Nathan Dodder is an adjunct associate professor in the School of Public Health and was nominated by Penelope “Jenny” Quintana. He is an analytical chemist with expertise in measuring chemical contaminants and how they affect humans, animals and the environment.
By publishing more than 50 peer-reviewed publications and securing millions of dollars of grant funding, Dodder has significantly contributed to evidence that the residue left behind by cigarette smoke is pervasive and toxic. His efforts to automate the detection and analysis of thousands of samples of known and unknown environmental chemicals have benefited California’s coasts and wildlife and informed public health policies.
As Quintana noted in her nomination letter, “Nate is an “unsung hero.”
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