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a member of the National Research Council Committee on Grand Challenges for Sustainability in the
Chemistry Industry. Dr. Hutchison received his PhD in organic chemistry from Stanford University.
REBECCA D. KLAPER
is an associate professor in the School of Freshwater Sciences, University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The School of Freshwater Sciences (at the Great Lakes WATER Institute) is
dedicated to providing basic and applied research to inform policy decisions involving freshwater
resources. Dr. Klaper uses traditional toxicologic methods and genomic technologies to study the
potential effects of emerging contaminants, such as nanoparticles and pharmaceuticals, on aquatic
organisms. Dr. Klaper received an American Association for the Advancement of Science and
Technology Policy Fellowship, in which she worked in the National Center for Environmental
Assessment at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). She has served as an invited scientific expert
to both the U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative and the Organisation for Economic and Co-operative
Development Panel on Nanotechnology, for which she has testified on the potential effects of
nanoparticles on the environment and the utility of current testing strategies. She has served as a technical
expert in reviewing the EPA white paper on the environmental effects of nanotechnologies and the EPA
research strategy for nanotechnology. She also was involved in writing the EPA white paper on the use of
genomic technologies in risk assessment. Dr. Klaper received her PhD in ecology from the Institute of
Ecology of the University of Georgia.
GREGORY V. LOWRY
is a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of
Carnegie Mellon University and deputy director of the National Science Foundation Center for
Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology. He researches sustainable development of nanomaterials
and nanotechnologies, including the fate, mobility, and toxicity of nanomaterials in the environment,
remediation and treatment technologies that use nanomaterials, and nanoparticle-contaminant and biota
interactions. He also works on sustainable energy via carbon capture and storage. His current projects
include elucidating the role of adsorbed macromolecules on nanoparticle transport and fate in the
environment, in situ sediment management with innovative sediment caps, dense nonaqueous-phase
liquid source zone remediation through delivery of reactive nanoparticles to the nonaqueous-phase-water
interface, and carbon dioxide capture, sequestration, and monitoring. Dr. Lowry served as an external
advisory board member for the Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology. He was a
review panelist for the Environmental Protection Agency draft nanomaterial research strategy. He is a
member of the American Chemical Society, the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the Association
of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors. He received his PhD in civil-environmental
engineering from Stanford University.
ANDREW D. MAYNARD
is the director of the Risk Science Center of the University of Michigan
School of Public Health. He previously served as the chief science adviser in the Woodrow Wilson
International Center for Scholars for the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies. Dr. Maynard's research
interests revolve around aerosol characterization, the implications of nanotechnology for human health
and the environment, and managing the challenges and opportunities of emerging technologies. Dr.
Maynard's expertise covers many facets of risk science, emerging technologies, science policy, and
communication. Previously, he worked for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and
represented the agency on the Nanomaterial Science, Engineering and Technology (NSET) subcommittee
of the National Science and Technology Council and cochaired the Nanotechnology Health and
Environment Implications working group of NSET. He serves on the World Economic Forum Global
Agenda Council on Emerging Technologies and is a member of the Executive Committee of the
International Council on Nanotechnology. He previously chaired the International Standards Organization
Working Group on size-selective sampling in the workplace. Dr. Maynard served as a member of the
NRC Committee for Review of the Federal Strategy to Address Environmental, Health, and Safety
Research Needs for Engineered Nanoscale Materials. He earned his PhD in aerosol physics from the
Cavendish Laboratory of the University of Cambridge, UK.
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