Panos Georgopoulos, Ph.D.
Professor
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Exposure Science Division
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute

http://ccl.rutgers.edu/Panos.htm

Research Interests:

Computational Chemodynamics - Mathematical Modeling of Environmental and Biological Systems: Multimedia transport, fate and uptake of environmental pollutants; photochemical smog; air toxics; persistent organics; heavy metals * Physiologically-based pharmacokinetics and dosimetry * Computational toxicology and toxicogenomics Environmental and Human Exposure Information Systems Methods: Multidimensional/spatiotemporal data warehousing, mining, and diagnostic analysis via Geographic Information and Database Management Systems * Multiroute/multipathway modeling of human exposure to toxics * Enviroinformatics and bioinformatics Risk and Uncertainty Analysis Methods: Uncertainty analysis and reduction methods for environmental and occupational health risk assessment

Publications:

Chandrasekar A., Philbrick C.R., Doddridge B., Clark R. and Georgopoulos P.G. (2003). An Evaluation Study of RAMS Simulations with Aircraft, Wind Profiler, Lidar, Tethered Balloon and RASS Data over Philadelphia During a 1999 Summer Episode. Atmospheric Environment 37: 4973-4984

Roy A., Ouyang M., Freeman N., Georgopoulos P.G. and Lioy P.J. (2003) Environmental, Dietary, Demographic, and Activity Variables Associated with Biomarkers of Exposure for Benzene and Lead. Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology (In Press)

Lazaridis M., Spiridaki A., Solberg S., Kallos G., Svendby T., Flatoy F., Drossinos I., Housiadas C., Smolik J., Colbeck I., Varinou M., Gofa F., Eleftheriadis K., Zdimal V. and Georgopoulos P.G. (2003). Modelling of Combined Aerosol and Photooxidant Processes in the Mediterranean Area. Water Air and Soil Pollution (In Press)

Foley G., Georgopoulos P.G. and Lioy P.J. (2003). Examining Accountability for Changes in Population Exposures to 8-Hour Ozone Standard With Implementation of Different Control Strategies. Environmental Science and Technology (In Press)

Balakrishnan S., Roy A., Ierapetritou M.G., Flach G.P. and Georgopoulos P.G. (2003) Uncertainty Reduction and Characterization of Complex Environmental Fate and Transport Models: An Empirical Bayesian Framework Incorporating the Stochastic Response Surface Method. Water Resources Research (In Press)

Awards and Honors:

International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) Citation of Appreciation

(1999) for Leadership, Organization, and Exceptional Effort as Co-Chair of the Organizing Committee for the 1999 Conference

International Society of Exposure Analysis (ISEA) Certificate in Appreciation of Service (1999) as Technical Program Chair of the 1999 Annual Conference

U.S. EPA Certificate of Appreciation (1999) (for Contributions to the Development of Models-3)