Paul Lioy, Ph.D. | University Center for Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response

Professor & Vice Chair, Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, RWJMS

Deputy Director of Government Relations and Director of Exposure Science Division

Director, Exposure Measurement and Assessment Division
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI)
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) - UMDNJ and Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ

Environmental & Occupational Medicine
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Dr. Paul J. Lioy, is a Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS), He is Deputy Director for Government Relations at the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI) a joint program of Rutgers University and UMDNJ and also directs the Institute's program in Exposure Science.  In addition, he directs the Center for Exposure and Risk Modeling with Dr. Panos Georgopoulos.

Dr. Lioy received a B.A. from Montclair State College, NJ; M.S. Auburn University, Al.; and an M.S. and Ph.D. from Rutgers University. In 1998, he received the International Society of Exposure Analysis Jerome Wesolowski Award for Lifetime Achievement in Exposure Analysis and in 2003 he was the recipient of the Frank Chambers Award in Air Pollution from the Air and Waste Management Association. In 2006 he received the RWJMS R. Walter Schlesinger Basic Science award for Mentoring. He is a member of the Science Advisory Board (SAB) of the US EPA (1991-2003, 2005-present) and a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Committee.  He was the Vice Chair of the WTC Expert Technical Panel (2004-2005). In 1999, he was elected to the International Academy of Indoor Air Sciences, and in the same year he became a Fellow of the Colleagium Ramazzini.  Dr. Lioy was a member of the US-Canada International Joint Commission Air Quality Advisory Board (1992-2007). He is one of the founders of International Society for Exposure Analysis and was President from 1993-94. Dr. Lioy has been a member of the National Academy of Sciences Board of Toxicology and Environmental Studies, and was Chair of the National Research Council’s first committee devoted to Exposure Assessment, and has been a member of various committees including Ozone, Particulate Matter, DOE Waste Sites, and Epidemiology.  He has also been an academic councilor to the New Jersey Legislature, and a member or chair of State councils and committees.

Dr. Lioy was appointed Co-Chair of the New Jersey University Consortium for Homeland Security Research in 2006, and is a member of the New Jersey Domestic Security and Preparedness Planning Group. He is a founding member of the Executive Committee of the University Center for Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response of RWJMS-UMDNJ, Rutgers University, and RWJ University Hospital.

Dr. Lioy has been an executive editor or associate editor of over 6 journals that deal with environmental science, human exposure and/or air pollution. With over 230 peer-reviewed publications, two books, numerous book chapters and editorials, he has been identified by the Information Science Institute as one of the most cited scientists in the world in the category of environment/ecology. His research focuses on major Human Exposure Science and Environmental Health problems, which include basic research on the measurement and modeling of exposure and dose derived for environmental agents that reach individuals in the “real world”, those that can be derived from single or multiple routes of exposure (e.g., pesticides, metals ozone), and the exposures that result from the accumulation of pollutants and release of pollutants indoors.

Currently he is completing research on exposure and health effects of the aftermath of the World Trade Center disaster and is also working on biologic and chemical warfare defense technology and exposure reduction strategies for homeland security and natural disasters.

Selected Publications:

Lioy, P. J. (2010). "Exposure Science: A View of the Past and Milestones for the Future." Environ Health Perspect.

Lioy, P. J. and T. Burkeb (2010). "Superfund: is it safe to go home?" J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 20(2): 113-4.

Georgopoulos, P. G., A. F. Sasso, et al. (2009). "Reconstructing population exposures to environmental chemicals from biomarkers: challenges and opportunities." J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 19(2): 149-71.

Lioy, P. J., S. S. Isukapalli, et al. (2009). "Using national and local extant data to characterize environmental exposures in the national children's study: Queens County, New York." Environ Health Perspect 117(10): 1494-504.

Lowers, H. A., G. P. Meeker, et al. (2009). "Summary of the development of a signature for detection of residual dust from collapse of the World Trade Center buildings." J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 19(3): 325-35.

Wang, S. W., X. Tang, et al. (2009). "Modeling of personal exposures to ambient air toxics in Camden, New Jersey: an evaluation study." J Air Waste Manag Assoc 59(6): 733-46.

Isukapalli, S. S., P. J. Lioy, et al. (2008). "Mechanistic modeling of emergency events: assessing the impact of hypothetical releases of anthrax." Risk Anal 28(3): 723-40.

Lioy, P. J. (2008). "Time for a change: from exposure assessment to exposure science." Environ Health Perspect 116(7): A282-A283.

Lioy, P. J. and C. P. Weisel (2008). "Artificial turf: safe or out on ball fields around the world." J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 18(6): 533-4.

Rodes, C. E., E. D. Pellizzari, et al. (2008). "ISEA2007 panel: integration of better exposure characterizations into disaster preparedness for responders and the public." J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 18(6): 541-50.

Chow, J. C., J. G. Watson, et al. (2007). "Will the circle be unbroken: a history of the U.S. National Ambient Air Quality Standards." J Air Waste Manag Assoc 57(10): 1151-63.

Herrington, J. S., Z. H. Fan, et al. (2007). "Low acetaldehyde collection efficiencies for 24-hour sampling with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNPH)-coated solid sorbents." Environ Sci Technol 41(2): 580-5.

Lioy, P. J., D. Vallero, et al. (2007). "A personal exposure study employing scripted activities and paths in conjunction with atmospheric releases of perfluorocarbon tracers in Manhattan, New York." J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 17(5): 409-25.

Mitchell, C. S., J. J. Zhang, et al. (2007). "Current state of the science: health effects and indoor environmental quality." Environ Health Perspect 115(6): 958-64.

Shalat, S. L., P. J. Lioy, et al. (2007). "Improving estimation of indoor exposure to inhalable particles for children in the first year of life." J Air Waste Manag Assoc 57(8): 934-9.

Zhu, K., J. Zhang, et al. (2007). "Evaluation and comparison of continuous fine particulate matter monitors for measurement of ambient aerosols." J Air Waste Manag Assoc 57(12): 1499-506.

Fan, Z., K. H. Jung, et al. (2006). "Development of a passive sampler to measure personal exposure to gaseous PAHs in community settings." Environ Sci Technol 40(19): 6051-7.

Georgopoulos, P. G. and P. J. Lioy (2006). "From a theoretical framework of human exposure and dose assessment to computational system implementation: the Modeling ENvironment for TOtal Risk Studies (MENTOR)." J Toxicol Environ Health B Crit Rev 9(6): 457-83.

Hore, P., V. Zartarian, et al. (2006). "Children's residential exposure to chlorpyrifos: application of CPPAES field measurements of chlorpyrifos and TCPy within MENTOR/SHEDS-Pesticides model." Sci Total Environ 366(2-3): 525-37.

Landrigan, P. J., L. Trasande, et al. (2006). "The National Children's Study: a 21-year prospective study of 100,000 American children." Pediatrics 118(5): 2173-86.

Lioy, P. J. (2006). "Employing dynamical and chemical processes for contaminant mixtures outdoors to the indoor environment: the implications for total human exposure analysis and prevention." J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 16(3): 207-24.

Lioy, P. J. and P. Georgopoulos (2006). "The anatomy of the exposures that occurred around the World Trade Center site: 9/11 and beyond." Ann N Y Acad Sci 1076: 54-79.

Lioy, P. J., E. Pellizzari, et al. (2006). "The World Trade Center aftermath and its effects on health: understanding and learning through human-exposure science." Environ Sci Technol 40(22): 6876-85.

Vyas, V. M., M. G. Gochfeld, et al. (2006). "An evaluation of the role of risk-based decision-making in a former manufactured gas plant site remediation." J Air Waste Manag Assoc 56(2): 225-35.

Yu, C. H., L. M. Yiin, et al. (2006). "The bioaccessibility of lead (Pb) from vacuumed house dust on carpets in urban residences." Risk Anal 26(1): 125-34.