Todd Anderson is an associate professor in the Department of Environmental Toxicology and The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) at Texas Tech University. His teaching and research focuses on the movement of organic chemical contaminants in the environment in order to evaluate and better characterize potential exposure of organisms to contaminants, as well as support tests on chemical effects. He has developed research programs in the areas of environmental chemistry and phytoremediation, as well as taught courses on “Pesticides in the Environment”, “Chemical Fate”, and “Analytical Toxicology”. One of his primary research interests currently is the development of chemical assays which can be used to characterize the availability of aged contaminants in soil.

He received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Environmental Toxicology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where he held a Department of Energy Research Fellowship at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Dr. Anderson was a Postdoctoral Associate and Research Affiliate Professor at Iowa State University from 1992-1996 and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Toxicology and Assistant Section Leader (Analytical Chemistry) in The Institute of Wildlife and Environmental Toxicology (TIWET) at Clemson University from 1996-1997.

He is a member of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) and a current member of the editorial board for its journal, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. In 1996, Dr. Anderson received the SETAC/Roy F. Weston Environmental Chemistry Award, an award given annually to a scientist under the age of 35 for contributions made to the field of environmental chemistry. Dr. Anderson was selected by Sigma Xi as the Southwest Regional Young Investigator for 1999 and 2001 based on his work with chemical contaminants in soil-plant systems.

He also serves as an Associate Editor for the journal, Water, Air, and Soil Pollution. Dr. Anderson is a member of the Environmental Chemistry and Agrochemicals Divisions of the American Chemical Society. In the Environmental Chemistry Division he currently serves as Chair of the Student Awards Committee.