Joachim Pleil

Joachim Pleil is a principal investigator of systems biology for environmental exposure science in the National Exposure Research Laboratory of the US Environmental Protection Agency. “My current research involves developing screening methods for exogenous chemicals and identifying initiating events for adverse health outcomes using discovery and targeted analyses of human blood, breath and urine samples,” he says. Joachim holds BS and MS degrees in Mathematics and Physics from Southern Illinois University, and a PhD in Environmental Science and Engineering from the University of North Carolina School (UNC) School of Public Health in Chapel Hill, NC.