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Exposure Science Affinity Group

Affinity Group V:  Exposure Science Affinity Group (ES)
Affinity Group Leader: Reto Gieré, PhD

Group Description

Aim: The affinity group in Exposure Science develops and uses data-gathering tools to measure changes in the external and internal environment that affect human health. It identifies pathways of human exposure and embraces “community exposomics” by conducting chemical analysis and environmental monitoring of water, air, and soil; cartographic modeling using GIS tools; and deploying biosensors and wearables in the field. It works closely with the Community Engagement Core. Members of the affinity group also pursue the development of new biosensors; the identification of biomarkers of exposure and effect (using the Translational Biomarker Core); the integration of exposomic data with other “omics” data (using the Exposure Biology Informatics Core); and the conduct of environmental epidemiology studies with links to Population Sciences Services of the Integrative Health Sciences Facility Core.

Members, Adjunct Members, and Affiliates associated with the Affinity Group are as follows:

Environmental Monitoring

Peter DeCarlo – Adjunct Member

Research Interest:AMS and Atmospheric Pollution

Reto Gieré


Research Interest: Health Effects of Atmospheric Particles

Douglas Jerolmack

Research Interest
: Fate and Transport of Asbestos

Cartographic Mapping and GIS Tools
Krista Heinlen
, Consultant
Research Interest: GIS Research Analyst

Amy Hillier – Consultant


Research Interest: City and Regional Planning

Wei-Ting Hwang

Research Interest:  Cluster Analysis

Dana Tomlin –  Consultant


Research Interest
: ArcGIS

Douglas Wiebe

Research Interest: Cartographic Modeling

Biosensors and Wearables
Blanca Himes


Research Interest
: Particulate matter and air pollution detection with biosensors

A.T. Charlie Johnson

Research Interest: Graphene-aptamer chemosensors for water contaminants

Carsten Skarke

Research Interest: Spatial-temporal relationship on asthma risk using wearables

Biomarkers of Exposure and Effect
Ian A. Blair


Research Interest: LC-MS/MS for biomarkers of exposure and effect

Clementina Mesaros

Research Interest: LC-MS/MS small molecule biomarkers, proteomes and metabolomes

Trevor Penning

Research Interest: LC-MS/MS androgen, PAH and Nitro-PAH metabolomes and carcinogen-DNA adducts

Nathaniel Snyder – Adjunct Member


Research Interest:
  Biomarkers of exposure and neurodevelopment disorders

Environmental Epidemiology
Ted Emmett


Research Interest: PFOA/PFOS

Jianghong Liu


Research Interest:
Lead and Externalizing Behavior

Anil Vachani 


Research Interest
:  Lung cancer in smokers and never smokers

Exposure Biology Informatics

Mary Regina Boland –Affiliate Member

Research Interest: Prenatal/perinatal Development and Environmental Exposures

Jason Moore

Research Interest: Informatics

Rebecca Wells


Research Interest: Environmental Exposures and Biliary Atresia

For more information or to request services, email giere@sas.upenn.edu.


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