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catalysis, and nanomagnetism. He is equally involved in research
addressing the environmental impact of nanomaterials. He is the author
of a widely cited book, Metal Oxide Chemistry and Synthesis: From
Solution to Solid State.

Dr. Jérôme Labille is a researcher with the French National
Research Center (CNRS) at the Geosciences and Environment Lab
(CEREGE). He obtained a Ph.D. in physical chemistry of Geosciences
in the French Institute INPL and did subsequent postdoctoral work
at the Analytical Center for Biophysicochemistry of the Environment
(CABE) in Geneva. He has been working at CEREGE for three years
on the environmental fate of manufactured nanoparticles, consider-
ing and characterizing the numerous conditions that control their
bioavailability and toxicity, such as surface reactivity, colloidal dis-
persion, and interaction with organics or pollutants.

Gregory V. Lowry, Ph.D., is an associate professor of Environmental
Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
His research interests are broadly defined as transport and reaction in
porous media, with a focus on the fundamental physical/geochemical
processes affecting the fate of inorganic and synthetic organic contami-
nants and engineered nanomaterials in the environment. He is an exper-
imentalist and works on a variety of application-oriented research projects
developing novel environmental technologies for restoring contaminated
sediments and groundwater, including reactive nanoparticles for efficient
in situ remediation of entrapped NAPL and innovative sediment caps for
in situ treatment and management of PCB-contaminated sediments.

Delina Y. Lyon is a doctoral student in the Civil and Environmental
Engineering Department at Rice University. She received a B.A. from
St. Mary’s College of Maryland and an M.S. in Microbiology from the
University of Georgia.

Nancy Ann Monteiro-Riviere, Ph.D., is a Professor of Investigative
Dermatology and Toxicology at the Center for Chemical Toxicology
Research and Pharmacokinetics, North Carolina State University
(NCSU), a professor in the Joint NCSU/UNC-Chapel Hill Biomedical
Engineering Faculty, and Research Adjunct Professor of Dermatology at
the School of Medicine at UNC Chapel Hill. Dr. Monteiro-Riviere
received an M.S. and Ph.D. from Purdue University. She completed
postdoctoral training at Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology in
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Dr. Monteiro-Riviere was pres-
ident of the Dermal Toxicology and In Vitro Toxicology Specialty Sections
of the National Society of Toxicology and currently serves as chairperson