John Giesy

• BSc, Alma College
• MSc and PhD, Michigan State University

Dr. John P. Giesy is Emeritus Distinguished Professor and Former Canada Research Chair in Environmental Toxicology in the WCVM Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences and Toxicology Centre at the University of Saskatchewan and Visiting Distinguished Professor of Environmental Sciences at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Integrative Biology at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, where he was a Professor for 26 years. He is also Concurrent Professor of Environmental Science at Nanjing University, China, Visiting Professor at Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, an Honorary Professor, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China and a Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Environmental Sciences Department at Baylor University.

Professor Giesy is a member of the National Academy of Sciences of Canada in Academy III in the Division of Earth, Ocean and Atmosphere and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Prof. Giesy is a world leading eco-toxicologist with interests in many aspects of ecotoxicology, including both the fates and effects of potentially toxic compounds and elements, particularly in the area of ecological risk assessment. He has conducted research into the movement, bioaccumulation, and effects of toxic substances at different levels of biological organization, ranging from biochemical to ecosystem.

Prof. Giesy has done extensive research in the areas of metal speciation, multi-species toxicity testing, biochemical indicators of stress in aquatic organisms, fate and effects of PAHs, halogenated hydrocarbons, including chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and -furans, PCBs and pesticides. Prof. Giesy discovered the phenomenon of photo-enhanced toxicity of organic compounds, such as PAHs. His studies include both laboratory and field as well as mesocosm studies, and apply tools from molecular biology to ecosystem-level. He was the first to report the occurrence of perfluorinated compounds in the environment.

Prof. Giesy served on the Boards of Scientific Councillors (BOSC) of the National Toxicology Program (NTP) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (2003-2006) and the US EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD) (Executive Committee) (2003-2010). He was a chartered member of the US EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) (2008-2015). He was chairman of the Board of Scientific Review under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, which reviews and arbitrates between regulators and the regulated communities when disagreements occur.

He is included in 40 biographical listings, including Who’s Who in Canada, Who's Who in America, and Who’s Who in the World. He was rated the No. 1 Environmental Scientist in Canada by the Globe and Mail Newspaper. He is also the recipient of many national and international awards, including three major awards from the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC): the Founders Award, which is the highest award given globally; the Environmental Education Award and Global Capacity Building Award; and serving as president of SETAC, and is now a SETAC Fellow.

In 2014, Prof. Giesy received the Miroslaw Romanowski Medal in Environmental Science of the Royal Society of Canada. In 2016, he received the Distinguished Researcher Award from the University of Saskatchewan. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK. In 2019, he received an honorary PhD when he was made Doctor Scientiarum Ambitalium, Honors Causa, by Masaryk University in the Czech Republic.

Prof. Giesy has published 1,370 open literature, journal articles, six feature articles, three special publications, three theses, seven books written, 11 books edited, four textbook chapters, five published reviews, 27 published reports, and 20 special reports.

Prof. Giesy is a highly cited author and is among the top 0.001 per cent of active authors in all fields globally (ISI) and the most cited author in the world in the combined fields of Ecology and Environmental Sciences with a Hirsch (H) index of 154 (Google Scholar®: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vt-PMP8AAAAJ&hl=en) with more than 108,996 citations. His i10 Index (number of papers cited more than 10 times) is 1196.  As of 2021, he was the fourth (#1 in Canada) most published author of 234,833 published authors worldwide on “Environmental Monitoring”, and in the top 0.0017 per cent from 2011 through 2021. (https://www.expertscape .com/au/environmental+ monitoring/Giesy%2C+J). Prof. Giesy is on the list of top two per cent of global authors in all fields by the Stanford-Elsevier listing, where he is #3 in Ecotoxicology.https://scholargps.com/scholars/84989799782633/john-p-giesy?e_ref=bf 027c8025fd27f7 4ecc

• Toxicity and reproductive effects of herbicides, chlorinated dioxins, and perfluorinated compounds in fish and fish-eating mammals.
• Fate and effects of PAHs, pesticides, and halogenated and perflourinated compounds in the environment.
• Effects of endocrine modulating compounds in fish and wildlife.
• Development and application of analytical and bioanalytical techniques to environmental issues.
• Ecological risk assessment of industrial and agricultural chemicals.

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