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Günter Oberdörster

Professor, Environmental Medicine, School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Rochester
(Rochester, NY)

Günter Oberdörster is Professor of Environmental Medicine at the School of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Rochester . He is also Director of the University of Rochester-EPA PM Center, PI of a Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative in Nanotoxicology and Head of the Pulmonary Core of the NIEHS Center Grant at the University of Rochester.

Dr. Oberdörster earned his D.V.M. and Ph.D. (Pharmacology) from the University of Giessen in Germany . His research includes the effects and underlying mechanisms of lung injury induced by inhaled non-fibrous and fibrous particles, including extrapolation modeling and risk assessment. His studies with ultrafine particles influenced the field of inhalation toxicology, raising awareness of the unique biokinetics and toxicological potential of nano-sized particles.

Dr. Oberdörster is a member of the American Thoracic Society, member of the Society of Toxicology, member of the American Conference of Governmental and Industrial Hygienists and member of the International Society for Aerosols in Medicine.

(11/07)