CURRICULUM VITAE

GEDIMINAS MAINELIS, Ph.D.

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Department of Environmental Sciences
Rutgers University
14 College Farm Road
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8551

 

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http://envsci.rutgers.edu/aerosol

 

Education


August 2000

Ph.D., Environmental Health.
University of Cincinnati, Dept. of Environmental Health, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Thesis “Electrostatic Collection of Airborne Microorganisms”.
Adviser: Professor Klaus Willeke

July 1994

M.S., Physics
Vilnius University, Dept. of Physics, Vilnius, Lithuania
Thesis “Investigation of Structure and Dynamics of Atmospheric Aerosol”
Adviser: Dr. Arvydas Juozaitis

  • Graduated with honors

1992/1993

Exchange Studies
Dept. of Biophysics, Salzburg University, Salzburg, Austria
Adviser: Professor Werner Hofmann

RESEARCH AND TEACHING Experience

October 2004 – present

Assistant Professor
School of Public Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

September 2001 – present

Assistant Professor
Dept. of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
(Primary affiliation)

  • To establish an innovative, forward-looking research program in bioaerosols and other aspects of environmental health sciences

September 2000 – August 2001

Postdoctoral Fellow
Dept. of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA

  • Analyzed performances of aerosol collection and measurement devices
  • Designed experimental procedures and protocols
  • Analyzed, interpreted, presented and published scientific data

December 1995 – June 1998

Teaching Assistant
Dept. of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Assisted and tutored the following courses:

  • Industrial Ventilation
  • Aerosol Measurement

September 1994 – August 2000

Graduate Assistant
Dept. of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA

  • Developed techniques for studying electrobiological properties of airborne microorganisms
  • Analyzed parameters for efficiently collecting airborne microorganisms by electrostatics
  • Measured microorganism release in metalworking fluid environments
  • Contributed to the development and preparation of major research grants

September 1993 – September 1994

Research Assistant
Aerosol Research Laboratory, Institute of Physics, Vilnius, Lithuania

  • Investigated hygroscopicity of atmospheric aerosol

September 1992 –September 1993

Exchange Research Assistant
Dept. of Biophysics, Salzburg University, Salzburg, Austria
Adviser: Professor Werner Hofmann

  • Developed computer code for analyzing aerosol deposition in the lung
  • Compared various models on aerosol deposition in the lung