Members
Ronald J. Kendall,
Ph.D.
Director, The Institute of Environmental and Human Health
Texas Tech University / Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
- Founder and Director of The Institute of Environmental
and Human Health (TIEHH) at Texas Tech University (1997-Present);
Founding Chair and Professor, Department of Environmental Toxicology,
Texas Tech University; Professor, Department of Pharmacology at Texas
Tech University Health Sciences Center (1997-Present) (Institute Faculty,
Staff, Graduate Students – 130; 150,000 square feet, Physical Plant
and multi-million dollar annual budget)
- Founder and Director, Institute of Wildlife and Environmental
Toxicology (TIWET) at Clemson University (1989-1997)
- Founding Department Head (1989-1995) and Professor
(1989-1997), Department of Environmental Toxicology, Clemson University
- Founding Director, Institute of Wildlife Toxicology,
and Professor of Environmental Toxicology, Huxley College of Environmental
Studies, Western Washington University (1980-1989)
- Past-President of the Society of Environmental Toxicology
and Chemistry (SETAC), and has served on its Board of Directors and
Executive Committee, as well as being Vice-President, on the SETAC
Foundation for Environmental Education Board of Directors, and was
the Annual Review Editor and currently Terrestrial Toxicology Editor
of the journal, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
- Authored more than one hundred refereed journal and
technical articles, and published or edited several books including,
Toxic Substances in the Environment, Wildlife Toxicology, Wildlife
Toxicology and Population Modeling: Integrated Studies of Agroecosystems
and Principles and Processes for Evaluating Endocrine Disruption in
Wildlife
- Made more than 170 public and scientific presentations
in the field of wildlife and environmental toxicology
- As Principal Investigator have received 136 research
grants totaling more than 42 million dollars
- Graduated thirty students at the graduate level,
including M.S. and Ph.D. degrees
- Authored ten courses in environmental toxicology
and wildlife toxicology
- Received the 1996 Alumni Research Award for outstanding
faculty research at Clemson University and the 1987 Paul J. and Ruth
Olscamp Research Award, from Western Washington State University
- In 1996, addressed the United Nations Committee on
Sustainable Development, United Nations, New York
- Awarded a Fullbright Fellowship in 1991
- Serves as an environmental advisor to the United
States Justice Department, Environmental Enforcement Section
- National Board/Committee Appointments (representative
past and present):
- United States Environmental Protection Agency’s,
Science Advisory Panel Chair (Member 1996-Present)
- United States Environmental Protection Agency’s,
Joint SAB/SAP Review on “Data from Testing of Human Subjects”
served as Chairman (1998-2000)
- United States Environmental Protection Agency’s,
Science Advisory Board, Mercury Review Subcommittee (1997)
- The National Academy of Sciences’ panel, Environmental
Status and Trends (BEST) Program (1994-1996)
- The National Academy of Sciences’, Ecological
Risk Assessment Subcommittee, Committee on Risk Assessment Methodologies
(1990-1991)
- The Endocrine Disruptors Screening and Testing
Advisory Committee (EDSTAC) of the USEPA (1996-1998)
- Board of Research Directors of the Canadian Network
of Toxicology Centers for the Canadian Government (1993-1999)
- Consults with many foreign countries on environmental
issues (e.g., Russia, Costa Rica, Canada, the Netherlands, France,
United Kingdom, Portugal, Switzerland
- Graduated with honors from the University of South
Carolina and received is M.S. degree in Wildlife Ecology from Clemson
University and his Ph.D. in Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences/Toxicology
from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and received
a United States Environmental Protection Agency postdoctoral traineeship
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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