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Material Measurement Laboratory /Chemical Sciences Division

Biochemical and Exposure Science Group

“The Biochemical and Exposure Science Group at NIST Charleston provides measurement science, standards, and technology to (1) support measurements of complex biological processes through the identification and quantification of proteins, hormones and metabolites and (2) support measurements related to human and wildlife exposure to natural and man-made chemicals”

The Biochemical and Exposure Science Group is located at the Hollings Marine Laboratory  in Charleston, South Carolina, and the Hawaii Pacific University Center for Marine Debris Research  in Waimanalo, Hawaii.

Biochemical and Exposure Science Group
Charleston Staff:  Front row, left to right: Amanda Bayless (College of Charleston research technician), Ashley Boggs-Russell, Katherine Peter (NRC post-doc), Tracey Schock, Jessica Reiner, Kehau Hagiwara Usui (NRC post-doc), Kevin Huncik; Back row, left to right: Clay Davis, Ben Neely, John Kucklick, Julie Lowenstein (College of Charleston Graduate Student), Alix Robel (NRC post-doc).  Not pictured: Erin Legacki (NRC post-doc) and Meghan Grandal (Medical University of South Carolina Graduate Student)
Hawaii Staff
Hawaii Staff: Left to right: Katherine Shaw (NRC post-doc) and Jennifer Lynch

Projects and Programs

Plastic marine debris

Plastic Pollution Measurement Science

While plastics have yielded immense benefits to society, discarded plastics or plastic pollution has become a pervasive highly visible problem especially in the

Publications

Certification of a pregnancy-specific reference material for thyroid biomarkers, vitamin D, and nutritional trace elements in serum

Author(s)
Ashley S. Boggs-Russell, Lisa E. Kilpatrick, Carolyn Q. Burdette, Denise S. Tevis, Zachary A. Fultz, Michael A. Nelson, Jeff M. Jarrett, Stephen A. Wise, Brittany Kassim, Stephen E. Long
Background Concentrations of critical metabolites, hormones, and nutritional elements change significantly throughout pregnancy. Therefore, increased matrix

Prey-size plastics are invading larval fish nurseries

Author(s)
Jamison Gove, Jonathan Whitney, Margaret McManus, Joey Lecky, Felipe Carvalho, Jennifer M. Lynch, Jiwei Li, Philipp Neubauer, Jana Phipps, Donald Kobayashi, Karla Balagso, Emily Contreras, Mark Manuel, Mark Merrifield, Jeffrey Polovina, Gregory Asner, Jeffrey Maynard, Gareth Williams
Life for many of the world's marine fish begins at the ocean surface. Ocean conditions dictate food availability and govern survivorship, yet little is known

News and Updates

Press Coverage