Dr. Talia E. Abbott Chalew received her PhD from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where she was also a Post-Doctoral Fellow. Her research has focused on emerging nanoparticles as drinking water contaminants. She has conducted exposure assessments on emerging pharmaceutical and personal care products, as well as investigated the health effects of engineered metal nanoparticles. She is currently an Adjunct Professor teaching and developing both undergraduate and graduate courses.
Education History
- BS, Environmental Science and Policy, University Of Maryland
- MS, Environmental Science, University of NC Chapel Hill
- PhD, Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University
Work Experience
Lecturer, JHU Whiting School of Engineering, Engineering for Professionals
Publications
2014 Ajmani, G., Abbott Chalew, T. E., Teychene, B., Wang, Y., Jacangelo, J.G., and H. Huang. Effect of hydrodynamic diameter on the sieving of waterborne carbon nanotubes by porous membranes. Journal of Membrane Science. 470: 470-478.
2014 Ajmani, G., Cho, H., Abbott Chalew, T. E., Schwab, K., Jacangelo, J.G., and H. Huang. Static and dynamic removal of aquatic natural organic matter by carbon nanotubes. Water Research. 59: 262-270.
2014 Huang, H., Fairbrother, H., Teychene, B., Ajmani, G.S., Abbott Chalew, T. E., Lahr, M., Cho, H., Schwab, K.S., and J. G. Jacangelo. Carbon Nanotube Composite Membranes for Small “Designer” Water Treatment Systems. WST: Water Supply. 14 (5) 917-923
2014 Wang, Z., Teychene, B., Abbott Chalew, T. E., Ajmani, G.S., Zhou, T., Wu, Z., and H. Huang. Aluminum – humic colloid formation during pre-coagulation for membrane water treatment: Mechanisms and impacts. Water Research. 61 (171-180)
2013 Abbott Chalew, T. E., and K. J. Schwab. Toxicity of Commercially Available Engineered Nanoparticles to Caco-2 and SW480 Human Intestinal Epithelial Cells. Cell Biology and Toxicology, 29 (2), 101-116.
2013 Abbott Chalew, T. E., G. S. Ajmani, H. Huang, and K. J. Schwab. Evaluating nanoparticle breakthrough during drinking water treatment: a pathway of human exposure.Environmental Health Perspectives, 121(10): 1161-1166.
2012 Abbott Chalew, T. E., J. Galloway, and T.K. Graczyk. Pilot Study on Effects of Nanoparticle Exposure on Crassostrea virginica Hemocyte Phagocytosis. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 64 (10): 2251-2253.
2011 Higgins, C.P., Z.J. Paesani, T.E. Abbott Chalew, R.U. Halden, and L.S.Hundal. Persistence of Triclocarban and Triclosan in Soil after Land Application of Biosolids and Bioaccumulation in Eisenia foetida. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 30 (3): 556-563
2009 Chalew, T. E. A., and R. U. Halden. Environmental Exposure of Aquatic and Terrestrial Biota to Triclosan and Triclocarban. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 45 (1): 4-13
2009 Higgins, C.P., Z.J. Paesani, T.E. Abbott Chalew, and R.U. Halden. Bioaccumulation of Triclocarban in Lumbriculus variegatus. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 28 (12): 2580-2586