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Charles Weschler, Ph.D.
Dr. Weschler is an Adjunct Professor in the UMDNJ-RWJMS Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine and has been an ongoing visiting professor at the International Centre for Indoor Environment and Energy, Technical University of Denmark since 2001. He is on the editorial advisory boards of both Atmospheric Environment and Indoor Air. Since 2004 he has been a Co-PI in the Air Transportation Center of Excellence for Airliner Cabin Environment Research (ACER) sponsored by U.S. FAA. He also serves on Science Advisory Boards for an NSF Center at University of Texas, Austin (Chair) and an EPA Center at Syracuse University. He has served on four committees for the National Academy of Sciences.
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Adjunct Professor
Exposure Science Division
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
See Vitae
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| Research Interests:| Chemical reactions among indoor pollutants, including the production of short-lived, highly reactive compounds and secondary organic aerosols. Gas/particle and gas/surface partitioning in indoor environments. Sensory evaluation of indoor pollutants. Factors influencing the concentrations, transport and fate of indoor pollutants. Indoor contributions to total pollutant exposures and consequent health effects |
Publications:Weschler, C. J., Ozone's impact on public health: Contributions from indoor exposures to ozone and products of ozone-initiated chemistry, Environ. Health Perspectives, 114 (10), 1489-1496, 2006.
Wisthaler, A., G. Tamas, D. P. Wyon, P. Strom-Tejsen, D. Space, J. Beauchamp, A. Hansel, T. D. Mark and C. J. Weschler, Products of ozone-initiated chemistry in a simulated aircraft environment, Environ. Sci. Technol., 39, 4823-4832, 2005.
Bornehag C-G, J. Sundell, C. J. Weschler, T. Sigsgaard, B. Lundgren, M. Hasselgren, and L.Hagerhed-Engman, The association between asthma and allergic symptoms in children and phthalates in house dust: a nested case-control study Environ. Health Perspectives, 112, 1393-1397, 2004.
Nazaroff, W. W. and C. J. Weschler, Cleaning products and air fresheners: exposure to primary and secondary air pollutants, Atmos. Environ., 38, 2841-2865, 2004.
Weschler, C. J., Indoor/outdoor connections exemplified by processes that depend on an organic compound's saturation vapor pressure, Atmos. Environ., 37, 5451-5453, 2003.
Weschler, C. J., and H. C. Shields, Experiments probing the influence of air exchange rates on secondary organic aerosols derived from indoor chemistry, Atmos. Environ., 37, 5621-5631, 2003.
Awards and Honors:Listed in ISI Web of Science with an H-index of 30 (30 publications with 30 or more citations)
US EPA Plaque (2006) for service on their Science Advisory Board and NIOSH Certificate of Appreciation (2006) for contributions to the nation's occupational health research agenda
Guest Professor - University of Innsbruck, Austria (2004, 2006, 2007), University of Kuopio, Finland (2004) and University of Umea, Sweden (2003)
Best Paper Award: 1999-2001, Indoor Air journal
Elected to International Academy of Indoor Air Sciences (1999)
Named Distinguished Member of Professional Staff at Bellcore (1986) |
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