Mark Nicas, PhD, MPH, CIH
- Director, Industrial Hygiene Program
Biography
Mark Nicas PhD is an Adjunct Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Nicas pursues research involving exposure/risk assessment for microbial pathogens and chemical toxicants. He investigates the transmission of respiratory infections by multiple exposure routes (inhalation of small and large cough particles, surface-to-hand-to-mucous membrane contact, droplet spray). He developed a Markov chain model that integrates exposure along these pathways and has applied the model to pathway-apportionment of influenza transmission. He has developed models for the emission and dispersion of chemical pollutants in indoor air. Earlier work involved the risk of M. tuberculosis infection/disease among health care workers and the efficacy of respiratory protection against airborne pathogens and chemical toxicants.
Research Interests
- Microbial exposure and risk assessment
- Chemical toxicant exposure and risk assessment
- Variability in respiratory protection
- Mathematical modeling of exposure to indoor air pollutants
- Risk modeling of infection by airborne pathogens
Education
- PhD – University of California, Berkeley, 1991
Publications
Courses Taught
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- PB HLTH 270A
- Exposure Assessment and Control I
- PB HLTH 298-002
- Exposure Assessment and Control II