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Professor KOSTECKI, PAUL T. (Amherst)
Research Associate Professor, Environmental Health Sciences Program

    Phone: (413) 545-4610
    Email: pkostecki@schoolph.umass.edu


**Disclaimer: Condensed CVs for the School of Marine Sciences. For a full CV, please contact the professor.**
Education:
Ph.D. (Natural Resources) - 1981 - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

M.S. (Natural Resources) - 1978 - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

B.S. (Fish Biology) - 1973 - University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

Transfer (Engineering) - 1971 - Northeastern University, Boston, MA


Professional History:
Associate Director of Environmental Research: Northeast Regional Environmental Public Health Center: University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA 1990 – present.

Research Associate Professor. Environmental Health Sciences Program School of Public Health, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA. 1992 - present.

Adjunct Professor: Plant & Soils Department, School of Agriculture and Natural
Resources, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. 1991 - present.

Managing Director: Council for Health & Environmental Safety of Soils - CHESS. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 1988 - 1993.

Senior Research Associate: Environmental Health Sciences Program, School of Public Health, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA. 1985 - 1991.

Senior Research Associate: Department of Forestry & Wildlife, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA. 1982 - 1984.

Post - Doctoral Research Associate: Department of Forestry & Wildlife, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, NM. 1980 - 1982.

Research Assistant: Ecology, Fisheries and Wildlife Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, NH. 1975 - 1979.


Current Research Support:
Chemical Manufacturers Association. Estimating Soil Ingestion in Adult Construction Workers. 2000. $150,000.

Fox River Group. Peer Review of the Human & Ecological Risk Assessmentsfor the Fox River. 1999. $200,000.

Florida Power & Light. Bioavailability of Arsenic from Contaminated Soil - Phase I. 1999. $82,000.

U. S.E.P.A. Estimating Soil Ingestion in Adult Construction Workers. 1999. $453,000.


Selected Publications:
Kostecki, P.T. 2000. Recommendations for the Determination of soil Contamination in the Burgan Oil Field Resulting from the Iraqi Aggression. A White Paper Report to the Kuwait Scientific Institute for Scientific Research. Kuwait. 6 pp.

Calabrese, E.J., P.T. Kostecki & L. Baldwin. 2000. Factors Affecting Bioavailability of as in Humans and the Generalizability of Lab Data. Florida Power & Light Report, Boca Raton,FL. 40 pp.

Kostecki, P.T., E.J. Calabrese & H. McCreary. 2000. Arsenic Contamination in the U.S.: A 50 State Regulatory Survey. Association for the Environmental Health of Soils - Website. (Under construction)

Kostecki, P.T. 1999. Best Available Technologies for the Cleanup of the Guadiamar Mining Disaster. Assessment Document to the Consejeria de Medio Ambiente, Seville, Spain. 5 pp.

Kostecki, P.T. 1999. Status Report on MTBE Contamination, Association for the
Environmental Health of Soils - Website.