Alan Nye, PhD
Founder & Principal Toxicologist
Dr. Alan Nye is a founder and principal toxicologist at CTEH and specializes in human and environmental risk assessment. He has conducted risk assessments for Superfund sites across the United States. Dr. Nye has testified in public hearings and has served as a testifying expert and nontestifying consultant in numerous tort and environmental litigations, and he serves as an adjunct professor in the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Dr. Nye lectures graduate students in toxicology and environmental health sciences in the areas of metals toxicology and risk assessment.
Education:
- 1986: Post-Doctoral Research - Duke University
- 1986: Ph.D., Interdisciplinary Toxicology - University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
- 1980: B.S., Pharmacy - University of Cincinnati
Past or Current Professional Affiliations
- Society for Risk Analysis
- Society of Toxicology, South Central Chapter
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Publications:
- Risk Assessment Examples. In: Principles of Toxicology: Environmental and Industrial Applications
- Diffusion of singlet oxygen into human bronchial epithelial cells
- Human Health Based Cleanup Guidelines for Diesel Fuel No. 2. Journal of Soil Contamination
- Investigation of arsenic exposure from soil at a Superfund Site
- Evaluation of residential exposure to arsenic in soil near a superfund site
- Effect of the calmodulin inhibitor W-13 on the cellular metabolism of calcium and lead
- Cellular lead homeostasis and toxicity in cultured bovine brain capillary endothelial cells
- Effect of lead intoxication on calcium metabolism in cultured bovine brain capillary endothelial cells
- Effect of the calmodulin inhibitor, trifluoperazine (TFP), on the cellular metabolism of calcium-45 and lead-210 in cultured rat hepatocytes
- Trypan blue exclusion: a poor indicator of cellular injury
- Example of Risk Assessment Applications