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Nancy Ann Monteiro-Riviere
Nancy Ann Monteiro-Riviere, Ph.D. is a Professor of Investigative Dermatology and Toxicology in the Center for Chemical Toxicology Research and Pharmacokinetics, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University (NCSU) in Raleigh NC. She received her B.S. in Biology (cum laude) from Stonehill College in North Easton, MA and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Anatomy from Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN. She completed post-doctoral training in Experimental Pathology / Toxicology at the Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology in Research Triangle Park, NC. She joined the faculty at NCSU in 1984. Dr. Monteiro-Riviere is also a Professor in the NCSU/UNC-CH Biomedical Engineering Faculty as well as being a Research Adjunct Professor in the Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is a member of Sigma Xi and Phi Zeta honor societies. Dr. Monteiro-Riviere is President of the Dermatotoxicology Specialty Section, and past-president of the In Vitro Specialty Section of the Society of Toxicology. She presently serves on the NIH Scientific Advisory Committee on Alternative Toxicological methods (SACATM), the Board of Publications of the Society of Toxicology and Editorial Boards of the Journal of Applied Toxicology, Journal of Toxicology - Cutaneous and Ocular, Toxicology In Vitro, and Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods. Dr. Monteiro-Riviere has published more than 145 publications, holds a US patent, and has been the recipient of 9 million dollars in extramural research support from various government and private sources. Her current research interests relate to chemical absorption and mechanisms of chemical irritation to skin.