Prof. Thomas M. Peters

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University of Iowa
College of Public Health
Occupational & Environmental Health
Assistant ProfessorAppointed: 2004
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Mailing Address

University of Iowa
Occupational and Environmental Health
100 Oakdale Campus
#102 IREH
Iowa City, Iowa 52242
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (319) 335-4436
Fax: (319) 335-4225
thomas-m-peters@uiowa.edu
http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/faculty-staff/faculty/directory/faculty-detail.asp?emailAddress=thomas-m-peters@uiowa.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Industrial Hygiene/Aerosol Physics, 2004.
M.S., University of Florida, Environmental Engineering, 1992.
B.S., University of Florida, Environmental Engineering, 1990.

Expertise and Research Interests

Areas of Research Interest/Current Projects

1. Mechanics of aerosols: sampling and transport, instrumentation, and filter design

2. Industrial ventilation: capture and control of workplace pollutants

3. Engineered nanomaterials and ultrafine particles: exposure assessment and health effects

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Environmental Health, Heating or Ventilation or Air Conditioning, Occupational Health and Safety.

Additional Terms:

Engineered Nanomaterials, Industrial Ventilation, Mechanics of Aerosols, Stationary Source Control.

Memberships

American Association for Aerosol Research
American Industrial Hygiene Association
Linn County Ambient Air Quality Group
Tau Beta Pi

Honors and Awards

2009, Best Aerosol Poster in Show Award, AIHce
2009, Best Poster in Session Award, AIHce - Graduate Student Session
2009, Best Poster in Session Award, AIHce - Graduate Student session
2008, Best Aerosol Poster in Show Award, AIHce
2005, College of Public Health-Carver College of Medicine New Investigator Research Award, University of Iowa
2004, Award for Excellence in Doctoral Research, Bernard G. Greenberg
2003, Best Poster in Show Award - Runner-up, AIHce
2003, NIOSH Traineeship Award,
2003, FY2001 EPA Scientific and Technology Achievement Award: Level 1,
2002, NIOSH Traineeship Award,
2001, Fellowship, Department of Education Graduate Assistants in Areas of National Need (GAANN)
2000, Fellowship, Department of Education Graduate Assistants in Areas of National Need (GAANN)
1991, Engineer-in-Training,
1990, EPA Air Pollution Control Scholarship,
1989, Florida Consulting Engineers Scholarship,

Previous Positions

2001-2002, Independent Consultant, Center for Disease Control, NIOSH
2000-2004, Graduate Research Assistant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1998-2004, Independent Consultant, BGI, Inc
1993-2000, Research Aerosol Engineer/Scientist, RTI International
1990-1992, Graduate Research Assistant, University of Florida

Funding Received

  • EPA: (PI) Passive Sample Analysis and Data Interpretation Results Report, $32,000, 2009 to 2010.
  • CDC: (Co-PI) Heartland Environmental Research Center (Center Director: Zwerling), $12,070, 2009 to 2010.
  • EPA: (PI) Passive Sampling Assessment of Spatial Variability of PM10-2.5 Cleveland Multiple air Plllutant Study (CMAPS), $47,856, 2009 to 2010.
  • USEPA: (PI) Passive Sampling to Assess the Spatial Variability of PM10-2.5 in Cleveland, OH, $27,000, 2008 to 2009.
  • US PHS/NIH: Environmental Health Sciences Research Center (Center Director: Thorne), $980,280/yr, 2007 to 2012.
  • UAW-GM Center for Human Resources: Burn-off Emissions in Vehiocle Final Assembly Areas (PI: Heitbrink), $418,039, 2007 to 2009.
  • EPA: (PI) Development and Field Assessment of a Shelter for a Passive Aerosol Sampler, $20,887, 2007 to 2007.
  • NIOSH K01: (PI) Personal Exposure to Engineered Nanoparticles, $300,000, 2007 to 2010.
  • University of Iowa: Predicting Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality by Indirect Methods, Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contaminants (PI: Kumar), $30,000, 2007 to 2010.
  • Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research: (PI) Real-time, Personal Sampling for Airborne Nanoparticles, $30,000, 2006 to 2007.
  • Inhalation Exposure: (PI) Relating Cardiac Function to Diesel Exhaust, $8,500, 2006 to 2007.
  • Biological Science Funding Program (University of Iowa): (PI) Development of a Passive Sampler for Assessing Airborne Nanoparticles, $30,000, 2006 to 2007.
  • DHHS/CDC: Exposure Assessment of Workers in Swine Confinement Buildings (PI: O'Shaughnessy), $131,488/yr, 2006 to 2011.
  • DHHS/CDC: Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health (Center Director: Sanderson) Project Title: Exposure assessment of workers in swine confienement buildings, $1,199,999/yr, 2006 to 2011.
  • Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination-University of Iowa: (PI) Passive Sampling of Ambient Air Particulate Matter, $25,000, 2005 to 2005.
  • University of Iowa College of Public Health: (PI) Airway and Immune Response to Inhaled Endotoxin and Diesel Exhaust Particles in Humans, $10,000, 2005 to 2006.
  • University of Iowa Heartland Center for Occupational Health and Safety: (PI) Airways Response to Mixed Exposure of Endotoxin and Diesel Exhaust Particles Using Exhaled Breath Condensate Methodology, $14,760, 2005 to 2006.
  • TSI, Inc., Shoreview MN: (PI) Modification and Evaluation of the APS3321 for Ambient Air Monitoring, $40,000, 2005 to 2007.
  • EPA/NIOSH/NSF: Assessment Methods for Nanoparticles in the Workplace (PI: O'Shaughnessy), $399,906, 2005 to 2008.
  • International Truck and Engine Co/UAW: Ultrafine Particles in Heavy Vehicle Assembly and Components Manufacturing Plants (Heitbrink PI), $68,533, 2004 to 2005.
  • CDC/NIOSH: NORA Research Program (Program Director: Zwerling), $1,200,000, 2000 to 2008.

Publications

  • Peters TM, Elzey S, Johnson R, Park H, Grassian VH, Maher T, O'Shaughnessy P (Feb 2009) Airborne monitoring to distinguish engineered nanomaterials from incidental particles for environmental health and safety., Journal of occupational and environmental hygiene, 6 (2), 73-81 Abstract
  • Heitbrink WA, Evans DE, Ku BK, Maynard AD, Slavin TJ, Peters TM (2009) Relationships among particle number, surface area, and respirable mass concentrations in automotive engine manufacturing, J Occup Envir Hyg, 6 (1), 19-31
  • Heitbrink WA, Ku BK, Maynard AD, Slavin TJ, Peters TM (2009) Relationships among particle number, surface area, and respirable mass concentrations in automotive engine manufacturing, J Occup and Envir Hyg, 6 (1), 19-31
  • Peters TM, Volckens JAE, Hering S (2009) Impactors, Cyclones, and Other Interial and Gravitational Collectors. In: D. Leong (Editor), Air Sampling Instruments for Evaluation of Atmospheric Contaminants, American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, Inc., Cincinnati, OH
  • Baron PA, Peters TM, Mazunder MK, Cheng Y-S (2009) Direct-reading techniques using particle motion and optical detection., In: P. Baron (Editor) Aerosol Measurement, New York, NY, J Wiley, In Press (bookchapter)
  • Peters TM, Grassian VH (2009) Engineered nanoparticles, In: B. Cohrssen and V. Rose (Editors), Patty's Industrial Hygiene, 6th Edition, New York, NY, J Wiley, In Press (bookchapter)
  • Klösener J, Peters TM, Adamcakova-Dodd A, Teesch LM, Thorne PS, Robertson LW, Luthe G (Dec 2008) Innovative Application of Fluoro Tagging To Trace Airborne Particulate and Gas-Phase Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether Exposures., Chemical research in toxicology Abstract
  • Peters TM, Riss AL, Holm RL, Singh M, Vanderpool RW (Apr 2008) Design and evaluation of an inlet conditioner to dry particles for real-time particle sizers., Journal of environmental monitoring : JEM, 10 (4), 541-51 Abstract
  • Ott DK, Cyrs W, Peters TM (2008) Passive Measurement of Coarse Particulate Matter, PM10-2.5, Journal of Aerosol Science, 39 (2), 156-67
  • Ott DK, Kumar NK, Peters TM (2008) Passive Sampling to Capture Spatial Variability of PM10-2.5, Atmospheric Environment, 42 (4), 746-56
  • Ott DK, Peters TM (2008) A Shelter to Protect a Passive Sampler for Coarse Particulate Matter, PM10-2.5, Aerosol Sci Technol, 42 (2), 299-309
  • Evans DE, Heitbrink WA, Slavin TJ, Peters TM (2008) Ultrafine particles in an automotive grey iron foundry, Ann Occup Hyg, 52 (1), 9-21
  • Heitbrink WA, Evans DE, Peters TM, Slavin TJ (2007) Characterization and mapping of very fine particles in an engine machining and assembly facility, J Occup Environ Hyg, 4 (5), 341-51
  • Reid J, Peters TM (2007) Update to "Reconciliation of coarse mode sea-salt aerosol particle size measurements and parameterizations at a sub-tropical ocean receptor site" regarding the use of Aerodynamic Particle Sizers in marine environments, J Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 112 (D04202), 1-4
  • Ott DK, Peters TM (2007) Passive measurement of coarse particulate matter, PM10-2.5, J Aerosol Sci, Submitted
  • Vanderpool RW, Byrd LA, Wiener RW, Hunikey ET, Labickas M, Leston AR, Tolocka MP, McElroy FF, Murdoch RW, Natarajan S, Noble CA, Peters TM (2007) Laboratory and field evaluation of crystallized Dow 704 oil on the performance of the WINS PM2.5 fractionator, J Air and Waste Management, 57, 14-30
  • Peters TM, Ott D, O'Shaughnessy PT (2006) Comparison of the Grimm 1.108 and 1.109 Portable Aerosol Spectrometer to the TSI 3321 Aerodynamic Particle Sizer for Dry Particles, Ann Occup Hyg PubMed, PubMed (PMID: 17041244)
  • Peters TM (2006) Use of the aerodynamic particle sizer to measure ambient PM10-2.5: The coarse fraction of PM10, J Air Waste Manag Assoc, 56 (4), 411-6
  • Peters TM, O'Shaughnessy P, Ott D (2006) Performance of the Grimm PDM-1108 and PDM-1109 optical particle counter, Ann Occup Hygiene, 50 (8), 843-50
  • Volckens J. and Peters T., Counting and particle transmission efficiency of the aerodynamic particle sizer, Aerosol Sci. and Technol., 36(12), 1400-8, 2005
  • Peters TM, Heitbrink WA, Evans DE, Slavin TJ, Maynard AD (2005) The mapping of fine and ultrafine particle concentrations in engine machining and assembly plant., Ann Occup Hyg, 50, 249-57
  • Peters TM and Leith D, Measurement of particle deposition in industrial duct bends, Aerosol Sci Technol, 35(4), 529-540, 2004
  • Peters TM and Leith D, Particle deposition in industrial duct bends, Ann Occup Hygiene, 48(5), 483-490, 2004
  • Peters TM, Leith D (2004) Modeling large-particle deposition in bends of exhaust ventilation system, Aerosol Sci Technol, 38, 1171-77
  • Peters TM, Volkwein JC, Analysis of sampling line bias on respirable mass measurement, Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 18(6), 458-65, June 2003 Abstract
  • Peters TM and Leith D, Concentration measurement and counting efficiency of the aerodynamic particle sizer 3321, Journal of Aerosol Science, 34, 627-34, 2003
  • Rosati JA, Brown JS, Peters, TM, Leith D, Kim CS, A polydisperse aerosol inhalation system designed for human studies, Journal of Aerosol Science, 33, 1433-46, 2002
  • Noble CA, Vanderpool RW, Peters TM, McElroy FF, Gemmill DB, Wiener RW, Federal reference and equivalent methods for measuring fine particulate matter, Aerosol Sci Technol, 34, 457-64, 2001
  • Peters TM, Boundy M, Leith D, Influence of upstream flow characteristics on filter efficiency, Filtration & Separation, 38, 40-47, 2001
  • Peters TM, Vanderpool RW, Wiener RW, Design and calibration of the WINS impactor, Aerosol Sci Technol, 34, 389-97, 2001
  • Heist DK, Tolocka MP, Vanderpool RW, Peters TM, Chen FL, Wiener, RW, Changes in operating procedures for achieving aerosol concentration uniformity for PM 2.5 and PM 10 samplers, Aerosol Sci Technol, 34, 430-32, 2001
  • Peters TM, Gussman RA, Kenny LC, Vanderpool RW, Evaluation of PM 2.5 separators used in speciation samplers, Aerosol Sci Technol, 34, 422-29, 2001
  • Vanderpool RW, Peters TM, Natarajan S, Gemmill DB, Evaluation of the loading characteristics of the EPA WINS PM 2.5 separator, Aerosol Sci Technol, 34, 444-56, 2001
  • Vanderpool RW, Peters TM, Natarajan S, Tolocka MP, Gemmill DB, Wiener RW, Sensitivity analysis of the USEPA WINS PM 2.5 separator, Aerosol Sci Technol, 34, 465-76, 2001
  • Tolocka MP, Peters TM, Vanderpool RW, Chen FL, Wiener RW, On the modification of the low flow-rate PM 10 dichotomous sampler inlet, Aerosol Sci Technol, 34, 407-15, 2001
  • Peters TM, Vanderpool RW, Wiener, RW, Methodology for measuring PM 2.5 separator characteristics using an Aerosizer, Aerosol Sci Technol, 34, 398-406, 2001
  • Peters TM, Norris GA, Vanderpool RW, Gemmill DB, Wiener RW, Murdoch RW, McElroy FF, Pitchford M, Field performance of PM 2.5 reference method samplers, Aerosol Sci Technol, 34, 433-43, 2001
  • Chein HM, Peters TM, Lundgren DA, High-output generation of aerosol with narrow size distributions, Inhalation Toxicology, 8, 709-22, 1996
  • Peters TM, Chein HM, Lundgren DA, Berntsen J, Sub-micron aerosol generator development for EPA's Human Exposure Laboratory, Aerosol Sci Technol, 20, 51-61, 1994
  • Peters TM, Chein HM, Lundgren DA, Keady PB, Comparison and combination of aerosol size distributions measured with a low pressure impactor, differential mobility particle sizer, electrical aerosol analyzer, and aerodynamic particle sizer, Aerosol Sci Technol, 19, 396-405, 1993

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