Professional Summary
Prof. Nriagu's research and teaching programs center around three main issues: (i) sources, behavior, fate and effects of metals in the natural and contaminated environments; (ii) environmental justice and disproportionate exposure of communities to environmental pollutants; and (iii) environmental health problems in the developing countries. His work includes applied laboratory and field studies and has led to 28 books (authored/edited) and over 250 published articles. He is listed (http://isihighlycited.com) as one of the most cited scientists in the fields of Environmental Studies and Ecology. He has been the Director of the Environmental Health Program since 1996, and is also affiliated with the Center for Human Growth & Development (as a Research Scientist) and has been active in a number of community-based organizations. Before joining the Department in 1993, he was a research scientist with Environment Canada, Burlington, Ontario. Prof. Nriagu is Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Science of the Total Environment (one of the largest environmental science journals in the world with 54 issues a year) and the editor of book series published by Wiley-Interscience (New York) and Elsevier Science (Amsterdam). In 1987, he was awarded the first ever meritorious Doctor of Science degree by any Nigerian university for his work in environmental biogeochemistry. Prof. Nriagu is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. His other awards include Senior Fulbright Fellowship and the Miroslav Medal of the Royal Society of Canada.
Courses Taught
EHS502: Environmental Health in Developing Areas
EHS574: Environmental Chemistry
EHS591: Equity Issues in Environmental Health
Education
D.Sc., University of Ibadam (Meritorious), 1987
Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1970
M.S., University of Wisconsin, 1967
B.Sc., University of Ibadan, 1965
Research Interest & Projects
Research activities in recent years include: natural and anthropogenic sources of trace metals at the local, regional and global scales; potential impacts of global change on metal cycles; processes and mechanisms of cycling of pollutants (especially heavy metals) in air, water and soil leading to human exposure; biomarkers of exposure and effects of metals from analysis of body fluid and tissue samples; trace metals in human oral environment; water quality issues in the Great Lakes; behavior of metal ions and oxyanions in water treatment systems; environmental risk factors for asthma; environmental justice within the community-based research framework; lead pollution and lead poisoning in communities in various parts of the world; chemistry of arsenic in groundwater; dermal and carcinogenic effects of exposure to arsenic in drinking water. Some of the research has been conducted in the developing countries.
Middle Eastern Masculinities in the Age of New Reproductive Technologies
Principal Investigator: Inhorn, M.
Sponsor: NSF
Development of Indoor Air Quality Education and Information Materials
Principal Investigator: Nriagu, J.
Sponsor: State of Michigan - MDCH
In-Situ Immobilization & Stabilization of Contaminanted Great Lakes
Principal Investigator: Weber, W.
Sponsor: OVPR Award - University of Michigan
Selected Publications
Meliker, J.R., Slotnick, M.J., Avruskin, G.A., Kaufmann, A., Fedewa, S.A., Goovaerts, P., Jacquez, G.M., Nriagu, J.O. (2007). Individual lifetime exposure to inorganic arsenic using a space-time information system. Int4rnational Archives in Occupational and Environvironmental Health, 80(3), 184-197.
Saraiva, M.C., Taichman, R.S., Braun, T., Nriagu, J., Eklund, S.A., and Burt. B. (2007). Lead exposure and periodontitis in U.S. adults Journal of Periodontal Research, 42(1), 45-52.
Lee, J. and Nriagu, J.O. (2007). Stability constants of metal arsenates. Environmental Chemistry, 4(2), 123-133.
Slotnick, M.J., Meliker, J.R. and Nriagu, J.O. (2007). Intra-individual variability in toenail arsenic measurements from a Michigan, USA population. International Archives in Occupational and Environmental Health, 80(3), 184-97.
Meliker, J.r., AvRuskin, G.A., Slotnick, M.J., Goovaerts, P., Scottenfeld, D., Jacquez, G.M. and Nriagu, J.O. (2006). Validating models of aresnic concentrations in private well water in southeastern Michigan. International Journal Hygiene and Environmental Health, 209(5), 399-411.
Slotnick, M.J., Meliker, J.R. and Nriagu, J.O. (2006). Effects of time and point-of-use devices on arsenic levels in Southeastern Michigan drinking water, USA. Science of the Total Environment, 369, 42-50.
Nriagu, J.O., Burt, B., Linder, A., Ismail, A. and S. Woosung (2006). Lead levels in blood and saliva in a low-income population of Detroit, Michigan. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 109-121.
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