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Thomas D. Behymer

Title: Deputy Division Director

EPA Division: Microbiological and Chemical Exposure Assessment Research Division

EPA Branch: Immediate Office

Narrative:
My primary research interest is the application of advanced mass spectrometric techniques (including GC/MS/MS and LC/MS/MS) to the measurement of contaminants of environmental interest.

Education/Training:

Ph.D. analytical Chemistry, Indianan University, 1987
B.S. Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, 1981

Professional Experience:

Deputy Division Director, USEPA, ORD, NERL-MCEARD, Cincinnati, Ohio 2009-present
Acting Associate Division Director, USEPA, ORD, NERL-MCEARD, Cincinnati, Ohio 2008-2009
Chief, Chemical Exposure Research Branch, USEPA, ORD, NERL-MCEARD, Cincinnati, Ohio 1995-2008
Research Chemist, USEPA, EMSL, Cincinnati, Ohio 1987-1995
Research Associate, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 1982-1987
Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 1981-1982
Research Assistant, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 1980-1981
Research Assistant, Chemetrics, Inc., Calverton VA. at the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 1980

Select Awards and Honors:

USEPA Bronze Medal for Commendable Service, for work in development, promulgation and implementation of UCMR 2, 2007
Exceptional/Outstanding ORD Technical Assistance to the Program Offices Award, for work in developing new procedures for detection and quantitation, 2008
USEPA, Superior Accomplishment Recognition Awards: 1995, 1998 - 2011
USEPA, STAA Award - Honorable Mention, 1993
University of Cincinnati, Honors in Chemistry, 1981
University of Cincinnati, Phi Lambda Upsilon Award, 1981

Select Presentations:

Dufour, AP, O Evans, L Wymer and T Behymer, Incidental Water Ingestion during Recreational Swimming. 17th Annual ISEA Conference, Co-sponsored by the International Society of Exposure Analysis and the Federal-State Toxicology and Risk Analysis Committee, Durham, North Carolina, 2007
Dufour, AP, L Wymer, T Behymer and O Evans, An Observational Study: Determination of the Volume of Water Ingested During Recreational Swimming Activities. Presented at U. S. EPA’s 2006 National Beach Conference, Niagara Falls, New York, 2006
Evans, O, L Wymer, T Behymer and A Dufour, How Much Water do Swimmer’s Drink? Presented at the World Aquatic Health Conference, Austin, Texas, 2006
Cantu, R, O Evans, FK Kawahara, ML Magnuson, JA Shoemaker, LJ Wymer, TD Behymer and AP Dufour, Simple Sample Cleanup Procedure and High-Performance Liquid Chromatographic Method for the Analysis of Cyanuric Acid in Human Urine. Presented at the 221st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Diego, California, 2001
Behymer, TD, Quantitative Aspects of APCI and Particle Beam LC/MS Techniques for the Measurement of Compounds of Environmental Interest. Presented at the Michigan-Chicago-Milwaukee Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group, Detroit, Michigan and the Michigan Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group, East Lansing, Michigan (Invited speaker), 1994
Behymer, TD, TA Bellar, JS Ho and WL Budde, Quantitative Aspects of Particle Beam LC/MS in Environmental Analysis. Presented at the Pittsburgh Conference, New Orleans, LA (Invited speaker), 1992

Published & Presented Research (1999-Present)

Contact Info:

Microbiological and Chemical Exposure Assessment Research Division
National Exposure Research Laboratory
Office of Research and Development
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
26 W. Martin Luther King Drive
Cincinnati, Ohio 45268
Telephone: 513-569-7392
Email: behymer.thomas@epa.gov