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Editor

James N. Seiber

Professor Emeritus, Environmental Toxicology

University of California, Davis CA

Contact

Department of Environmental Toxicology

University of California, Davis

One Shields Avenue

Davis, California 95616

Phone: (530) 754-7005

E-mail: http://www.360doc.com/mailto:jafc@jafc.acs.org

Honors and Accolades

• American Chemical Society Fellow, 2010
• American Chemical Society, Agricultural and Food Chemistry Division Fellow, Fall, 2006
• American Chemical Society International Award for Research in Agrochemicals, Fall, 1999
• Chair, Risk Assessment Advisory Committee, California EPA, 1995-96
• Member, National Academy of Sciences committees on Non-RCRA Hazardous Waste Classification, the Future Role of Pesticides in U.S. Agriculture, Pesticides in the Diet of Children and Infants, Risk Assessment for Hazardous Air Pollutants, 1988-2000
• Steering Committee Member, WHO Joint IPCS/OECD Committee on Endocrine Disruptors, 1997-2002
• EPA-AAAS Science and Engineering Fellow, 1981

Current Research

Agricultural and food chemistry; analytical and environmental chemistry of pesticides, industrial byproducts, and naturally occurring toxicants; ecological chemistry of plant-derived poisons; risk assessment for chemicals in the environment; trace organic analysis in water, soil, foods, and in the atmosphere; new methods for disposing of chemical, agricultural, and industrial wastes; new methods for controlling agricultural pests; human exposure analysis; food safety; biobased products from renewable resources; environmental chemistry associated with biofuels.

Biography

James N. Seiber, a native of Missouri, received his degrees in chemistry from Bellarmine College (Louisville, KY), Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ) and Utah State University (Logan, Utah). 1962-1969 he held positions as a research scientist at Dow Chemical Company (Midland MI and Walnut Creek, CA). He was a faculty member at the University of California Davis, Department of Environmental Toxicology, from 1969 to 1992, where he served as Professor and Department Chair, and as Associate Dean for Research in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. He was founding director of the Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno in 1992, where he initiated a multidisciplinary program of research and graduate education in Atmospheric Sciences, Hydrology, Conservation Biology, Environmental Health and Environmental Engineering.

He joined the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service in 1998 as Director of the Western Regional Research Center (WRRC) in Albany, CA. He oversaw scientists working in eight research units: Exotic and Invasive Weeds, Produce Safety and Health, Bioproduct Chemistry and Engineering, Processed Foods, Crop Improvement and Utilization, Plant Mycotoxins, Genomics and Gene Discovery, and Foodborne Contaminants. He was responsible for the development and implementation of food safety and biobased product initiatives at the WRRC. He also served as Acting Director of the ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center and Southern Regional Research Center, and earlier in his career worked at the International Rice Research Center in the Philippines.

From 2009-June 2011 he returned to UC Davis as interim Chair for the Department of Food Science and Technology at the University of California, Davis. He continues his academic affiliation in the Department of Environmental Toxicology.

Dr. Seiber has served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry since January 1999.

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