Environmental Measurement and Monitoring

Biography
R.K.M. Jayanty, PhD, Senior Fellow in environmental analytical chemistry, appointed in December 2005, is a senior program director of environmental and industrial sciences. He has 40 years of experience in the field of environmental analytical chemistry, including significant program management and technical experience with complex multimedia sampling and analysis, chemical speciation, and method development/evaluation of programs for air toxics and fine particles. Dr. Jayanty’s technical experience includes methods development, evaluation, and field validation studies related to the measurement of toxic organics and fine particulates in ambient and source atmospheres. He is currently program manager of the chemical speciation of PM2.5 filter samples collected through nationwide network operations, and is an adjunct professor in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina State University. Dr. Jayanty is an internationally recognized scientist and the author of more than 150 technical papers, reports, and presentations. Read More…

Biography
Edo D. Pellizzari, PhD, Senior Fellow in analytical and environmental health sciences, appointed April 2004, has 35 years of scientific leadership and accomplishment at RTI. He joined RTI in 1971 and served as vice president of Analytical and Chemical Sciences from 1983 to 2003. He is internationally known for major contributions in the environmental health sciences, specifically in chemical and aerosol exposure analysis, and for developing and applying personal exposure methodology to population-based studies on toxic chemicals. In 1989, Dr. Pellizzari helped charter the International Society for Exposure Analysis (ISEA) and established ISEA's Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, for which he served as editor-in-chief for 15 years. Dr. Pellizzari is author or co-author of 191 peer-reviewed papers, 45 book chapters, 261 abstracts for national and international conferences, and over 100 reports. He has received California State University’s Distinguished Alumni and ISEA’s Wesolowski awards for achievements in environmental research. Read More…

Biography

Charles Rodes discusses his work in aerosol research

Charles E. Rodes, PhD, Senior Fellow in aerosol exposure, was appointed in July 2008 and leads the Aerosol Exposure Program at RTI. He has conducted health-based aerosol exposure research for federal and private clients since 1992. Previously, Dr. Rodes conducted aerosol technology and environmental exposure research for 23 years at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). He currently serves as the exposure expert on particulate matter for EPA's Board of Scientific Councilors and is leading grant research to develop asthma aerosol trigger sensors for the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). He also provides aerosol exposure guidance to the National Childrens Study, the U.S. Army (USACHPPM) for active duty soldiers, and for first responders as chair of an expert panel advising the Department of Homeland Security. He is a peer reviewer for five technical journals and the author of over 50 peer journal articles on aerosol exposure technologies.