Paul Becker
NIST Charleston Program Leader
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Hollings Marine Lab
331 Fort Johnson Road
Charleston, SC 29412
(843) 762-8861
paul.becker@nist.gov
paul.becker@noaa.gov
Ph.D., 1972, Texas A&M University
Research emphasis: Fate and effects of environmental contaminants; development and application of environmental specimen banking for retrospective monitoring and research
Current and planned research projects:
- geographical and temporal variation of contaminants in Arctic biota as related to large-scale transport mechanisms and patterns
- development of new standard operating procedures and protocols for bio-banking for animal health research
Selected Publications:
- Vander Pol, S.S., Becker, P.R., Chen, G.K., Ellisor, M., Moors, A.J., Pugh, R.S., Roseneau, D.G., Simac, K.S. 2009. Monitoring organic contaminants in eggs of glaucous and glaucous-winged gulls (Larus hyperboreus and Larus glaucescens) from Alaska.Environ. Pollut. 157(2) :755-762.
- Point, D., Day, R.D., Sonke, J.E., Vander Pol, S.S., Roseneau, D.G., Donard, O.F.X., Simac, K., Moors, A.J., Pugh, R.S., Becker, P.R. 2008. Mercury isotopes fractionation in the Alaskan marine environment along an Arctic/Subarctic transect. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 72(12) :A755, Suppl. 1.
- Vander Pol S.S., Becker, P.R. 2007. Monitoring contaminants in seabirds: the importance of specimen banking. Marine Ornithology 35: 113-118.
- Becker, P.R., Wise, S.A. 2006. The US National Biomonitoring Specimen Bank and the Marine Environmental Specimen Bank. J. Environ. Monit. 8(8): 795-799.
- Kucklick J.R., Krahn, M.M., Becker, P.R., Porter, B.J., Schantz, M.M., York, G.S., O’Hara, T.M., Wise, S.A. 2006. Persistent organic pollutants in Alaska ringed seals (Phoca hispida) and walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) blubber from the National Biomonitoring Specimen Bank Archive. J. Environ. Monit. 8(8): 848-854.