National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
1095 Willowdale Road
Morgantown,
WV
USA
26505-2888
Email:
mark.hoover@cdc.hhs.gov
Biographical Sketch:
Dr. Mark D. Hoover is a senior research scientist in the Division of Respiratory Disease Studies at the CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, in Morgantown, West Virginia. NIOSH is the leading federal agency conducting research and providing guidance on the occupational safety and health implications and applications of nanotechnology. Mark is board certified in the comprehensive practice of health physics and in the comprehensive practice of industrial hygiene. Mark has developed improved approaches, techniques, and instrumentation for aerosol characterization, generation, and control; served as chairman or a contributor to the development of many national and international standards; and is author or co-author of more than 160 open literature publications. Special emphasis areas for his work in nanotechnology include exposure assessment for nanoparticles in the workplace, development of a prototype Nanoparticle Information Library, and opportunities for applying performance-based occupational exposure limit or control banding approaches for nanotechnology. Detailed information about the NIOSH nanotechnology health and safety research program is available at www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/nanotech/.