Michael C. Newman
Faculty Emeritus
Retired:
2018
Department:
Aquatic Health Sciences
Email:
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Phone:
(804) 684-7725
Interests:
Environmental risk assessment; ecological toxicology; pollutant bioaccumulation.
Website:
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Education
- B.A., M.S., University of Connecticut
- M.S., Ph.D. Rutgers University
Curriculum vitae
Research Interests
Dr. Newman has diverse research interests which include ecotoxicology, general and applied aquatic ecology, contaminant effects on populations, bioaccumulation, factors modifying inorganic contaminant toxicity, fate of inorganic contaminants in aquatic systems, quantitative methods for ecological risk assessment, toxicity models, and water quality.
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Current Projects
- Formal methods of identifying the most probable cause of an adverse effect
- Replacing unsound statistical methods that are widely-accepted by ecotoxicologists and risk assessors with valid statistical methods
- Stochastic modeling of contaminant exposure from fish consumption
- Improving prediction of lethal effects with time-to-death methods
- Mercury bioaccumulation and trophic transfer modeling
- Human risk associated with mercury exposure via seafood consumption
Selected Publications
- Bundschuh, M., M.C. Newman, J.P. Zubrod, F. Seitz, R.R. Rosenfeldt, and R. Schulz. 2013. Misuse of null hypothesis significance testing: would estimation of positive and negative predictive values improve certainty of chemical risk assessment? Env. Sci. and Pollut. Res. DIO 10.1007/s11356-013-1749-z.
- Xu, Xia, P.M. Dixon, Y. Zhao, and M.C. Newman. 2013. Diagnostics to assess toxicokinetic-toxicodynamic models. Environmetrics (In press).
- Xu, Xiaoyu., M.C. Newman, M.F. Fabrizio, and L. Liang. 2013. An ecologically-framed mercury survey of finfish of the lower Chesapeake Bay. Marine Pollution Bulletin. (In press).
- Wang, J., M.C. Newman, X. Xiaoyu, A. Condon, and L. Liang. 2013. Floodplain methylmercury biomagnification factor higher and more variable than that of the contiguous South River (Virginia USA). Ecotox. Env. Safety. 92:191-198.
- Wang, J. and M.C. Newman. 2013. Mercury dietary exposure of three bird species nesting on a contaminated floodplain (South River, VA, USA). Integ. Environ. Assess. Manag. 9:285-293.
- Newman, M.C. Chapter 1. Introduction to metal ion QSARs, In: Walker, J., M.C. Newman, and M. Enache. Fundamental QSARs for Metal Ions. Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL., 2013
- Newman, M.C. Chapter 8. Constructing QSARs for metal Ions, In: Walker, J., M.C. Newman, and M. Enache. Fundamental QSARs for Metal Ions. Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL., 2013
- Di Giulio R.T. and M.C. Newman. 2012. Chapter 30. Ecotoxicology, In: Casarett and Doull’s Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons, 8th Ed., C. Klaasen, Ed., McGraw-Hill.
- Newman, M.C. 2012. On being dragged into the NOEC squabble. Integ. Environ. Assess. Manag. 8(4): 767.
- Holloman, E.L. and M.C. Newman. 2012. Expanding perceptions of subsistence fish consumption: evidence of high commercial fish consumption and dietary mercury exposure in an urban coastal community. Sci. Total Environ. 416:111-120.
- Carriger, J.F. and M.C. Newman. 2011. Influence diagrams as decision-making tools for pesticide management. Integ. Environ. Assess. Manag. 8(2): 339-350.
- Newman, M.C., X. Xu, A. Condon, and L. Liang. 2011. Floodplain methylmercury biomagnification factor higher than that of the contiguous river (South River, Virginia, USA). Environ. Pollut. 159: 2840-2844.
- Newman, M.C. Chapter 1. 2011. When scientific vantage is not enough. In: Mercury Pollution. From Science to Humanities. S. Zuber and M.C. Newman (Eds.), Taylor & Francis/CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
- Newman, M.C. and K.M.Y. Leung. Chapter 7. Mercury by the numbers. In: Mercury Pollution. From Science to Humanities. S. Zuber and M.C. Newman (Eds.), Taylor & Francis/CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
- Bundschuh, M., J.P. Zubrod, F. Seitz, R. Schulz and M.C. Newman. 2011. Mercury contaminated sediments affect amphipod feeding. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol . 60: 437-443
- Newman, M.C., X. Xu, C.F. Cotton and K.R. Tom. 2011. High mercury concentrations in three deep ocean Chondrichthyans. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 60: 618-625.
- Holloman, E.L. and M.C. Newman. 2010. A Community-Based Assessment of Seafood Consumption along the Lower James River, Virginia, USA: Potential Sources of Dietary Mercury Exposure. Environ. Res. 110:213-219.
- Tom, K.R., M.C. Newman and J. Schmerfeld. 2010. Modeling mercury biomagnification (South River, Virginia USA) to inform river management decision making. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 29:1013-1020.
- Evans, D.A., M.C. Newman, M. Lavine, J.S. Jaworska, J. Toll, B. Brooks, and T.C.M. Brook. 2010. Chapter 5. The Bayesian vantage for dealing with uncertainty. In: W.J. Warren-Hicks and A. Hart (Eds.) Application of Uncertainty Analysis to Ecological Risks of Pesticides. SETAC Press, Pensacola, FL.
- Newman, M.C. 2008. Ecotoxicology. A Sub-discipline of Ecology entry for Encyclopedia of Ecology, Elsevier, Inc.
- Newman, M.C. and Y. Zhao. 2008. Ecotoxicology (LC, LD, LOC, LOEC, MAC) entry for Ecology Encyclopedia, Elsevier, Inc.
- Newman, M.C. 2008. "What exactly are you inferring?" A closer look at hypothesis testing. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 27: 1013-1019.
- Di Giulio, R.T. and M.C. Newman, Chapter 29. Ecotoxicology, in Casarett & Doull's Toxicology. The Basic Science of Poisons. C.D. Klaassen, Editor, McGraw-Hill Co., New York, NY, 2008, pp. 1157-1187.
- Zhoa, Y. and M.C. Newman. 2007. The theory underlying dose-response models influences predictions for intermittent expsoures. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 26: 543-547
- Unger, M.A., M.C. Newman, and G.G. Vadas. 2007. Predicting survival of grass shrimp (P. pugio) during ethylnaphthalene, dimethylnaphthalene, and phenanthrene exposures differing in concentration and duration. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 26: 528-534.
- Newman, M.C., Zhao, Y., and J.F. Carriger. 2007. Coastal and estuarine ecological risk assessment: the need for a more formal approach to stressor identification. Hydrobiologia 577: 31-40.
- Newman, M.C., M. Crane and G. Holloway. 2006. Does pesticide risk assessment in the European Union assess long-term effects?. Rev. Environ. Toxicol. 187: 1-65.
- Zhao, Y. and Newman, M.C. 2006. Effects of exposure duration and recovery time during pulsed exposures. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 25: 1298-1304.
- Newman, M.C. and Y. Zhao. 2005. Measuring metals and metalloids in water, sediment and biological tissues. In Ostrander, G.K., Techniques in Aquatic Toxicology, 2nd Edition. Lewis Publishers/CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, pp. 591-615.
- Zhao, Y. and M.C. Newman. 2005. Ecotoxicology entry for environmental encyclopedia edited by L. Shugart, Elsevier, Inc.
- Zhao, Y. and M.C. Newman. 2004. Shortcomings of the laboratory-derived median lethal concentration for predicting mortality in field populations: exposure duration and latent mortality. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 23: 2147-2153.
- Evans, D.A., M.C. Newman, M. Lavine, J.S. Jaworska, J. Toll, B. Brooks, and T.C.M. Brook. (In Press). The Bayesian vantage for dealing with uncertainty. In: A. Hart (Ed.) Uncertainty in Environmental Risk Assessment, SETAC Press, Pensacola, FL.
- Mulvey, M., M.C. Newman, W. Vogelbein, M.A. Unger and D.R. Ownby. 2003. Genetic structure and mtDNA diversity of Fundulus heteroclitus populations from PAH-contaminated and neighboring sites. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 22: 671-677.
- Ownby, D.R. and M.C. Newman . 2003. Advances in Quantitative Ion Character-Activity Relationships (QICARs): Using Metal-Ligand Binding Characteristics to Predict Metal Toxicity. QSAR Comb Sci 22:241-246.
- Mulvey, M., M.C. Newman, W. Vogelbein and M.A. Unger. 2002. Genetic structure of Fundulus heteroclitus from PAH-contaminated and neighboring sites in the Elizabeth and York Rivers. Aquatic. Toxicol. 61:195-209.
- Newman, M.C. and Evans, D.A. 2002. Enhancing belief during causality assessments: Cognitive Idols or Bayes's Theorem? In" Coatsal and Estuarine Risk Assessment. M.C. Newman, M.H. Roberts, Jr., and R.C. Hale (Eds.), Lewis/CRC Publishers, Boca Raton, FL., pp. 347.
- Ownby, D., M.C. Newman, M. Mulvey, M. Unger and W. Vogelbein. 2002. Fish (Fundulus heteroclitus) populations with different exposure histories differ in tolerance of creosote-contaminated sediments. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 21: 1897-1902.
- Tatara, C., M. Mulvey, and M.C. Newman. 2002. Genetic and demographic responses of mercury-exposed mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) populations: temporal stability and reproductive components of fitness. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 21: 2191-2197.
- Tatara, C.P., M.C. Newman and M. Mulvey. 2001. Effect of mercury and Gpi-2 genotype on standard metabolic rate of Eastern mosquitofish. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 20: 782-786.
- Crane, M. and M.C. Newman. 2000. What level of effect is a no observed effect? Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 19:516-519.
- McKinney, J.D., A. Richard, C. Waller, M.C. Newman and F. Gerberick. 2000. The practice of structure activity relationships (SAR) in toxicology. Toxicological Sciences 56:8-17.
- Newman, M.C. and J.T. McCloskey. 2000. The individual tolerance concept is not the sole explanation for the probit dose-effect model. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 19:520-526.
- Newman, M.C., D.R. Ownby, L.C.A. Mezin, D.C. Powell, T.R.L. Christensen, S.B. Lerberg, and B.-A. Anderson. 2000. Applying species sensitivity distributions in ecological risk assessment: Assumptions of distribution type and sufficient numbers of species. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 19:508-515.
- Barron, M.G., I.R. Schultz, and M.C. Newman. 1999. Pharmacokinetics of intravascularly administered 65Zinc in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus). Ecotoxicol. Environ Saf. 45:304-309.
- Peters, E.L. and M.C. Newman. 1999. Elimination of cesium by chronically-contaminated largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides). Health Physics 76: 260-268.
- Peters, E.L., I.R. Schultz and M.C. Newman. 1999. Rb and Cs kinetics and tissue distributions in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus). Ecotoxicology 8:287-300.
- Schultz, I.R., M.G. Barron, M.C. Newman, and A. Vick. 1999. Blood flow distribution and tissue allometry in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus). J. Fish Biol. 54: 1275-1286.
- Tatara, C., M. Mulvey and M.C Newman. 1999. Genetic and demographic responses of mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) populations exposed to mercury for multiple generations. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 18:2840-2845.
- McCloskey, J.M., I.R. Schultz and M.C. Newman. 1998. Estimating the oral bioavailability of methylmercury to channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus. Environ. Toxicol. Chem.17: 1524-1529.
- Newman, M.C., J.T. McCloskey and C.P. Tatara. 1998. Using metal-ligand binding characteristics to predict metal toxicity: Quantitative Ion Character - Activity Relationships (QICARs). Environ. Health Perspectives 106(Suppl. 6): 1263-1270.
- Newman, M.C. and R. Jagoe. 1998. Allozymes reflect the population-level effect of mercury: simulations of the mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) GPI-2 response. Ecotoxicology 7: 141-150.
- Tatara, C.P., M.C. Newman, J.T. McCloskey and P.L. Williams. 1998. Use of ion characteristics to predict relative toxicity of mono-, di-, and trivalent metal ions: Caenorhabditis elegans LC50. Aquatic Toxicol. 42: 255-269.
- Jagoe, R. and M.C. Newman. 1997. Bootstrap estimation of community NOEC values. Ecotoxicology 6: 293-306.
- Schultz, I.R. and M.C. Newman. 1997. Methyl mercury toxicokinetics in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) and largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) after intravascular administration. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 16: 1990-1996.
- Tatara, C., M.C. Newman, P. Williams and J.T. McCloskey. 1997. Predicting relative toxicity with divalent ion characteristics. Caenorhabditis elegans. AquaticToxicol. 39: 279-290.
- Crane, M. and M.C. Newman. 1996. Scientific method in environmental toxicology. Environ. Rev. 4: 112-122.
- Jagoe, C.H., A.E. Faivre and M.C. Newman. 1996. Morphological and morphometric changes in the gills of mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) after exposure to mercury (II). Aquatic Toxicol. 34: 163-183
- McCloskey, J.T., M.C. Newman and S.B. Clark. 1996. Predicting relative toxicity and interactions of mono-, di-, and trivalent metal ions. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 15: 1730-1737.
- Newman, M.C. 1996. Ecotoxicology as a science. In: Newman, M.C. and C.H. Jagoe (Eds.), Ecotoxicology: A Hierarchical Treatment. CRC/Lewis Publishers, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, pp. 1-9.
- Newman, M.C. and J.T. McCloskey. 1996. Time-to-event analysis of ecotoxicity data. Ecotoxicology 5: 187-196.
- Newman, M.C. and P.M. Dixon. 1996. Ecologically meaningful estimates of lethal effect on individuals. In: Newman, M.C. and C.H. Jagoe (Eds.), Ecotoxicology: A Hierarchical Treatment. CRC/Lewis Publishers, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, pp. 225-253.
- Newman, M.C. and J.T. McCloskey. 1996. Predicting relative toxicity and interactions of divalent metal ions: Microtox7 bioluminescence assay. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 15: 275-281.
- Newman, M.C. and R.M. Jagoe. 1996. Bioaccumulation models with time lags: Dynamics and stability criteria. Ecol. Model. 84: 281-286.
- Schultz, I.R., E.L. Peters and M.C. Newman. 1996. Toxicokinetics and disposition of inorganic mercury and cadmium in channel catfish after intravascular administration. Fundam. Appl. Toxicol. 140: 39-50.
- McCloskey, J.T. and M.C. Newman. 1995. Asiatic clam (Corbicula fluminea) and viviparid snail (Campeloma decisum) sediment preference as a sublethal response to low level metal contamination. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 28:195-202.
- Mulvey, M., M.C. Newman, A. Chazal, M.M. Keklak, H.G. Heagler and S. Hales, Jr. 1995. Genetic and demographic changes in mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) populations exposed to mercury. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 14:1411-1418.
- Kramer, V. J. and M. C. Newman. 1994. Inhibition of glucose phosphate isomerase allozymes of the mosquitofish, Gambusia holbrooki, by mercury. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 13:9-14.
- Keklak, M.M., M.C. Newman, and M. Mulvey. 1994. Enhanced uranium tolerance of an exposed population of the eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki Girard 1859). Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 27:20-24
- Newman, M.C., M.M. Keklak and S.M. Doggett. 1994. Quantifying animal size effects on toxicity: A general approach. Aquatic Toxicol. 28:1-13.
- Newman, M.C., M. Mulvey, A. Beeby, R.W. Hurst, and L. Richmond. 1994. Snail (Helix aspersa) exposure history and possible adaptation to lead as reflected in shell composition. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 27:346-351.
- Heagler, M. G., M. C. Newman, M. Mulvey and P. M. Dixon. 1993. Allozyme genotype in mosquitofish, Gambusia holbrooki, during mercury exposure: Temporal stability, concentration effects and field verification. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 12:385-395.
- Newman, M. C. 1993. Regression analysis of log-transformed data: statistical bias and its correction. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 12:1129-1133.
- Kramer, V.J., M.C. Newman, M. Mulvey, and G. R. Ultsch. 1992. Glycolysis and Krebs cycle metabolites in mosquitofish, Gambusia holbrooki: Girard 1859, exposed to mercuric chloride: Allozyme genotype effects. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 11:357-364.
- Kramer, V. J., M. C. Newman and G. R. Ultsch. 1992. Changes in concentrations of glycolysis and Krebs cycle metabolites in mosquitofish, Gambusia holbrooki, induced by mercuric chloride and starvation. Environ. Biol. Fishes 34:315-320.
- Lee, C.J., M.C. Newman and M. Mulvey. 1992. Time to death of mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) during acute inorganic mercury exposure: Population structure effects. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 22:284-287.
- Newman, M.C. and M. Aplin. 1992. Enhancing toxicity data interpretation and prediction of ecological risk with survival time modeling: An illustration using sodium chloride toxicity to mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki). Aquatic Toxicol. 23:85-96.
- Dixon, P. M. and M. C. Newman. 1991. Analyzing toxicity data using statistical models of time-to-death: An introduction. In: Newman, M.C. and A.W. McIntosh (Eds.), Metal Ecotoxicology: Concepts and Applications. Lewis Publishers, Inc., Chelsea, MI., pp. 207-242
- Newman, M. C. 1991. A statistical bias in the derivation of hardness dependent metals criteria. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 10:1295-1297.
- Newman, M. C. and M. G. Heagler. 1991. Allometry of metal bioaccumulation and toxicity. In: Newman, M.C. and A.W. McIntosh (Eds.), Metal Ecotoxicology: Concepts and Applications. Lewis Publishers, Inc., Chelsea, MI., pp. 91 130.
- Brisbin, I.L., Jr., M.C. Newman, S.G. McDowell and E.L. Peters. 1990. Prediction of contaminant accumulation by free-living organisms: applications of a sigmoidal model. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 9: 141-149.
- Newman, M.C. and I.L. Brisbin, Jr. 1990. Variation of 137Cs levels between sexes, body sizes and collection localities of mosquitofish, Gambusia holbrooki (Girard 1859) inhabiting a reactor cooling reservoir. J. Environ. Radioactivity 12:131-141.
- Newman, M. C. and J. Schalles. 1990. The water chemistry of Carolina bays: A regional survey. Arch. Hydrobiol. 118:147-168.
- Diamond, S.A., M.C. Newman, M.E. Mulvey, D. Martinson and P.M. Dixon. 1989. Allozyme genotype and time to death of mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis (Baird and Girard), during acute exposure to inorganic mercury. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 8:613-622.
- Mitz, S.V. and M.C. Newman. 1989. Allometric relationship between oxygen consumption and body weight of mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis. Environ. Biol. Fishes 24:267-273.
- Newman, M.C., S.A. Diamond. M.E. Mulvey and P.M. Dixon. 1989. Allozyme genotype and time to death of mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis (Baird and Girard), during acute toxicant exposure: A comparison of arsenate and inorganic mercury. Aquatic Toxicol. 15:141-159.
- Newman, M.C. and D.K. Doubet. 1989. Size dependence of mercury (II) accumulation kinetics in the mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis (Baird and Girard). Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 18:819-825
- Newman, M.C. and A.W. McIntosh. 1989. Appropriateness of aufwuchs as a monitor of bioaccumulation. Environ. Pollut. 60:83-100.
- Newman, M.C., P.M. Dixon, B.B. Looney, and J.E. Pinder, III. 1989. Estimating mean and variance of environmental samples with below detection limit observations. Water Resources Bull. 25:905-916.
- Mulvey, M., M.C. Newman and D.S. Woodruff. 1988. Genetic differentiation among West Indian populations of the schistosome transmitting snail, Biomphalaria glabrata. Malacologia 29:309-317.
- Newman, M.C. and S.V. Mitz. 1988. Size dependence of zinc elimination and uptake from water by mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis (Baird and Girard). Aquatic Toxicol. 12:17-32.
- Newman, M.C., J.J. Alberts and V.A. Greenhut. 1985. Geochemical factors complicating the use of aufwuchs to monitor bioaccumulation of arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper and zinc. Water Res. 19:1157-1165.
- Newman, M.C. and A.W. McIntosh. 1983. Lead elimination and size effects on accumulation by two freshwater gastropods. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 12:25-29.
- Newman, M.C. and A.W. McIntosh. 1983. Slow accumulation of lead from contaminated food sources by the freshwater gastropods, Physa integra and Campeloma decisum. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 12:685-692.
- Newman, M.C., A.W. McIntosh and V.A. Greenhut. 1983. Geochemical factors complicating the use of aufwuchs as a biomonitor for lead levels in two New Jersey reservoirs. Water Res. 17:625-630.
- Newman, M.C. and S.Y. Feng. 1982. Susceptibility and resistance of the rock crab, Cancer irroratus to natural and experimental infection. J. Invert. Pathol. 40:75-88.
Teaching 2007 short course at the University of Hong Kong |
Kangaroo Island sea lion preserve Australia 2008 |
- Walker, J., E., M. Enache, and M.C. Newman. 2013. Fundamental QSARs for Metal Ions. Taylor & Francis/CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
- Newman, M.C. 2013. Quantitative Ecotoxicology. 2nd Edition. Taylor & Francis/CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Wen-Xiong Wang (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) reviewed the pre-release manuscript, stating "This book provides a very fundamental view of ecotoxicology from the perspective of quantitative analysis. It covers all the ecological aspects of toxicology. Overall, it will be an excellent book for students interested in environmental science.”
- Newman, M.C. 2010. Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology, Third Edition. Taylor & Francis/CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
J.T. Oris (Miami University, OH) reviewed this edition for Integ. Env. Assess. Manag. (2010), stating “… the 3rd edition of Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology continues to improve on an outstanding book …one of the best works available in ecotoxicology…fills a needed niche in ecotoxicology and will remain a staple on my bookshelf and in my classroom … a work that Newman should count with pride.”
- Newman, M.C. and W. Clements. 2008. Ecotoxicology. A Comprehensive Treatment. Taylor and Francis / CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Reviewing for the J. Hazard. Materials (160:688, 2008), G.F. Bennett (Univ. Toledo) concludes, “I have only scratched the surface of this impressive book but suffice it to say, it is well written and to the extent I can evaluate its content is exceedingly well done.”
For Intern. J. Environ., Anal. Chem, (2008, Vol. 88(5)), J. Albaiges (CID-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain) summarized, “… highly informative, rich in details that are integrated as much as currently possible in the new science of ecotoxicology and, in summary, very pleasant to read. A milestone in the field …”
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Newman, M.C. and M.A. Unger with contributions and translation by Yuan Zhao and Taiping Wang. 2007. Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology. Second Edition, Taylor & Francis/CRC, Boca Raton, FL, Chinese translation with Chemical Industrial Press, Beijing, China.
- Newman, M.C. and M.A. Unger. 2003. Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology, Second Ed. CRC/Lewis Press, Boca Raton, FL
- Clements, W. and M.C. Newman. 2002. Community Ecotoxicology. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, UK.
- Newman, M.C., M. Roberts and R. Hale (Eds). 2002. Coastal and Estuarine Risk Assessment. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
- Crane, M., M.C. Newman and P. Chapman (Eds.) 2002. Risk Assessment with Time-to-Event Models. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
- Newman, M.C. 2001. Population Ecotoxicology. Wiley & Sons, Chichester, UK. p. 228.
In a SETAC Globe book review, G. Suter commented about this book, ”…like his earlier volumes, Newman’s latest is distinct in tone and content. A good scientific colleague is someone who stretches your perspective by asking and answering questions that you would not ask yourself. Through his many books and papers, Mike Newman has been a very good colleague to me and many other ecotoxicologists and risk assessors.”
In a review for the journal, Water and Environment Journal (2002, Vol. 16(2)), J. Hawkins comments that the book is “…packed with theoretical ideas.”
- Newman, M.C. and C. Strojan (Eds.) 1998. Environmental Risk Assessment: Concepts and Measurement. Ann Arbor Press, Chelsea, MI.
- Newman, M.C. 1998. Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology. Ann Arbor Press, Chelsea, MI.
- Newman, M.C. and C. Jagoe (Eds.). 1996. Ecotoxicology: A Hierarchical Treatment. Lewis/CRC Publishers, Boca Raton, FL.
- Newman, M.C. 1995. Quantitative Methods in Aquatic Ecotoxicology. Lewis Publishers, Chelsea, MI.
Reviewing this book for Trans. Am. Fish. Soc., Clements stated that ”…Newman’s book is a refreshing and highly readable treatment of quantitative aspects of ecotoxicology … Overall, this book will be of tremendous value.”Dr. G. Suter begins his review column for the SETAC Globe, “Gary Rand reviews [here] Mike Newman’s excellent text on quantitative ecotoxicology. I would like to add the observation that Mike has produced a rara avis, a single-authored book … He is to be commended for mastering this field and presenting it in a more coherent manner than is achieved by edited compilations.”
- Newman, M.C. and A.W. McIntosh (Eds.). 1991. Metal Ecotoxicology: Concepts and Applications. Lewis Publishers, Chelsea, MI.
Prof. Newman currently is a visiting professor at the College of Life Science, Huazhong Normal University (华中师范大学). |
In 2011, Prof Newman participated as the Erudite Lecturer through the Scholar in Residence Programme - The Erudite of Higher Education Council, Government of Kerala. He presented lectures at Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin University, visiting several other universities in Kerala, India. |
Prof. Newman at Hubia Provincial Museum during 2008 William & Mary/Central China Normal University exchange |
Signing mandarin translation of Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology textbook in Wuhan, P.R. China |
Former Students
- Erica Holloman
- Xu Xiaoyu
- Jincheng Wang
- John Carriger
- David Ownby
- Kyle Tom
- Yuan Zhao
Courses Taught / Teaching
- MS504 Fundamental Statistical Methods and Data Analysis (FALL, 4 credit). An introduction to statistical methods.
- MS560 Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology (SPRING, 3 credit). Prerequisite Basic Ecology. This course is an introduction to ecotoxicology, the science of contaminants in the biosphere and their effects on constituents of the biosphere, including humans. The course provides a general survey of environmental toxicology and risk assessment from an ecological vantage.
- EHS863 Quantitative Ecological Toxicology (SUMMER, ODD YEARS, 4 credits). University of Georgia Interdisciplinary Toxicology Program.
- MS640: Quantitative Ecotoxicology (SPRING, 4 credits). Essential ecotoxicological principles and quantitative methods for the analysis of ecotoxicological data. Laboratory exercises will include method applications with PC-based software. Emphasis will be placed on the scientific and statistical soundness of techniques.
- MS641: Environmental Risk Assessment (FALL, 3 credits). The NAS risk assessment paradigm will be developed and applied to both human and ecological risk assessments. Basic concepts and techniques will be presented for risk assessment.
- MS642: Practical Environmental Statistics (SPRING, 3 credits). This course explores practical statistics for sampling, measuring, and making sound inferences from environmental data. The course is intentionally a broad survey of methods applicable to physical, chemical and biological studies, drawing examples from each of these areas.
Mercury as a Global Pollutant Project
Awards
- 2011-2014 Visiting Scholar. Huazhong Normal University, Wuhan, P.R. China
- 2011 Scholar in Residence Erudite Scholar, Government of Kerala. Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin University, Kerala, India.
- 2009 Fulbright Senior Scholar. University of Koblenz- Landau, Germany.
- 2008 Named Professor. A. Marshall Acuff, Jr. Professor of Marine Science.
- 2006 Recognition of Valued Service to EPA.
- 2006 Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Service, U.S. National Academy of Science.
- 2003 Founder's Award of The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC). "Given annually to a person with an outstanding career who has made clearly identifiable contributions in the environmental sciences consistent with the goals of SETAC".
- 2002 Special Recognition by VIMS Advisory Council for exceptional service as Dean of Graduate Studies.
Professional Memberships
- Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
Collaborative / Interdisciplinary Efforts
- Under contract with CRC/Lewis Press, editing Environmental and Ecological Risk Assessment book series. First book in the series is Coastal and Estuarine Risk Assessment.
- Trophic movement of mercury in South River biota. A collaborative study with Dupont and College of William & Mary faculty.