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F BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Pages 133-138

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From page 133...
... He is the deputy director for the Regional and State Programs Division, Office of Mobile Sources, of the Environmental Protection Agency. In this position, he is leading the effort to ensure that EPA air emission policies regarding mobile sources are consistent, data driven, and supported by scientific data.
From page 134...
... His research to study the beneficial effects of vegetation in contaminated soils has been funded by the Environmental Protection Agency and his work on measuring and modeling plant metabolic rates for bioregenerative life support systems is sponsored by NASA. He has authored papers and book chapters on research and commercial hydroponics techniques for growing crops on Earth and on the type of root-zone environment necessary for growing crops and recycling wastes on a lunar base, using either hydroponics or the lunar regolith as a growth medium.
From page 135...
... In addition to serving on several National Research Council panels, he has served on advisory committees for the Food and Drug Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, and for the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health. Andrew Hoffman is an expert in human space systems, having spent 33 years in the U.S.
From page 136...
... He is currently a senior medical consultant working for Canyon Consulting Corporation in Chama, New Mexico, and a visiting professor at the Uniform Services Health Science Center and a clinical professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of New Mexico. He is a former member of the National Research Council's Space Studies Board (1989-1993)
From page 137...
... from Purdue University in 1961, and his research and teaching emphases have been in environmental engineering operations and processes; environmental chemistry and microbiology; solid and hazardous waste management; industrial waste minimization, treatment, and disposal; and environmental impact monitoring and assessment. He is currently a member of the National Research Council's Committee on U.S.
From page 138...
... . In addition to holding a master's degree in mechanical engineering from Mississippi State University, Mr.


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