Students listed in order of graduation year
1. Nancy Ragle (1992)
Thesis Title: Short-Term Variability in Leachate Quality at Two Locations Within a Municipal Landfill
2. Ralph Perona (1992)
Thesis Title: Predicting Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from In-Vessel Municipal Solid Waste Composting
Ralph is a human health risk assessor and modeler at Neptune and Company, Inc in Bellingham, WA. (rperona@neptuneinc.org)
3. Robert C. Lee (1993)
Thesis Title: Prediction of Residential Exposure to Arsenic Contaminated Soil Using Monte Carlo Simulation: A Comparison to Biomonitoring Data
Robert is a risk and decision scientist at Neptune and Company, Inc in Albuquerque, NM. (RCLee@salud.unm.edu)
4. Robert M. Duff (1993)
Thesis Title: In Vitro Dermal Absorption of Contaminants from Soil: Effect of Soil Loading and Air Flow
Rob is the Environmental Assessment Program Manager at the Washington State Department of Ecology. (rduf461@ecy.wa.gov)
5. Joseph E. Johnson (1994)
Thesis Title: Plausibility of Dermal Pathway Dominance in Risk Assessment of Contaminated Soils: An Examination of Selected Superfund Risk Assessments
Joe is Director of Environmental Affairs at Cisco Systems in Seattle, WA. (joejohn2@cisco.com)
6. Jeffry H. Shirai (1995)
Thesis Title: Variability in Estimated Physiological Half-lives of PCBs in Humans: Implications for Exposure Assessment
Jeff is a research scientist and laboratory supervisor in the Kissel Laboratory in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the University of Washington. (jshirai@u.washington.edu)
7. Scott M. Bartell (1996)
Thesis Title: Estimation of Childhood Soil Ingestion Rates with Biomonitoring Data from Soil Remediation Studies
Scott is an assistant professor in the Program in Public Health, Department of Statistics, and Department of Epidemiology at the University of California, Irvine. (sbartell@uci.edu)
8. King K. Holmes, Jr. (1996)
Thesis Title: Characterization of Soil Adherence to Skin
King sold a Seattle company called Book Fair, Inc and is currently figuring out what to do next. (kingkholmes@hotmail.com)
9. Ann Wawrukiewicz (1997)
Thesis Title: Validation Studies of Two-dimensional Monte Carlo Modeling of Children's Residential Exposures to Arsenic and Pesticides in Soil
Ann is grant writing for non-profit organizations with Cascadia Grants in Portland,
Oregon, and has attended classes to become an accountant. (annwaw@spiritone.com)
10. Timothy J. Garlock (1997)
Thesis Title: Effects of Activity Patterns on Assessment of Dermal Exposure to Contaminated Soils
Tim is a Washington Industrial Health and Safety Act (WISHA) industrial hygiene compliance inspector enforcing Washington State Department of Labor and Industries safety and health regulations. (GART235@LNI.WA.GOV)
11. Eva Wong (1999)
Thesis Title: Use of Children's Activity Patterns in Dermal Soil Exposure Assessment
Eva works in the Assessment, Policy Development & Evaluation Unit at Public Health - Seattle & King County. (evadala@gmail.com)
12. Gary J. Palcisko (2000)
Thesis Title: Children's Exposure to Lead and Arsenic in Orchard Soils
Gary works in the Air Quality program at the Washington State Department of Ecology. (gpal461@ECY.WA.GOV)
13. Sarah G. Weppner (2001)
Thesis Title: Farm Exposures to Deposited Arsenic and Lead on Vashon/Maury Island
Sarah is a human health assessor at Terragraphic Environmental Engineering in Boise, Idaho. (Sarah.Weppner@terragraphics.com)
14. René M. Showlund (2002)
Thesis Title: Transfer of Pesticide Residue to Skin Following Contact with a Contaminated Surface
René is an industrial hygiene and safety specialist at The Boeing Company. (Rene.M.Irish@Boeing.com)
15. Lindsay J. Smith (2003)
Thesis Title: Plausibility of Direct Exposure to Paranitrophenol in the Chicago Methyl Parathion Residential Spraying Case
Lindsay is a risk assessor at Health Canada in Winnepeg, Canada. (lindsay_j_smith@hc-sc.gc.ca)
16. Marley B. Bain (Shoaf) (2004)
Thesis Title: Dermal Exposure to Sediment: Field Measurement of Sediment Loadings and Unresolved Issues in Exposure Assessment
Marley is an air quality field inspector in the Air Pollution Control Division at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. (marleyshoaf@hotmail.com)
17. Anayi M. Norman (2004)
Thesis Title: Use of PBPK Models to Characterize Dermal Absorption of Volatile Organic Compounds from Water
Anayi is raising her children, but still has ideas of attending law school (she was accepted to Emory University before having to defer due to her first pregnancy). (anayinorman@aol.com)
18. Elizabeth W. Spalt (2005)
Thesis Title: Dermal Absorption of Contaminants from Soil: A Review of Current Literature and Investigations with DEET
Elizabeth is a senior associate at Environ in Seattle, WA. (espalt@environcorp.com)
19. Joseph (Jay) A. Smith (2006)
Thesis Title: Reconciliation of Aggregate Probabilistic Exposure Model Predictions
with Observed Biomarkers: A Case Study Using Data from the CTEPP Child Cohorts
Jay is working in the Environment and Resources Division of Abt Associates, Inc in Minneapolis, MN. (Joseph_Smith@Abtassoc.com)
20. Kelly L. Stumbaugh (2008)
Thesis Topic: Estimation of Skin Permeability of Aqueous Chloroform from
Human In Vivo Trials and Relative Contribution of Dermal Absorption to Mulit-route
Exposure to Chloroform in Drinking Water
Kelly works on environmental regulatory issues for Cisco Systems in Seattle, WA. (kstumbaugh@gmail.com)
21. Laurel K. Jennings (2009)
Thesis Topic: An Investigation of Perfluorinated Compounds (PFCs) in Puget
Sound Shellfish
Laurel works in the Habitat Restoration Division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration office in Seattle, WA. (Laurel.Jennings@noaa.gov)
22. Carolyn M. Bergstrom (2010)
Thesis Topic: Particle Size Distributions, Size Concentration Relationships
and Adherence to Hands of Selected Geologic Media Derived from Mining, Smelting,
and Quarrying Activities
Carolyn is currently working as a health inspector at the Oakland County (Michigan) Health Division. (cmbergstrom1@gmail.com)
23. Alexander Domesle (2010)
Thesis Topic: Investigation of Chemical Uptake at Low Loads on Skin
Alex is working as a risk assessor at the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service in Washington, DC. (alexander.domesle@gmail.com)
24. Amelia C. Greenhall (Cousins) (2011)
Thesis Topic: Assessment of Children's Non-Dietary Indoor Exposure to a Phthalate Found in Floor Tile
Amelia is spending her time writing and traveling. (amelia.greenhall@gmail.com)
25. Elizabeth (Beth) C. Kilcline (2011)
Thesis Topic: Characterization of Dermal Absorption Following Decontamination
via Washing
Beth is currently looking for work after returning from a fabulous European vacation. (ekilclin@gmail.com)
26. Elizabeth L. Cooper (scheduled to be 2012)
Thesis Topic: Assessment of the Contribution of Indoor Surface Residues
to SVOC Exposures (subject to change)
Currently working as a second-year graduate student in the Kissel Laboratory in the Department of Environmental and Occupational and Health Sciences at the University of Washington. (elcooper@uw.edu)
