Staci Simonich Explained

Staci L. Simonich
Workplaces:Oregon State University
Procter & Gamble
Alma Mater:Indiana University Bloomington
University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
Oregon State University
Thesis Title:The role of vegetation in removing semivolatile organic pollutants from the atmosphere
Thesis Url:http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36620651
Thesis Year:1995

Staci Simonich is an American environmental scientist who is a professor and dean for the College of Agricultural Sciences at Oregon State University. Her research considers how chemicals move through the environment. She was appointed Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2021.

Family

Simonich has two children, Noah a sophomore at Oregon State University, and Grace a senior at Crescent Valley High School. Grace was adopted from South Korea and has been an outstanding student all throughout high school.

Early life and education

Simonich grew up in Green Bay, Wisconsin.[1] Her father worked in a paper mill.[2] Her house was near the Fox River, which suffered from issues with pollution. These experiences inspired Simonich to work on environmental issues. Simonich was the first in her family to attend college. She studied chemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay.[3] As part of her undergraduate research, she studied polychlorinated biphenyls in Green Bay. After graduating she moved to Indiana University Bloomington, where she studied the role of vegetation in removing organic pollutants from the atmosphere.[4] During her doctoral research she studied polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the atmospherere.[5] Her research combines lab-based studies with field experiments and computational modelling. Simonich earned a Master of Business Administration at Oregon State University in 2020.[6]

Research and career

Simonich joined Procter & Gamble, where she spent six years working on consumer food products.[7] She investigated the environmental impacts of P&G ingredients.

Simonich joined Oregon State University in 2001 and continued her work on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Elevated levels of combustion means that emissions of PAHs are high in Asia. Simonich collected PAHs before, during and after the 2008 Summer Olympics and analyzed for various different forms of hydrocarbons. She established a series of remote sites across the Pacific Northwest to monitor atmospheric transport of the PAHs from Beijing to North America. She has shown that PAHs persist over long distances,[8] that they reach with other chemicals,[9] and that they make use of various transport pathways.[10]

Simonich has studied several different types of PAH and monitored their environmental impact.[11] She is particularly interested in environmental remediation and ways to remove PAHs from soil.[12] Unfortunately, some forms of bioremidation can lead the breakdown products that are more toxic than the original compounds.[13]

Simonich was made Executive Associate Dean in 2020.

Awards and honors

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hirsch. Naomi. EH @ Home.
  2. Web site: Understanding How Pollutants Change During Remediation – Staci Simonich, Ph.D.. 2022-02-14. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. en.
  3. Web site: Simonich, Staci Department of Chemistry Oregon State University. 2022-02-14. chemistry.oregonstate.edu.
  4. The role of vegetation in removing semivolatile organic pollutants from the atmosphere. 1995. English. Staci L. Simonich. 36620651.
  5. Simonich. Staci L.. Hites. Ronald A.. 1994. Importance of vegetation in removing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from the atmosphere. Nature. en. 370. 6484. 49–51. 10.1038/370049a0. 1994Natur.370...49S. 4345703. 1476-4687.
  6. Web site: Staci Simonich. 2022-02-14. College of Agricultural Sciences. en.
  7. Web site: Staci Simonich. 2022-02-14. Oregon Environmental Council. en-US.
  8. Shrivastava. Manish. Lou. Sijia. Zelenyuk. Alla. Easter. Richard C.. Corley. Richard A.. Thrall. Brian D.. Rasch. Philip J.. Fast. Jerome D.. Massey Simonich. Staci L.. Shen. Huizhong. Tao. Shu. 2017-02-07. Global long-range transport and lung cancer risk from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons shielded by coatings of organic aerosol. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 114. 6. 1246–1251. 10.1073/pnas.1618475114. 1091-6490. 5307436. 28115713. 2017PNAS..114.1246S. free.
  9. Jariyasopit. Narumol. Zimmermann. Kathryn. Schrlau. Jill. Arey. Janet. Atkinson. Roger. Yu. Tian-Wei. Dashwood. Roderick H.. Tao. Shu. Simonich. Staci L. Massey. 2014-09-02. Heterogeneous Reactions of Particulate Matter-Bound PAHs and NPAHs with NO3/N2O5, OH Radicals, and O3 under Simulated Long-Range Atmospheric Transport Conditions: Reactivity and Mutagenicity. Environmental Science & Technology. 48. 17. 10155–10164. 10.1021/es5015407. 0013-936X. 4152393. 25119270. 2014EnST...4810155J.
  10. Lafontaine. Scott. Schrlau. Jill. Butler. Jack. Jia. Yuling. Harper. Barbara. Harris. Stuart. Bramer. Lisa M.. Waters. Katrina M.. Harding. Anna. Simonich. Staci L. Massey. 2015-12-01. Relative Influence of Trans-Pacific and Regional Atmospheric Transport of PAHs in the Pacific Northwest, U.S.. Environmental Science & Technology. 49. 23. 13807–13816. 10.1021/acs.est.5b00800. 0013-936X. 4666789. 26151337. 2015EnST...4913807L.
  11. Web site: Coal-tar based sealcoats on driveways, parking lots far more toxic than suspected. 2022-02-14. EurekAlert!. en.
  12. Chibwe. Leah. Davie-Martin. Cleo L.. Aitken. Michael D.. Hoh. Eunha. Massey Simonich. Staci L.. 2017-12-01. Identification of polar transformation products and high molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in contaminated soil following bioremediation. The Science of the Total Environment. 599-600. 1099–1107. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.04.190. 1879-1026. 28511355. 2017ScTEn.599.1099C.
  13. Schrlau. Jill E.. Kramer. Amber L.. Chlebowski. Anna. Truong. Lisa. Tanguay. Robert L.. Simonich. Staci L. Massey. Semprini. Lewis. 2017-08-01. Formation of Developmentally Toxic Phenanthrene Metabolite Mixtures by Mycobacterium sp. ELW1. Environmental Science & Technology. 51. 15. 8569–8578. 10.1021/acs.est.7b01377. 1520-5851. 5996983. 28727453. 2017EnST...51.8569S.
  14. Web site: NSF Award Search: Award # 0239823 - CAREER: New Molecular Markers of Asian Air Emissions - Anthropogenic Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds. 2022-02-14. nsf.gov.
  15. Web site: Staci Simonich . Oregon State University College of Agricultural Sciences . 2024-08-04.
  16. Web site: 2013-08-16. OSU Impact Award for Outstanding Scholarship Previous Recipients. 2022-02-14. Faculty Senate. en.
  17. Web site: 2013-03-15. Excellence in Graduate Mentoring Award. 2022-02-14. Graduate School. en.
  18. Web site: 2021 AAAS Fellows American Association for the Advancement of Science. 2022-02-14. www.aaas.org. en.
  19. Web site: 2022-01-26. Three Oregon State researchers receive distinction of AAAS fellow. 2022-02-14. Life at OSU. en.

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