Heidi Hubbard
UNC BMElab Visiting Scholar,
9/15/2009 – 9/13/2012
14 Rosenau Hall
Department of Environmental Sciences and
Engineering
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7431
e-mail: hubbardh@email.unc.edu
Education
- PhD, Environmental Engineering, University of Texas, May 2006
- MS, Environmental Engineering, University of Texas, December 2003
- BS, Civil Engineering, Purdue University, December 2001
Research Interests
- Bayesian Maximum Entropy (BME) application to ambient fine particles and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
- Indoor and outdoor air pollution chemistry
- Biomarkers of exposure
- Analytical methods development
- Science communication and outreach for technical and non-technical audiences
Honors and Awards
· Thrust Fellowship, 2002-2006
· Cullen Trust Student Endowment Fellowship, 2005-2006
· US EPA Special Accomplishment Recognition Award, 2006, 2007, 2008
· Fellow at Chemistry Communication Leadership Institute sponsored by National Science Foundation, America Chemical Society, and University of Washington, 2009
Research Activities
- Visiting Scholar, Environmental Sciences & Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (September 2009 – current)
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (October 2009 – current)
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Environmental Protection Agency (September 2006 - September 2009)
- PhD, Masters Research Assistant, University of Texas at Austin (January 2002 – May 2006)
- Undergraduate Research Assistant, Purdue University (September 2000 – December 2001)
Publications
- Hubbard, H.F., Coleman, B.K., Sarwar, G. and R.L. Corsi. 2005. “Effects of an ozone-generating air purifier on indoor secondary particles in three residential dwellings”, Indoor Air, 15(6):432-44.
- Weschler, C.J., Wells, J.R., Poppendieck, D.J, Hubbard, H.F., and T.A. Pearce. 2006. “Workgroup report: Indoor chemistry and health”, Environmental Health Perspectives, 114(3):442-6.
- Corsi, R.L, Walker, M.B, Liljestrand, H.M, Hubbard, H.F., and D.G. Poppendieck. 2006 “Methyl bromide as a building disinfectant: interaction with indoor materials and resulting byproduct formation”, Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, 57(5):576-85.
- Poppendieck, D.G., Hubbard, H.F., Ward, M.,
Weschler, C.J., and R.L. Corsi. 2007. “Ozone reactions with indoor
materials during building disinfection”,
Atmospheric Environment, 41(15):3166-76. - Poppendieck, D.G., Hubbard, H.F., Weschler, C.J., and R.L. Corsi. 2007. “Formation and emissions of carbonyls during and following gas-phase ozonation of indoor materials”, Atmospheric Environment, 41(35):7614-26.
- Pleil, J.D., Hubbard, H.F., Sobus, J.R., Sawyer, K.G. and M.C. Madden. 2007. “Volatile polar metabolites in exhaled breath condensate (EBC): collection and analysis”, Journal of Breath Research, 2(2).
- Sobus, J.R., Pleil, J.D., Madden, M.C., Funk, W.E., Hubbard, H.F. and S.M. Rappaport. 2008. “Identification of surrogate measures of diesel exhaust exposure in a controlled chamber study”, Environmental Science and Technology, 42(23): 8822-8.
- Hubbard, H.F., Poppendieck, D.G., and R.L. Corsi. 2009 “Chlorine Dioxide reactions with indoor materials during building disinfection. I. Surface Uptake”, Environmental Science and Technology, 43(5):1329-35.
· Hubbard, H.F., Pleil, J.D., Madden, M.C., Sobus, J.R. Tabucchi, S. 2009 “Application of novel method to measure endogenous VOCs in exhaled breath condensate before and after exposure to diesel exhaust” Journal of Chromatography B, (published online).
· Hubbard, H.F., Poppendieck, D.G., and R.L. Corsi. 2009 “Chlorine Dioxide reactions with indoor materials during building disinfection. II. Building disinfection byproducts”, Environmental Science and Technology, (in preparation)