[ES_JOBS_NET] Current Graduate/Post-Masters/Postdoc opportunity - Study of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and Semi-VOCs in Indoor Environment

[Hagler, Gayle]

A research opportunity is currently available at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Research and Development (ORD) National Risk Management Research Laboratory (NRMRL). This appointment will be served with the Air and Energy Management Division (AEMD) in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.

U.S. EPA ORD/NRMRL/AEMD supports EPA's environmental protection goals by providing direct support to Agency's regulatory and voluntary programs and by developing and evaluating emissions measurement, emissions control, and cost effective risk management strategies.

This research project is with the U.S. EPA ORD Chemical Safety and Sustainability (CSS) National Research Program. Understanding the transport mechanisms of VOCs and SVOCs between sources, air, particles, and interior surfaces in residential environment will help to characterize human exposures, develop/refine source-to-exposure-to-dose models, and develop strategies that enlighten risk assessments and policy decisions to minimize exposures and to protect human health. The research will support exposure models by providing chemical concentrations, emission rates, and other parameters, such as mass transfer coefficient, diffusion coefficient, and partition coefficient, as part of the basic model input.

The research participant will collaborate with a team of EPA scientists in tasks related to source and emission characterization with focus on VOCs and SVOCs. With guidance from the mentor, the participant may be involved in the following activities:

*         Developing and evaluating sampling and analytical methods for VOCs and SVOCs, in gas phase, building materials, consumer products, and suspended and settled dust;

*         Designing and conducting experiments to characterize the sources and emissions of VOCs and SVOCs;

*         Designing and conducting experiments to study the fate and transport mechanisms of VOCs and SVOCs;

*         Developing models to simulate and predict the fate and transport mechanisms of VOCs and SVOCs;

*         Preparing reports and peer reviewed papers.

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