UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION SERVICE

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Education (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education and include postdoctoral training)

2. Professional Experience (Beginning with present position, list employment by title, affiliation, and dates in last 10 years)

1977- Associate Director, Institute of Water Research and Professor, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife,
Michigan State University

1991- Commissioner for the Great Lakes Commission, Ann Arbor, Michigan

1990-1995 Member, Michigan Great Lakes Protection Fund, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Lansing, Michigan

1987-1989 Chair, National Research Council's Panel on Mercury in the Environment

1980, 1984, Visiting Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan

1985, 1987 and 1994

1985 Visiting Professor, Hebei University of Agriculture, Baoding City, Hebei Province, People's Republic of China

3. Teaching Experience (Cite titles and summary catalog descriptions of undergraduate and graduate level courses for which you have had primary responsibility for teaching in last 5 years)

FW 814 (4 cr) Environmental Chemodynamics - The movement of contaminants through aquatic ecosystems with special emphasis on chemical and physical processes controlling decomposition and disposition of contaminants and the relationship of chemical structure to its bioavailability and toxicity.

FW 465 (3 cr) Ecological Risk Assessment - Ecotoxicity, monitoring, and modeling the fate of toxins in the ecosystems. Dose response relationships. State and federal regulations related to environmental contaminants.

4. Research Interests: Cycling and fate of inorganic and organic chemicals in the environment.

5. Thesis Committees Chaired (Cite titles and dates of Master's and doctoral theses completed or in progress by graduate students for whom you served as committee chair in last 5 years)

Students Completed:

Yang, I.S., Ph.D., 1994, The Adaptation of the United States Environmental Regulations to Korean Industry.

Quinn, D., M.S., 1994, The Cycling of Mercury in Fishes from Deer Lake, Michigan.

Rice, E.A., M.S., 1996 The Release of Mercury into the Environment from Batteries.

Students in Progress:

Nelson, S.J., M.S., 1997, Bioconcentrating Chemicals (BCCs) in the Saginaw Bay Watershed.

6. Grants (Cite title, amount, source, and period of support for research and teaching/instructional projects directed or co- directed in last 10 years)

Dr. D'Itri has directed or co-directed research and/or teaching/instructional/demonstration projects which received $2,422,243 in support over the last 10 years and a total of $2,890,181 since beginning his faculty appointment at Michigan State University in 1969. See Appendix 4 for more detailed information relative to individual projects, their sponsors and the level of financial support.

7. Professional Honors (Last 10 years)

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellow, 1980

Advisory Board, Lewis Publishers, Inc.

Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

ESCOP/ACOP Leadership Program

8. Publications (List in chronological order the titles and complete references for printed publications in last 5 years)

Since 1990, Dr. D'Itri has co-edited one book, authored/co-authored three peer reviewed papers and seven special reports, in addition to the following publications.

D'Itri, F.M. 1992. Mercury Pollution and Cycling in Aquatic Ecosystems. In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Environmental Contamination, Morges, Switzerland. CEP Consultants Ltd., 26-28 Albany St., Edinburgh, EH1 3QH, United Kingdom, pp. 64-74.

D'Itri, F.M. 1992. El Ciclo de Metilmercurio y Otros Metales Pesados en Ambientes Lucastres. Ingenieriá Hidráulica en México VII(2/3):75-91.

D'Itri, F.M., Editor. 1992. Chemical Deicers and the Environment. Lewis Publishers, Inc., Chelsea, MI 48118, 585 pp.

D'Itri, F.M., E.D. Evans, J. Kubitz, A. Ushikubo, and H. Kurita-Matsuba. 1993. The Remediation of Mercury Contaminated Fish in an Artifical Reservoir. In: Strategies for Lake Ecosystems Beyond 2000, R. De Bernardi, R., Pagnotta, and A. Pugnetti, Editors, Memorie dell'Instituo Italiano di Idrobiologia 52:301-317.

McNabb, C.D., F.M. D'Itri and A. Ushikubo. 1994. Impact of the Zebra Mussel on the Great Lakes Ecosystem. The Michigan Riparian, May, pp. 9-11.

D'Itri, F.M. 1994. Cadmium Poisoning: Toyama, Japan (1912-1955), pp. 345-349; and Methylmercury Seed Poisoning (1971-1972), pp. 383-390. Two chapters in: When Technology Fails, N. Schlager, editor. Gale Research Inc., Detroit, MI.

D'Itri, F.M. 1994. Ashio, Japan, pp. 55-60; Great Lakes, pp. 381-382; heavy Metals and Heavy Metal Poisoning, pp. 410-412; Itai-Itai Disease, pp. 454-455; Mercury, pp. 515-516; Methylmercury Seed Dressings, pg. 518; Minamata Disease, pp. 521-522; and Yokkaichi Asthma, pp. 926-927. Entries in: The Environmental Encyclopedia, First Edition, W.P. Cunningham, T. Ball, T.H. Cooper, E. Gorham, M.T. Hepworth, A.A. Marcus, editors. Gale Research Inc., Detroit, MI.

Belcher, H.W. and F.M. D'Itri, Editors. 1995. Subirrigation and Controlled Drainage. Lewis Publishers, Inc., Chelsea, MI 48118, 503 pp.

Suzuki, N.,S. Endoh, M. Kawashima, Y. Itakura, C.D. McNabb, F.M. D'Itri and T.R. Batterson. 1995. Discontunity Bar in a Coastal Wetland on Lake Huron's Saginaw Bay. J. Freshwat. Ecol. 10 (2): 111-123.

D'Itri, F.M., Editor. 1997. Zebra Mussels and Aquatic Nuisance Species. Ann Arbor Press, Chelsea, MI 48118, 638 pp.