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About the Chemical Characterization and Exposure Division

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What We Do

The Chemical Characterization and Exposure Division (CCED) performs research to develop and advance experimental chemistry approaches that are critical to the rapid characterization of the presence, structural characteristics, and properties of chemicals that are of interest to EPA scientists due to their potential environmental fate and toxicity. In addition to chemical characterization, CCED develops computational models to predict external exposure and internal doses for large numbers of chemicals based on minimal data.

CCED strives to reduce the time to conduct toxicity and exposure assessments from years to months by developing:

  • Chemoinformatic tools and knowledgebases
  • Rapid analytical methods for identifying environmental chemicals in environmental and biological samples
  • Predictive models of both exposure and dose for environmental chemicals
  • Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism and Excretion approaches for environmental chemicals and model parameterization

 

Our Research

  • ExpoCast
  • HTTK R Package
  • Non-Targeted Analysis Collaborative Trial (ENTACT)
  • CompTox Chemicals Dashboard
  • Chemical and Products Database (CPDat)
  • DSSTox
  • Toxicity Estimation Software Tool
  • Adverse Outcome Pathway
  • PFAS Tiered Testing Research

Management

Mike DeVito, Director

  • Phone: 919-541-4016
  • Email: devito.michael@epa.gov

Ardra Morgan, Associate Director

  • Phone: 919-541-3658
  • Email: morgan.ardra@epa.gov

Branches

  • Advanced Analytical Chemistry Methods Branch==Branch Chief: Elin Ulrich
  • Computational Chemistry and Cheminformatics Branch--Branch Chief: Dan Chang
  • Computational Exposure and Toxicokinetics Branch--Branch Chief: Peter Egeghy
  • Experimental Toxicokinetics and Toxicodynamics Branch--Branch Chief: Mike Hughes

Main Office Location

US EPA ORD Center for Computational Toxicology and Exposure
Chemical Characterization and Exposure Division
109 T.W. Alexander Drive
Mail Code: E205-09
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

Research Triangle Park, NC

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