ETOX Students Produce Award Winning Film on Water

A film produced by a group of NSF IGERT Fellows including Scott Coffin, Stacia Dudley and Sam Patton, ETOX graduate students, worked with Meredith Hillbrand, a Gluck Fellow to produce a short educational film entitled, "Getting to know H2O,".  The film won 1st place in the "Water's Impact on People" category and 2nd place overall in a competition sponsored by the Committee on Environmental Improvement at the American Chemical Society's annual meeting this week.  More information on the award and a link to the film can be found on the Inside UCR webpage.  Our congratulations to the fellows for this nice recognition.  Scott Coffin and Stacia Dudley completed their PhD degrees this past year.  [The photo is from the Inside UCR article.]

Danielle Stevenson Awarded FFAR Fellowship

Danielle Stevenson, a PhD student in the ETOX program working with Samantha Ying, has recently been awarded a Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research Fellowship.  The FFAR program provides mentoring to early career scientists from both academic institutions and the private sector to help them develop into future leaders in the food and agriculture industries.  More information about Danielle's research plans and the fellowship can be found at the FFAR website here and here as well a the UCR CNAS website.  Our congratulations to Danielle for this nice recognition. 

EPA Positions available

The EPA's Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP), Office of Pesticide Programs(OPP), Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (PRD) is searching for toxicologists and other biologists.  The deadline for applications is August 23 and August 20, 2019.  More information can be found here and here. 

Position for Lead Environmental Toxicologist - Specialty Chemicals

I received the following information from recent alum Sara Vliet. It is from the Leyden Group, a search firm that specializes in safety and regulatory affairs. 

Our client company is a global leader in the development of specialty chemistry for the consumer product and pharmaceutical industries. Due to emerging environmental and safety assessment regulations, the company has engaged us to find the person who will lead their efforts in aquatic toxicology, environmental fate, environmental risk assessment and related science.

A Ph.D. level scientist with three of more years of applied, regulatory toxicology in the aquatic, environmental and risk assessment realm is sought. Specific experience with an industry affected by USEPA registration requirements is strongly desired.

The person hired for this newly created role will manage and recommend testing programs for toxicology and environmental fate, conduct environmental risk assessments and be active (both internally and externally) on matters pertaining to new product development and existing product defense, ensuring the company’s commitment to safe and sustainable products.

The position will report to the company’s Director of Toxicology and Product Safety and work from the company’s offices in the Northeast US.

Confidential information about this opportunity is available from Mr. Terry Leyden, President, The Leyden Group, Inc. Phone (303) 865-2897. E-mail: terry@leydengroup.com