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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>Study of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and Semi-VOCs in Indoor Environment</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">A research opportunity is currently available at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Research and Development (ORD) Center for Environmental Measurement and
Modeling (CEMM). This appointment will be served with the Air Method and Characterization Division (AMCD) in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Emerging contaminants, such as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) with low volatilities, are released from a vast number of building materials and consumer products. Better
understanding the transport mechanisms of these contaminants between sources, air, airborne particles, house dust, and interior surfaces in the indoor environment is essential to estimating indoor exposure and developing strategies that enlighten risk assessments
and policy decisions to minimize exposures and protect human health. This research project is to develop methods and generated source emissions and fate and transport data for PFAS in articles including consumer products and building materials. The research
will support exposure models by providing chemical concentrations, emission rates, and other parameters as part of the basic model inputs.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">For more information:
<a href="https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/EPA-ORD-NRMRL-AEMD-2019-04" target="_blank">
<span style="color:blue">https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/EPA-ORD-NRMRL-AEMD-2019-04</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Xiaoyu Liu, PhD.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (E305-03)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Center for Environmental Measurement & Modeling<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Air Methods & Characterization Division<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Source & Fine Scale Branch<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Research Triangle Park, NC27711, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phone: (919) 541-2459<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fax: (919) 541-2157<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">email: liu.xiaoyu@epa.gov<o:p></o:p></p>
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