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John M. Veranth

Research Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Education and Training

B.S., 1971 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, Mechanical Engineering

M.S., 1974 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, Mechanical Engineering

Ph.D., 1998 University of Utah, Chemical and Fuels Engineering

Research Interests

My interests center on building collaborative research programs that address the health effects of fine particles from combustion and other anthropogenic sources. This is an exciting area on the interface between combustion science, aerosol science, chemical engineering transport phenomena analysis, and the life sciences. The effect of ambient particles on sensitive populations is a complex issue of immediate social and economic concern where progress requires integrating the efforts of specialists in engineering, meterology, biochemistry, and medicine. My current projects involve experimental and computational simulation studies of combustion aerosols, field studies of wind-blown dust in arid climates, and cell culture and whole animal studies of responses to transition metals in inorganic particles.

Selected Publications

Veranth, J. M., K. R. Smith, A. A. Hu, J. S. Lighty and A. E. Aust (2000). "Mobilization of iron from coal fly ash was dependent upon the particle size and the source of coal: Analysis of Rates and Mechanisms." Chemical Research in Toxicology 13: 382-389.

Smith, K. R., J. M. Veranth, A. A. Hu, J. S. Lighty and A. E. Aust (2000). "Interleukin-8 levels in human lung epithelial cells are increased in response to coal fly ash and vary with bioavailability of iron, as a function of particle size and source of coal." Chemical Research in Toxicology 13: 118-125.

Veranth, J. M., K. R. Smith, A. E. Aust, S. L. Dansie, J. B. Griffith, A. A. Hu, M. L. Huggins and J. S. Lighty (2000). "Coal fly ash and mineral dust for toxicology and particle characterization studies: Equipment and methods for PM2.5- and PM1-enriched samples." Aerosol Science and Technology 32(2): 127-141.

Veranth, J. M., G. D. Silcox and D. Pershing (1997). "Numerical Modeling of the Temperature Distribution in a Commercial Hazardous Waste Slagging Rotary Kiln." Environmental Science and Technology 31: 534-2539.

Veranth, J. M., D. W. Pershing, A. F. Sarofim and J. E. Shield (1998). Sources of Unburned Carbon in the Fly Ash Produced from Low-NOx Pulverized Coal Combustion. 27th Symposium (International) on Combustion, Boulder, Colorado, The Combustion Institute, 1737-1744.

Selected Abstracts: http://www.cc.utah.edu/~jmv2090/JVAbstracts.htm

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