Scientific Advisory Panel

FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel
Open Meeting, December 4-7, 2007, to consider and review the
interpretation of the ecological significance of atrazine stream-water concentrations using a statistically-designed monitoring program

FIFRA SAP Website:  https://www.epa.gov/scipoly/sap/
Docket Number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0934
OPP Docket Telephone:  703-305-5805

FIFRA SAP Chair

Steven G. Heeringa, Ph.D.
Research Scientist & Director for Statistical Design
University of Michigan Institute for Social Research
Ann Arbor, MI 

Designated Federal Official

Jim Downing
US Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Science Coordination & Policy
FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel
EPA East Building
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20460
Tel:  202-564-8450, Fax:  202-564-8382, downing.jim@epa.gov

FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel Members

Janice E. Chambers, Ph.D., D.A.B.T., A.T.S.
William L. Giles Distinguished Professor
Director, Center for Environmental Health Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS 

Stuart Handwerger, M.D.
Robert and Mary Shoemaker Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Endocrinology
Professor of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy
University of Cincinnati/Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center 
Cincinnati, OH 

Gary E. Isom, Ph.D.
Professor of Toxicology
Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 

Kenneth M. Portier, Ph.D.
Program Director, Statistics
American Cancer Society
National Home Office
Atlanta, GA 

Daniel Schlenk, Ph.D.
Professor of Aquatic Ecotoxicology & Environmental Toxicology,
Department of Environmental Sciences
University of California, Riverside,
Riverside, CA 

FQPA Science Review Board Members

Xuefeng Chu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Research Scientist
Annis Water Resources Institute
Grand Valley State University
Muskegon, MI 

William R. Effland, Ph.D.
Soil Scientist
Resource Inventory and Assessment Division
USDA-National Resource Conservation Service
Beltsville, MD 

Timothy R. Ellsworth, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Soil Physics
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL 

James Fairchild, M.S.
Research Aquatic Ecologist
USGS
Columbia Environmental Research Center
Columbia, MO 

Paige Gay, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Scientist
Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering
University of Georgia
Tifton, GA    

Robert J. Gilliom, M.S.
Chief, Pesticide National Synthesis
National Water Quality Assessment Program
USGS
Sacramento, CA 

Christian Grue, Ph.D.
Wildlife Research Biologist
Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Thomas W. La Point, Ph.D.
Professor and Director
Institute of Applied Sciences
University of North Texas
Denton, TX 

Robert Lerch, Ph.D.
Soil Scientist and Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Soil, Environmental and Atmospheric Sciences
University of Missouri
USDA/ARS, Cropping Systems and Water Quality Research Unit
Columbia, MO           

Jeffrey M. Novak, Ph.D.
Research Soil Scientist 
USDA-ARS-Coastal Plains Soil, Water and Plant Research Center
Florence, SC 

James C. Randolph, Ph.D.
Professor and Director
Environmental Science Program
School of Public & Environmental Affairs
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 

Linda J. Young, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Statistics
Institute of Food, Agricultural Sciences
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL