{"id":2,"date":"2016-02-11T18:17:29","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T18:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/simonichlab\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2020-08-18T22:16:23","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T22:16:23","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/simonichlab\/sample-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Lab Bios"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Please see the new Official EMT Research Lab Website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

\"Simonich<\/a>Staci L. Simonich, Ph.D. – Principal Investigator<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n

Dr. Staci L. Simonich is a Professor in the Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology and Department of Chemistry.  She currently also serves as the Associate Vice President for Research Operations and Integrity at OSU.  Dr. Simonich obtained her Ph.D. in chemistry from Indiana University in 1995 and worked at Procter & Gamble until 2001.  She is the recipient of numerous awards, including  received the Roy F. Weston Environmental Chemistry Award, the NSF Career Award, OSU\u2019s Impact Award for Scholarship, and OSU\u2019s Excellence in Graduate Mentoring Award.  She has published in multiple journals including in Science<\/em>, Nature<\/em>, Environmental Science & Technology<\/em>, Environmental Health Perspectives<\/em>, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Jason Schindler, M.A. – Faculty Research Assistant<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I am the new Faculty Research Assistant and Lab Manager for the Staci Simonich Lab. I received my HBS in chemistry at OSU and spent many years as an analytical chemist at Sarepta Therapeutics as well as in OSU\u2019s Wood Science and Engineering wood preservative and environmental research lab. I recently completed an MA in Environmental Arts & Humanities at OSU studying the philosophy of science and the environment and a Graduate Teaching Certificate in College and University Teaching. I lived abroad for several years in Japan and also regularly practice Aikido, play a variety of tabletop games, organize community social dance, and enjoy Oregon’s wonderful ecologies.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Justin Rewerts – Ph.D. candidate<\/strong><\/span>
I obtained my Bachelor\u2019s degree in Chemistry from Saint Martin\u2019s University in Lacey, WA.  Throughout my undergraduate career, I focused primarily on synthetic organic chemistry. This led to his participation in the National Science Foundation funded Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF-REU) program where I worked on developing a viable synthetic route towards hepatotoxic alkaloids found in poison dart frogs under the direction of Dr. Jeff Aub\u00e9 at the University in Kansas.  I then shifted focus in my first year at OSU and joined the Simonich lab in the summer of 2015, where I enjoy a shared mentor-ship between both Dr. Staci Simonich and Dr. Jennifer Field.  I am studying the presence of volatile polyfluorinated alkyl substances in consumer products. Outside of the lab, I enjoy dance fitness, cooking, music, traveling, swimming, and learning foreign languages.<\/p>\n

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Bethany Parker – Ph.D. candidate<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Jackson Wiley – Senior<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Lauren Lewis – Junior<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Emma Weeks – Junior<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ivan A. Titaley, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral Fellow
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 My project concerns the analysis of polar and non-polar volatile PFASs in the gas phase at landfill sites.  I graduated with B.A. in chemistry with minor in sustainability and environmental studies from Berea College in Berea, Ky in 2013 after previously finishing high school in Central Java, Indonesia.  I obtained my Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry in 2017 from OSU where I was a member of the Simonich Lab.  My dissertation concerns the prediction and measurement of PAHs and their transformation products in the environment.  Outside the lab I enjoy watching basketball and soccer, listening to classical music, and cooking.<\/p>\n

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Previous graduate student members of the Simonich Lab<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n