Andrew Nelson
I joined the Human Toxicology PhD program in 2012. My main draw to the program is the interdisciplinary nature. Before coming to the University Iowa, I was trained as a biochemist (BA 2009) at the University of Colorado-Boulder and then as an environmental scientist/engineer (MS 2010) at the Colorado School of Mines. The interdisciplinary program provides me with the opportunity to draw upon my previous experiences in the biosciences and applied fields and combine them into the study of xenobiotics in the environment. The goal of my graduate training at Iowa is to prepare for a career in risk assessment.
Research: Studying radionuclides liberated by unconventional drilling
Thesis Title: Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials Associated with Unconventional Drilling for Natural Gas
Advisor: Michael K. Schultz, PhD.
Year of Graduation: 2016
Program: Ph.D.
Current Position: Senior Member of the Technical Staff
Current Employer/Institution: Sandia National Laboratories
Publications:
Dustin May, A.N. Nelson, Michael K Schultz, Quantitation of lead-210 (210Pb) using lead-203 (203Pb) as a “Massless” yield tracer, May 2017 Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 171:93-98
Andrew W. Nelson, Eric S. Eitrheim, Andrew William Knight, Dustin May, Michael D Wichman, Tori Forbes, Michael K Schultz, Polonium-210 accumulates in a lake receiving coal mine discharges—anthropogenic or natural?, November 2016 Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 167
