Ron Kendall, Ph.D.
Chair and Professor, Department of Environmental Toxicology
Director, TIEHH

TTU, Reese Technology Center Building 555, 1207 Gilbert Drive, Lubbock, TX 79416
TTU, TIEHH, P.O. Box 41163, Lubbock, TX 79409-1163
806.885.4567 |   1.806.885.2132
ron.kendall@tiehh.ttu.edu

Education

• Ph.D., South Florida University (1989)
• B.S., College of Charleston (1972)

Dr. Ron Kendall is the Founder and Director of The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) and Founding Chair and Professor of the Department of Environmental Toxicology. He graduated with honors from the University of South Carolina, received his M.S. degree from Clemson University, and his Ph.D. from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He received a United States Environmental Protection Agency post-doctoral traineeship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Dr. Kendall has authored more than 100 refereed journal and technical articles and has published or edited several books, including Toxic Substances in the Environment, Wildlife Toxicology, and A Probabilistic Aquatic Ecological Risk Assessment of Atrazine in North American Surface Waters and Perchlorate Ecotoxicology. He has also authored ten courses in wildlife and environmental toxicology, and he has made more than 170 public and scientific presentations in the same fields. Moreover, Dr. Kendall is an active researcher. He has received 138 research grants totaling more than 45 million dollars, and in 2003, he received the College of Arts & Sciences Outstanding Researcher Award. He has been awarded an Award of Appreciation from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for service related to the Chairmanship of the EPA Scientific Advisory Panel for implementation of the Federal Insecticide.

Selected Publications

• Cobb, G. P., M. T. Abel, T. R. Rainwater, G. P. Austin, S. B. Cox, R. J. Kendall, E. J. Marsland, T. A. Anderson, B. D. Leftwich, J. C. Zak, and S. M. Presley. 2006. Metal distributions in New Orleans following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: A continuation study. Environmental Science and Technology. (In press).
• Zhang, B., R. J. Kendall, and T. A. Anderson. 2006. Toxicity of the explosive metabolites hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitroso-1,3,5-triazine (TNX) and hexahydro-1-nitroso-3,5-dinitro-1,3,5-triazine (MNX) to the earthworm, Eisenia fetida. Chemosphere. 64:86-95.
• Park, J-W., J. RinchardP, F. Liu, T. A. Anderson, R. J. Kendall, and C. W. Theodorakis. 2006. The thyroid endocrine disruptor perchlorate effects reproduction, growth, and survival of mosquitofish. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 63:343-352.
• Presley, S. M., T. R. Rainwater, G. P. Austin, S. G. Platt, J. C. Zak, G. P. Cobb, E. J. Marsland, K. Tian, B. Zhang, T. A. Anderson, S. B. Cox, M. T. Abel, B. D. Leftwich, J. Huddleston, R. Jeter, and R. J. Kendall. 2006. Assessment of pathogens and toxicants in New Orleans, LA following hurricane Katrina. Environmental Science and Technology. 40:468-474.
• Theodorakis, C. W., J. Rinchard, T. A. Anderson, F. LiuG, J-W. Park, F. Costa, L. McDaniel, R. J. Kendall, and A. Waters. 2006. Perchlorate in fish from a contaminated site in east-central Texas. Environmental Pollution. 139:59-69.
• Giddings, J. M., T. A. Anderson, L. W. Hall, A. J. Hosmer, R. J. Kendall, R. P. Richards, K. R. Solomon, and W. M. Williams. 2005. Atrazine in North American Surface Waters: A Probabilistic Aquatic Ecological Risk Assessment. SETAC Press. Pensacola, FL. 392 pp.
• Goleman, W. L., J. A. Carr, L. J. Urquidi, T. A. Anderson, R. J. Kendall, P. N. Smith, and C. W. Theodorakis. 2002. Response of larval amphibians to perchlorate contaminated pond water. American Zoologist. 41:1457.