I am finishing up my MS Industrial Hygiene degree at the University of Iowa, College of Public Health. I have been a student researcher in Dr. Tom Peters’ lab for a year and a half. My research has focused mainly on evaluating a foam substrate as an alternative to the nylon meshes currently used in the Nanoparticle Respiratory Deposition (NRD) sampler available through Zefon (http://www.zefon.com/store/zefon-nrd-sampler.html).

Currently I am pursuing an M.S. in Industrial Hygiene at the University of Iowa as a trainee in the Heartland Center, a NIOSH ERC.  I work with Dr. Tom Peters in his lab group.  Dr. Peters and his team have recently developed a nanoparticle respritory desposition (NRD) sampler (ZNRD001, Zefon, Ocala, FL) to collect metal particles (<300 nm).  My work has involved validating the collection efficiency of the NRD sampler with an independent sampler, the Nano-Micro-Orifice Uniform Deposition Impactor.