He serves as Director of the Great Lakes OSHA Education Center. He is also Co-Director of the Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment Center at UC. His work includes developing and applying methods for health risk assessment for acute and chronic occupational and community exposures. He is the past Chair of the AIHA WEEL committee and a Toxicology Fellow with NIOSH. He has extensive experience in occupational toxicology as well as experience as a field IH in the petrochemical industry. He has given numerous presentations and course lectures at prior conferences and other professional scientific meetings. He holds a Doctorate in toxicology from the University of Cincinnati and a Master’s degree in industrial health from the University of Michigan. He is certified in both industrial hygiene (CIH) and toxicology (DABT).