responsible for compliance activities, including inspecting and reviewing facility applications to store, transport, and utilize industrial byproducts, such as unencapsulated electric arc furnace slag. In addition, Ms. O’Donnell worked on the Wisconsin DNR’s hazardous waste management program. While working in the private sector, she was responsible for the development and implementation of programs for environmental, health, and safety compliance; risk reduction; and protection of human health and the environment. She has a BS in biology from the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh, an MS in high school science curriculum and instruction from Concordia University Wisconsin, and an MS in environmental science and policy from the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay.

Rebecca Parkin serves as a professorial lecturer at the George Washington University in her retirement. Previously, at that university she was a professor of environmental and occupational health and the associate dean of research and public health practice. She also served as the assistant commissioner of occupational and environmental health in the New Jersey Department of Health and an environmental epidemiologist in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Throughout her career, Dr. Parkin specialized in investigating and responding to environmental factors related to human health. Her areas of expertise include environmental epidemiology, public health policy, environmental health risk assessment, and risk–benefit communication. Dr. Parkin is a member of the Delta Omega Public Health Honorary Society, and a National Associate of the National Academies. She received the faculty Award for Excellence in Academic Public Health Practice from the American Public Health Association and the Association of Schools of Public Health, and she was recognized as a Distinguished Alumna by Yale University. She received an AB in sociology from Cornell University, an MPH in environmental health and a PhD in epidemiology (environmental health) from Yale University, and a Certificate of Science, Technology and Policy from Princeton University. Dr. Parkin’s service on National Research Council committees included the Committee on Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter and the Committee on Risk Assessment of Hazardous Air Pollutants.

David Walker is Higgins Professor Emeritus of Earth and Environmental Sciences in the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University. During his research career, Dr. Walker investigated magmatic processes that produced the large-scale differentiation of the Earth and other terrestrial planets through a wide range of innovative experimental and theoretical investigations of the properties and phase equilibria of geological materials at high pressures and temperatures. His work in experimental petrology investigated high temperature silicates that resemble slags. A particular emphasis was on phase relations and physical/chemical properties with controlled reduction-oxidation and pressure. Dr. Walker is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He received the Clarke Medal from the Geochemical Society in 1975, Day Medal from the Geological Society of America in 1994, and Hess Medal from the American Geophysical Union in 2010. Dr. Walker received a BA in geology from Oberlin College and an AM and a PhD in geology from Harvard University.

Robert Wright is a professor and Ethel H. Wise Chair in the Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health in the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. In addition, he is director of the Institute for Exposomic Research at that institution. Dr. Wright is a pediatrician, medical toxicologist, and environmental epidemiologist. His research interests are in studies of chemical mixtures, air pollutants, social stressors as a modifier of chemical toxicity, and the role of genetics/epigenetics in modifying or mediating chemical toxicity. He is currently appointed to the National Advisory Environmental Health

Science Council that advises the secretary of Health and Human Services. Dr. Wright received an MD from the University of Michigan, and he trained in pediatrics at Northwestern, toxicology at Harvard, and emergency medicine at Brown. He also obtained an MPH in epidemiology and biostatistics from the Harvard School of Public Health. He served as a member of past National Research Council (NRC) Committees to Evaluate the Transgenerational Inheritance of Gulf War Exposure Health Effects, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency IRIS Protocol for Inorganic Arsenic, and NRC Committee on Inorganic Arsenic.