Ronald J. Kendall, Ph.D.

-Graduated with B.S. degree from the University of South Carolina and received his M.S. degree from Clemson University and his Ph.D. from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and received a United States Environmental Protection Agency post-doctoral traineeship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

-Founding Director of “The Institute of Environmental and Human Health”, Texas Tech University/Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas and Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Environmental Toxicology, Texas University (present); Web address is www.tiehh.ttu.edu

-Founder and Director of The Institute of Wildlife and Environmental Toxicology (TIWET) at Clemson University (1989-1997)

-Founding Department Head (1989-1997) in the Department of Environmental Toxicology at Clemson University

-Founding Director, Institute of Wildlife Toxicology, and Professor of Environmental Toxicology, Huxley College of Environmental Studies, Western Washington University (1980-1989)

-Past-President of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), and has served on its Board of Directors and Executive Committee, as well as being Vice-President, on the SETAC Foundation for Environmental Education Board of Directors, and is the Annual Review Editor of the journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

-Authored more than one hundred refereed journal and technical articles, and published or edited several books including, Toxic Substances in the Environment, Wildlife Toxicology, Wildlife Toxicology and Population Modeling: Integrated Studies of Agroecosystems, and Principles and Processes for Evaluating Endocrine Disruption in Wildlife.

-Made more than 160 public and scientific presentations in the field of wildlife and environmental toxicology
-Received over 140 research grants totaling more than 40 million dollars
-Graduated 30 students at the graduate level, including M.S. and Ph.D. degrees
-Authored ten courses in environmental toxicology and wildlife toxicology
-Received the 1996 Alumni Research Award for outstanding faculty research at Clemson University
-Received the 1987 Paul J. and Ruth Olscamp Research Award, from Western Washington University
-In 1996, addressed the United Nations Committee on Sustainable Development
-Awarded a Fulbright Fellowship in 1991

-Served as an environmental advisor to the United States Justice Department, Environmental Enforcement Section

-National Board/Committee Appointments (representative past and present):
• United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Panel Member (1996-2002); Chairman, 1999-2002
• United States Environmental Protection Agency’s, Science Advisory Board, Mercury Review Subcommittee (1997)
• The National Academy of Sciences’ panel, Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) Program (1994-1996)
• The Conservation Foundation’s, Avian Effects Dialogue Group (1990-1995)
• The National Academy of Sciences’, Ecological Risk Assessment Subcommittee, Committee on Risk Assessment Methodologies (1990-1991)
• The Endocrine Disruptors Screening and Testing Advisory Committee (EDSTAC) of the USEPA (1996-present)
• Board of Research Directors of the Canadian Network of Toxicology Centers for the Canadian Government (1993-present)

-Consulted with many foreign countries on environmental issues (e.g. Russia, Costa Rica, Canada, the Netherlands, France, United Kingdom, Portugal, Switzerland)

Contact points-
Phone: (806) 745-2896
Fax: (806) 745-2898
E-mail: rjksr@aol.com