The Iowa Superfund Research Program (ISRP) is a highly integrated research center focusing on the sources, exposures, remediation and toxicities of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs) congeners found in air. The integrated nature of the center across biomedical and environmental science and engineering disciplines has led to vital discoveries. These interdisciplinary successes are made possible by our organizational infrastructure, which enables frequent and regular exchange of ideas, experiments, and data between our projects and cores.

The Program and Research Support Cores communicate with all projects, thus fostering regular communication and interaction among all components (projects and cores) of the ISRP.

Program Support Cores

Administrative Core: Keri Hornbuckle, Hans-Joachim Lehmler, Suzanne Doershuk, David Purdy, External Advisory Committee

Data Management and Analysis Core: Kai Wang, Scott Spak, Michael Jones, Brian Westra, Qianjin Zhang

Community Engagement Core: Brandi Janssen, Scott Spak, Jessica Andino

Research Experience and Training Coordination Core: Gabriele Ludewig, James Ankrum, Jonathan Doorn, Greg LeFevre

Research Support Cores

Core A - Synthesis Core: Hans-Joachim Lehmler, Xueshi Li

Core B - Analytical Core: Extraction, Detection, and Interpretation of PCB Congeners in Complex Matrices: Keri Hornbuckle, Hans-Joachim Lehmler, Rachel Marek