Peter S. Thorne, MS, PhD
University of Iowa Distinguished Chair
Professor, Occupational and Environmental Health
ORCID # 0000-0002-5045-0929
BS in Chemical Engineering - University of Wisconsin-Madison
MS in Biomedical Engineering - University of Wisconsin-Madison
PhD in Toxicology - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Post-doctoral Fellowship in Immunotoxicology – University of Pittsburgh
Hails from Madison, Wisconsin
Established lab group in 1988
Expertise: Pulmonary toxicology, immunotoxicology, exposure assessment, human health risk assessment, environmental health policy
Honors:
The Thomas Bedford Memorial Prize, British Occupational Hygiene Society, 2004
Research Award, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, 2009
John Doull Award, Central States Chapter of the Society of Toxicology. 2010
Elected to Delta Omega Honorary Public Health Society, 2010
Member, U.S. EPA Science Advisory Board, 2011-2017
Member, National Academy of Sciences, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, 2013-2019
Chair, U.S. EPA Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee Ethylene Oxide Review, 2014-2015
Chair, U.S. EPA Chartered Science Advisory Board, 2015-2017
Distinguished Faculty Award, University of Iowa, College of Public Health, 2013
Scholar of the Year Award, University of Iowa, 2017
Regents Award for Faculty Excellence, State of Iowa Board of Regents, 2018
Member, Health Effects Institute, Energy Research Board, 2019-present
Member, U.S. EPA Science Advisory Board, 2021-present
Chair, National Academy of Sciences Committee on Toxicology, 2021-present
Named University of Iowa Distinguished Chair, 2022-2027