ACGIH Scientific Committees

Experts Advancing ACGIH

Committees are established by and responsible to the Board of Directors. The activities of each Committee are directed by an individual mission statement. Committee members are appointed by the Board of Directors; any ACGIH member interested in volunteering for possible appointment may do so by writing to the Chair of ACGIH in care of the Headquarters Office (3640 Park 42 Drive | Cincinnati, Ohio 45241; phone: 513-742-2020, e-mail: customerservice@acgih.org).

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Bioaerosols Committee

To compile and disseminate information on biologically derived contaminants that may become airborne, to develop recommendations for assessment, control, remediation, and prevention of such hazards, and to establish criteria for bioaerosol exposure limits. Current members are:

Position	Name
Chair	John P. Springston, CIH, CSP, FAIHA
Vice Chair	Cheri Marcham, PhD, CIH, CSP, CHMM, FAIHA
Member	Ginger L. Chew, ScD, MSPH
Member	John David Krause, PhD, MSPH, CIH
Member	Francis J. Offermann, PE, CIH
Member	James A. Scott, PhD
Member	Robert Strode, MS, CIH
Consultant	K. A. N. Aithinne, PhD, GSP, CPH
Consultant	Harriet Ammann, PhD, DABT
Consultant	David I. Bernstein, MD
Consultant	Jonathan A. Bernstein, MD
Consultant	Erin Bouttenot
Consultant	Lisa M. Brosseau, ScD, CIH, AFOH
Consultant	Hung K. Cheung, MD, MPH, FACOEM
Consultant	Albert Victor Condello, III, CSP, CHMM, NREMT
Consultant	Ian Cull, PE, CIH
Consultant	James E. DePaoli, CIH, CSP
Consultant	Stephen J. Derman, CIH, FAIHA
Consultant	Cynthia Ellwood, PhD, CIH
Consultant	Philip G. Hauck, MSHS
Consultant	Stephen King, PhD, MDiv, MPH
Consultant	Andrey A. Korchevskiy, PhD, DABT, CIH
Consultant	James P. Kornberg, ScD, MD
Consultant	James A. LaMondia, PhD
Consultant	Stephen R. Larson, MS, CIH, CSP, RBP, RRPT
Consultant	De-Wei Li, PhD
Consultant	Joseph William Lstiburek, PhD
Consultant	Kenneth F. Martinez, CIH
Consultant	Nicole V. McCollough, PhD, CIH
Consultant	William D. Mele, CIEC, RCCP-SCF, RCP-FH
Consultant	J. David Miller, PhD
Consultant	Neil P. Schultes, PhD
Consultant	Richard J. Shaughnessy, PhD
Consultant	Luis E. Smith, CIH, FLAC
Consultant	Simon J. Smith, PhD
Consultant	Peter S. Thorne, PhD
Consultant	Ching-Yi Tsai, PhD
Consultant	Paula H. Vance, RM/SM(NRCM), SM(ASCP), CIE
Consultant	Steven Welty, CIE, CAFS, LEED, AP
Consultant	Chin Shan Yang, PhD
Board Liaison	Col. (Ret.) Mary S. Lopez, PhD, CPE
Staff Liaison	Erica Rosalle

Biological Exposure Indices Committee

To develop occupational biological exposure guidelines that are scientifically valid and supported by professional judgment, up-to-date, well-documented, understandable and clear, and produced by a clearly-defined process that is balanced and free of conflict of interest. Current members are:

Position	Name
Chair	Larry K. Lowry, PhD
Vice Chair	Nancy B. Hopf, PhD
Vice Chair-Elect	Lee M. Blum, PhD, F-ABFT
Member	Michael Bader, Dr. rer. nat.
Member	Jean Grassman, PhD, MS, CPH
Member	Kate Jones, MPhil
Member	Heiko U. Kaefferlein, Dr. rer. nat.
Member	Leena A. Nylander-French, PhD, CIH
Consultant	Philip Edelman
Board Liaison	Cathy Hovde, MS, CIH, CSP
Staff Liaison	Erica Rosalle

Industrial Ventilation Committee

To provide a safe and healthful environment by integrating state-of-the-art information from government and industry sources, using them to develop and recommend ventilation and other engineering controls to capture, collect, filter, and remove airborne contaminants from the workplace.

Current members of Industrial Ventilation Committee:

Position	Name
Chair	Jonathan F. Hale, MPA
Vice Chair	Robert Shearer
Member	James S. Bennett, PhD
Member	Sergio A. Caporali Filho, PhD, CSP, CIH
Member	Robert Dayringer, CIH
Member	Matt Diestler, EIT
Member	George R. Gruetzmacher, PhD, PE, CIH
Member	Christopher P. Manning, PhD
Member	Dale Price
Member	Rafael Sartim, PhD
Member	Jennifer L. Topmiller, MS
Consultant	Thomas Godbey, Jr
Consultant	Howard Goodfellow PhD, FET, P.Eng
Consultant	Daniel Josephs
Consultant	Gerry A. Lanham, PE
Consultant	Ali Reza Rahmati, MS
Board Liaison	Edward T. Zellers, PhD
Staff Liaison	Erica Rosalle

Threshold Limit Values for Chemical Substances Committee

To recommend airborne concentrations of agents and exposure conditions for use in the practice of industrial hygiene and by other qualified professionals to protect worker health.

Current members of Threshold Limit Values for Chemical Substances Committee:

Position	Name
Chair	Rachel Rubin, MD, MPH, FACP
Vice Chair	Michael DeLorme, PhD
Member	Marcy I. Banton, DVM, PhD, DABVT
Member	Jeremy R. Beach, MB, BS, MD
Member	William S. Beckett, MD, MPH
Member	Dennis M. Casserly, PhD, CIH, FAIHA
Member	Hugh W. Davies, PhD, MSc, BSC, CIH
Member	Laura Deakin, PhD, MPH
Member	Alison Elder, PhD
Member	Deborah C. Glass, MA, MSc, PhD
Member	Ian A. Greaves, MD
Member	Gerald L. Kennedy, Jr.
Member	Michael T. Kleinman, PhD
Member	Mark Korchinski, MSc, DABT, ERT
Member	John Murphy, BSc, MHSc, MBA, PhD, ROH, CIH, MACE
Member	Bruce D. Naumann, PhD, DABT
Member	Edward V. Sargent, PhD, MPH, DABT
Member	Candace Tsai, ScD, CIH
Member	James Wagner, PhD
Board Liaison	Thomas M. Peters, MS, PhD, CIH
Staff Liaison	Skye Bickett, DHSc, MLIS

Threshold Limit Values for Physical Agents Committee

To develop occupational exposure guidelines for physical agents, including those of an acoustic, electromagnetic, radiological, ergonomic, mechanical, and thermal nature.

Current members of Threshold Limit Values for Physical Agents Committee:

Position	Name
Chair	Richard L. Neitzel, PhD, CIH, FAIHA
Vice Chair	Stephanie C. Griffin, PhD, CIH
Member	Martin Cherniack, MD, MPH
Member	Kenneth R. Foster, PhD, PE
Member	Karl Friedl, PhD
Member	Laurel Kincl, PhD, CSP
Member	Bernard Martin, PhD
Member	David M. Rempel, MD, MPH, CPE
Member	Michael Schmoldt, CIH, PE, CHMM, MS, MPH, MBA
Member	David H. Sliney, PhD
Member	Suzanne D. Smith, PhD
Member	June T. Spector, MD, MPH
Member	Bruce E. Stuck, MS, ScD
Consultant	Beth A. Beidleman, ScD
Consultant	Thomas E. Bernard, PhD, CIH
Consultant	George C. Brainard, PhD
Consultant	Anthony J. Brammer, PhD
Consultant	John William Castellani, PhD
Consultant	Steven Chervak
Consultant	Hugh W. Davies, PhD, MSc, BSC, CIH
Consultant	Robert R. Fox, PhD, CPE
Consultant	Peter W. Johnson, PhD
Consultant	Kenneth Kase, PhD
Consultant	Jay Kim, PhD
Consultant	Steven A. Lavender, PhD, CPE
Consultant	Steven W. Lockley, PhD
Consultant	David J. Lund
Consultant	William S. Marras, PhD
Consultant	Thais C. Morata, PhD
Consultant	James R. Potvin
Consultant	James P. Seward, MD, MPP, MMM
Consultant	Imelda Wong, PhD
Board Liaison	Neil J. Zimmerman, PhD, PE, CIH, FAIHA
Staff Liaison	Erica Rosalle