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Martin receives SETAC / Roy
F. Weston Environmental Chemistry Award
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Martin
(left) receives award
from John Giesy. |
November 2005
The Society of Environmental Toxicology
and Chemistry (SETAC) has awarded Jonathan Martin the
2005 Roy F. Weston Environmental Chemistry Award. Martin
received the award at the SETAC North America annual
meeting in November 2005.
Martin is an assistant professor in
the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University
of Alberta, Canada, where he sits on the Department's
Computing Committee and serves as a member of the Environmental
Health Sciences research program and laboratory. His
research focuses on analytical method development in
support of environmental chemistry and human exposure
related to persistent environmental organic contaminants.
"I understand that this award
is intended to promote the professional development
of young scientists, and in this regard the award could
not have been better timed for me," says Martin.
"I have been an assistant professor for one year
and am still in the process of establishing my laboratory
and recruiting students to our program in environmental
health sciences. I am certain that this award will help
in this process."
The Roy F. Weston Environmental Chemistry
Award is given annually to pay the founder of Roy F.
Weston, Inc. The award, sponsored this year by the Monsanto
Company, is intended to encourage the advancement of
environmental problem solving, and to support the professional
development of young scientists. The award is given
to a scientist under the age of 40 for contributions
made to the field of environmental chemistry.
"I'm very flattered because the
list of past recipients [is] all individuals whom I
admire a great deal for their respective contributions
to environmental chemistry and toxicology," Martin
says of his standing with other recipients.
Martin earned a doctorate in environmental
toxicology in 2002 from the University of Guelph, Canada,
where he also completed undergraduate studies in 1998.
He has given more than 40 presentations at more than
20 international conferences and is the author or co-author
of 30 articles, including four for one of SETAC's journals,
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. He has been
active in SETAC since 1998 and is also a member of the
American Chemical Society.
SETAC is a not-for-profit,
worldwide professional society consisting of individuals
and institutions dedicated to the study, analysis, and
solution of environmental problems; the management and
regulation of natural resources; environmental education;
and research and development. Visit www.setac.org
for more information.
Contact:
April M. Phillips
T 850 469 1500 x 28
aprilp@setac.org
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