Contributions

Professional Service

Peer Reviewing Services for Journals

Environmental Science & Technology, Aerosol Science & Technology, Environmental Health Perspectives, ACS Chemical Health & Safety, Environmental Pollution, Atmospheric Environment, Atmospheric Pollution Research, Atmosphere, Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, Analytical Methods, Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, Frontiers in Microbiology, Frontiers in Medicine, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Cardiovascular Research, Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, Metals, Sustainability.  

Peer Reviewing Services for Conferences

Abstract, extended abstract and paper reviewer for the Annual Conferences and Exhibitions of the Air & Waste Management Association in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021.

Positions

Elected Director of the Mid-Atlantic States Section of the A&WMA (Air & Waste Management Association), January 1, 2021 – December 31, 2024. 

Elected Chair of the Nanotechnology Technical Coordinating Committee of the A&WMA (Air & Waste Management Association) for the term of June 22, 2016 – June 22, 2022.

Acting Chair of the Mid-Atlantic States Section of the A&WMA (Air & Waste Management Association), March 1, 2020 – December 31, 2020.

Past-Chair of the Mid-Atlantic States Section of the A&WMA (Air & Waste Management Association), January 1, 2018 – December 31, 2018.

Critical Review Committee Member, A&WMA (Air & Waste Management Association), June 6, 2017 – Present.

Chair of the Mid-Atlantic States Section of the A&WMA (Air & Waste Management Association), January 1, 2017 – December 31, 2017.

Elected Vice-Chair of the Mid-Atlantic States Section of the A&WMA (Air & Waste Management Association), April 8, 2014 – December 31, 2016.

Program Officer for Symposia and Specialty Conferences, Intercommittee Task Force on Nanomaterials of the A&WMA (Air & Waste Management Association) October 25, 2013 – June 25, 2016.

Councilor at the McGill Post-Graduate Students’ Society (PGSS) representing McGill Association of Postdoctoral Fellows (McGill APF) September 1, 2013 – August 31, 2015.

General Executive Committee member at the McGill Association of Postdoctoral Fellows (McGill APF), September 1, 2013 – August 31, 2015.

Air Pollution Educational and Research Grant Scholarship (APERG) Awards Event Coordinator at the Mid-Atlantic States Section of the Air & Waste Management Association (MASS A&WMA), March 12, 2013 – August 31, 2013.

Elected Director of the Mid-Atlantic States Section of the A&WMA (Air & Waste Management Association) for the term of January 25, 2013 – January 25, 2015.

Member of the Departmental Seminar Committee at the Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, September 1, 2011 – September 1, 2012.

Member of the Student Committee of the New Jersey Chapter of the A&WMA (Air and Waste Management Association), September 1, 2010 – August 31, 2013.

Leadership Roles and Services

Session Chair, Session: "Nanosafety: Research and Regulations". A&WMA (Air & Waste Management Association) 115th Annual Conference & Exhibition, San Francisco, CA, USA, June 2022.

Workshop co-organizer: "EPA & State Agency Priorities and Initiatives for 2021 and 2022", Mid-Atlantic States Section (MASS) of the A&WMA (Air & Waste Management Association), Virtual, October 2021.

Session Chair, Session: "Nanotechnology Research and Safety Update". A&WMA (Air & Waste Management Association) 114th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Virtual, June 2021.

Session Chair, Session: "Nanotechnology - Applications, Research Advances and Safety Issues". A&WMA (Air & Waste Management Association) 113th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Virtual, June-July 2020.

Workshop co-organizer: "Per- & Polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) Substances and Emerging Contaminants in the Environment", Mid-Atlantic States Section (MASS) of the A&WMA (Air & Waste Management Association), Bordentown, New Jersey, USA, January 2020.

Session Chair, Session: "Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology-based Products: Occupational and Consumer Safety, Management and Regulation", A&WMA (Air & Waste Management Association) 112th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Quebec, Quebec, Canada, June 2019.

Judge of applications in the 2019 Science Outside the Lab North (SOtL North), Ottawa, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 

Judge in the 2019 Air & Waste Management Association’s Student Scholarship Award Competition.

Workshop co-organizer: “Climate Change Resiliency and Mitigation Strategies”, Mid-Atlantic States Section (MASS) of the A&WMA (Air & Waste Management Association), New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, October 2018.

Judge in the 2018 Air & Waste Management Association’s Student Scholarship Award Competition.

Session Chair, Session: “Nanomaterials: Occupational Safety and Health, Characterization and Regulation”, A&WMA (Air & Waste Management Association) 111th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Hartford, Connecticut, USA, June 2018.

Workshop co-organizer: “Ozone: Challenges, Trends, Strategies, and New Developments”, Mid-Atlantic States Section (MASS) of the A&WMA (Air & Waste Management Association), New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, October 2017.

Session Chair, Session: “Nanomaterials: Occupational Safety and Health, Analysis and Regulation”, A&WMA (Air & Waste Management Association) 110th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, June 2017.

Session Chair, Session: “Advances in Nanoscale Science and Engineering and Regulation of Nanotechnology”, A&WMA (Air & Waste Management Association) 109th Annual Conference & Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, June 2016.

Session Chair, Session: “Nanomaterials: Latest on Measurement and Analysis”, 108th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, June 2015.

Session Chair, Session: “Regulatory Developments for Nanomaterials”, 108th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, June 2015.

Session Vice-Chair (served as Chair), Session: “Near Road Air Quality”, 108th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, June 2015.

Session Chair, Session: “Atmospheric Sciences General Contributions, Including Aerosols, Ozone”, AGC-AGU-AMC-UGC Joint Assembly, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 2015.

Session Chair, Session: “Vehicle and Engine Emissions Surveys and Controls”, A&WMA (Air & Waste Management Association) 107th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Long Beach, California, USA, June 2014.

Session Chair, Session: “Nanotechnology Safety and Regulation”, A&WMA (Air & Waste Management Association) 107th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Long Beach, California, USA, June 2014.

Judge in the 2013 Air & Waste Management Association’s Young Professional Paper Award Competition.

Session Co-Chair with Tiina Reponen, Session: “Indoor Aerosols I”, AAAR’s (American Association for Aerosol Research) 32nd Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon, USA, October 2013. Gediminas Mainelis substituted.

Webinar Event Co-Organizer: “Using NASA Satellites for Study of Environment Health and Air Quality Applications”, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, September 2013.

Session Organizer and Chair, Session: “Nanomaterials, Health Concerns, Measurement and Regulation”, A&WMA (Air & Waste Management Association) 106th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois, USA, June 2013.

Abstract reviewer, A&WMA (Air & Waste Management Association) Annual Conference & Exhibition, March 2011 - Present.

Session Organizer and Chair, Session: “Regulation of Nanomaterials”, A&WMA (Air & Waste Management Association) 105th Annual Conference & Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, USA, June 2012.

Session Organizer and Chair, Session: “Nanomaterial Particulates – Sources, Sampling and Measurement”, A&WMA (Air & Waste Management Association) 105th Annual Conference & Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, USA, June 2012.

Conference Organizer and Chair: Rutgers Mini-Conference “Pursuing a Successful Career in Science” and Student Poster Competition, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, September 2011.

Session Organizer and Chair, Session: “Nanoparticles as Emerging Air Pollutants”, A&WMA (Air & Waste Management Association) 104th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Orlando, Florida, USA, June 2011.

Judge in the Air & Waste Management Association’s 2009 Essay Contest “Driving Environmental Progress: What Can Students Do?”