• Recipient of Cranford Chamber of Commerce Meritorious Service Award, acknowledged by resolution from the State Legislature, Union County, and Township of Cranford, 2012 • Recipient of the Daughters of the American Revolution Founders Award, The Ellen Hardin Walworth Medal for Patriotism, 2009. A Resolution also approved by the New Jersey State Legislature. • Recipient of the National Medal for Conservation from The Daughters of the American Revolution; 2009: Chapter and State of New Jersey Medalist • Recipient of the 2009-2011 Distinguished Lecturer Award from the International Society of Exposure Science, Pasadena, CA, 2008. • Recipient of the 2008 Distinguished Alumnus Award from Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering,
Rutgers University Graduate School • Recipient of the 2006 R. Walter Schesinger Basic Science Mentoring Award,
UMDNJ -
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School • Recipient of Frank A. Chambers Award for outstanding achievement in the science and art of air pollution control from the Air Waste Management Association, 2003 •
Institute for Scientific Information – Highly Cited Scientist – Environment and Ecology, 2002–2015 • Fellow,
International Academy of Indoor Air Sciences, (Elected) 1999–2015 • Fellow, Collegium Ramazzini, Environmental & Occupational Medicine and Health, Carpi, Italy (Elected) 1999–2015 • Extraordinary Citizen of Week, Union County, Star Ledger, September 1999 • Resolution for selection as a fellow by the Collegium provided by Union County, Board of Freeholders • Recipient of Jerome Wesolowski Award for Lifetime Excellence in
Exposure Assessment Research, International Society of Exposure Analysis, 1998 •
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Nominee for the UMDNJ Excellence Award, Biomedical Researcher 1992 • Fellow of
New York Academy of Sciences, Elected 1979 • Member of Sigma XI, 1980–2007 • University Fellow,
Rutgers University, 1973–1975 • Russell Scholar,
Rutgers University, 1973–1974 •
United States Environmental Protection Agency Air Pollution Fellow, Rutgers University, 1971–1973 • First Year Physics Graduate Student Award for Academics,
Auburn University, 1970 •
National Defense Education Act, Title IV Fellow,
Auburn University, 1969–1971 • Science Advisor, Health Environmental Science Institute (HESI) of International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI), Washington, DC, 2015 • Member, State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Science Advisory Board, 2010–2015 • Executive Committee, University Center for Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response, 2007 – 2015 • Member, research advisory board, Office of the Vice President for Research,
Auburn University, 2009–2015 • Executive committee, New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness College, 2007–2009 • Co-chair, New Jersey Universities Consortium on Homeland Security Research 2006–2012 • Member, The College of Science and Mathematics Advisory Council,
Montclair State University, 2005–2015 • Member, executive committee, Rutgers University Homeland Security Initiative, 2003–2011 • Member, Citizens Advisory Committee New York City DEP Brooklyn-Queens Aquifer Feasibility Study, 2002–2006 • Member, Douglass College, Rutgers University Academic Councilors, 1998–2015 • Member, Council of Academic Policy Advisors to the New Jersey Legislature, 1998–2004 • Chair,
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board, Committee on Health and Ecological Effects Valuation, Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis, 1997–2002 (see EPA-SAB bio) • Member, Science Advisory Board, European - EXPOLIS (Air Pollution Exposure Distribution of Adult Population in Europe) 1997-2004 • Member, Technical Advisory Committee on Aggregate Exposure and Risk, Hampshire Research Institute, 1999–2000 • Member, Dean's Advisory Council of the College of Science and Mathematics,
Auburn University, 1996–1999 • Member, EPA Science Advisory Board, 1992–2002, 2005–2015 • Member,
International Joint Commission: Board on Air Quality, 1992–2006 • Past president, International Society of Exposure Analysis, 1994–1995 • President, International Society of Exposure Analysis, 1993–1994 • Chair, Science Advisory Board, Pelham Bay Landfill, NY Remediation, 1990–1997 • Member, Board of Environmental Studies and Toxicology,
National Academy of Sciences, 1989–1992 • Treasurer, International Society of Exposure Analysis, 1989–1991 (Co-Founder of Organization) • Counselor,
International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, 1988-1990 (Founding), Board of Directors • Board Member, Mid-Atlantic States Section Air Pollution Control Association, 1978–1982 • Advisor, New Jersey Italian and Italian American Heritage Commission, Rutgers University • Member, College of Science and Mathematics Advisory Council, Montclair State University
Major committee assignments - international, national, and regional • Member,
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, External Advisory Committee, NIEHS Center, 2013–2015 • Member,
Harvard School of Public Health, Superfund External Advisory Committee, 2010 – 2014 • Vice Chair,
National Research Council Committee on Exposure Science, 2010 – 2012 • Member, Committee on Human and Environmental Exposure Science in the 21st Century, National Academies, 2010–2012 • Member, EPA
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Panel on Exposure Assessment Protocols, 2009 – 2011 • Member,
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel (CHAP) ton children's health of
phthalates and phthalate alternatives as used in children's toys and child care articles, 2010–2015 • Senior Technical Advisor, Pediatric Environmental Medicine Center,
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 2009 – 2012 • Member,
EPA Science Advisory Board panel on
asbestos, 2008–2015 • Member, Advisory Board of University of Pittsburgh Academic Consortium for Excellence (UPACE) in Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT) (in collaboration with Drexel University), 2006 – 2009 • Member,
EPA Science Advisory Board, Council on Homeland Security, 2005–2014. • Member, Homeland Security Policy Committee, NJ 2005-2006 • Member, Executive Leadership Group of the New Jersey Chemical-Biological-Radiological-Nuclear-Explosive Center for Training and Research at UMDNJ, 2005–2006 • Member, University Committee for Environmental Affairs, Rutgers, 2005–2008 • Vice-Chair, US EPA, World Trade Center Expert Technical Panel – Indoor Clean-up Issues, 2004–2005 • Member, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Cancer Cluster Task Force, 2003–2005 • Member, Healthcare Issues Advisory Task Force of NJ, 2002–2004 • Member,
Harvard University Particulate Matter Center Advisory Committee, 2000–2004 • Member, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Trenton/Hamilton Processing Center Environmental Clearance Committee (
anthrax), 2002–2004 • Member, Advisory Committee on NJ Southdown Quarry Exposure/Risk Characterization, 2000–2001 • Member,
National Academy of Sciences,
National Research Council Committee on Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter, 1998–2005 • Member,
EPA Science Advisory Board Committee on the Particulate Matter Centers Research Program, Review Panel, 2001 • Temporary Councilor,
World Health Organization, 1997 • Member, Air Pollution Guidelines Committee for Europe, 1993–1994 • Member,
National Academy of Sciences,
National Research Council Committee on Risk Management in
Department of Energy's Environmental Restoration Program, 1993–1994 • Chair, Particle Total Exposure Assessment Methodology Review Panel, EPA, Science Advisory Board, 1989–1994 • Member,
National Academy of Sciences,
National Research Council Committee on
Tropospheric Ozone Formation and Measurement, 1989–1991 • Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Center for Environmental Epidemiology,
University of Pittsburgh, School of Public Health, 1988–1992 • Chairman, NAS, National Research Council Committee on Exposure Assessment, 1987–1990 • Member, Scientific Advisory Committee on Harvard Multi-City Acid Health Study, Harvard University, 1987–1993 • Member, National Academy of Sciences, Workshop Panel, Health Risks from Exposure to Common Indoor Household Products in Allergic or Diseased Persons, 1987 • Member, Canadian Royal Academy of Sciences Committee on Acid Aerosol Health Research, 1987 • Member or Consultant, Science Advisory Board Subcommittees, 1984–2001, U.S. EPA: 1. Risk Assessment; 2. Integrated Air Cancer; 3. Integrated Environmental Management Project; 4. Total Exposure Assessment; 5. Clean Air Science Advisory Committee • Member, USEPA, Health Effects, Grant's Peer Review Committee, 1989–1992 • Chairman, Peer Review Panel, U.S. EPA Indoor Air Pollution Program, 1984 • Member, National Academy of Sciences Committee on Air Pollution Epidemiology, 1983–1985 • Chairman, New Jersey Clean Air Council, 1983–1985 • Member, New Jersey Clean Air Council, 1981–1994 • Member, Interstate Hazardous Spill Response Committee, NJ, 1977 ==Personal life and death==