Professional Summary
Dr. Batterman's research and teaching interests address environmental impact assessment, human exposure and health risk assessment, and environmental management. His research addresses both theoretical work and applied laboratory and field studies. He is particularly interested in improving exposure measures that can be used in risk assessments and epidemiological studies; measuring toxic compounds including volatile organic compounds (VOCs) found as pollutants in drinking water, ambient and indoor air, and statistical and modeling methods that can be used to interpret and extend available measurements. His research is applied to contemporary problems including ambient and indoor air quality, environmental epidemiology, policy analysis, environmental engineering, environmental justice, and life cycle analysis. His international projects include training and research programs in the environmental sciences and engineering in Africa (especially South Africa) and Europe (especially Portugal, Russia and Finland). Dr. Batterman's teaching in the Environmental Health program includes the following courses: Environmental Impact Assessment; Environmental Management of Hazardous Substances; and the Doctoral Seminar. He directs the Hazardous Substances Academic Training Program and the Pilot Project Research Program in the NIOSH-supported Education and Resource Center.
Courses Taught
EHS572: Environmental Impact Assessment (NRE 514)
EHS680: Environmental Management of Hazardous Substances
Education
Ph.D., Water Resources & Environmental Engineering (Civil Engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986
M.S., Water Resources & Environmental Engineering (Civil Engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981
B.S., Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, 1979
Research Interest & Projects
My current research addresses a range of topics in occupational, indoor and environmental settings that include: Exposure assessment (especially for volatile organic compounds or VOCs); emerging contaminants in occupational and environmental settings (e.g., brominated flame retardants); biological monitoring; air quality monitoring; indoor air quality (e.g., assessment and management); air pollution control engineering (e.g., vapor and particle air filtration); and environmental epidemiology. Other research experience and interests include: characterization of VOCs in air, soils and fuels, environmental impact assessment, health impact assessment, risk assessment, environmental statistics, uncertainty analysis; VOC measurement techniques (including Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, adsorbent collection/thermal desorption); disinfection by-products in drinking water; hazardous waste/medical waste management; environmental justice; sustainable systems; urban scale air pollutant modeling; environmental impacts of energy production; life cycle analysis.
Ambient, Indoor, Personal and Breath Concentrations of Volatile Organic Air Toxics among Populations in Industrial and Urban Settings
Principal Investigator: Batterman, S.
Sponsor: American Chemical Council (ACC)
Ambient Air Pollution & Adverse Birth Outcomes: A Linked Analysis
Principal Investigator: Batterman, S.
Sponsor: State of Michigan - MDCH
Health, Pollution and Economic Development in South Durban
Principal Investigator: Batterman, S.
Sponsor: NIH/Fogarty - Heed
Sustainable Concrete Infrastructure Materials and Systems
Principal Investigator: Keoleian, G.
Sponsor: NSF
Health Status & Risk Factors Associated with Adverse Health Outcomes among the South Durban Community
Principal Investigator: Batterman, S.
Sponsor: University of Natal, Durban Metropolitian Health Authority
The University of Michigan Education and Research Center - HSAT Core
Principal Investigator: Robins, T.
Sponsor: CDC/NIOSH
Distribution & Effects of Emerging Contaminant on Great Lakes Ecosystem Health
Principal Investigator: Batterman, S.
Sponsor: Great Lakes Seed Grant - OVPR
Selected Publications
Charles, S.M., Batterman, S., Jia, C. and Godwin, C. (2008). VOC and Particulate Emissions from Commercial Cigarettes: Analysis of 2,5-DMF as ETS Tracer Environmental Science and Technology, 42, 1324-1331.
Jia, C., Batterman, S. and Godwin, C. (2008). VOCs in Industrial, Urban and Suburban Neighborhoods: Part I: Indoor and Outdoor Concentrations, Variation, and Risk Drivers Atmospheric Environment, 2083-2100.
Jia, C., Batterman, S. and Godwin, C. (2008). VOCs in Industrial, Urban and Surburban Neigborhoods: Part 2: Factors Affecting Indoor and Outdoor Concentrations Atmospheric Environment, 2101-2116.
Le, H.Q., Batterman, S. and Wahl, RL. (2007). Reproducibility and Imputation of Air Toxics Data Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 1358-1372.
Jia, C., Batterman, S. and Godwin, C. (2007). Continuous, Intermittent and Passive Sampling of Airborne VOCs Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 9/19, 1220-1230.
Batterman, S, Chernyak, S., Gwynn, E., Cantonwine, D., Jia, C. Begnoche, L. and Hickey, J.P. (2007). Trends of Brominated Diphenyl Ethers in Fresh and Archived Great Lakes Fish (1979-2005) Chemosphere, 69, 444-457.
Zhong, Q, Veeneman, R., Steinecker, W.H., Jia, C. Batterman, S.A. and Zellers, E.T. (2007). Rapid Determination of ETS Markers with a Prototype Field-Portable GC Employing a Microsensor Array Detector Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 9, 440-8.
Charles, S.M., Batterman, S. and Jia, C. (2007). VOC Compositions and Emissions of Main- and Side-Stream Cigarette Smoke Atmospheric Environment, 41, 5371-84.
Additional Information
Associate Editor, ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering (2002-5) Faculty Associate, Program in the Environment, University of Michigan (2008-present) Associatge Editor, Journal of Environment and Public Health (2008-present) Honorary Professor, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Medical School, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa (nominated)
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