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Nicholas Guehlstorf
Nicholas Guehlstorf, Professor
Environmental Resources and Policy - SIUE Cooperative Faculty
I'm an environmental scientist interested in human health hazard and exposure assessment. My prior research experience largely focused on monitoring and modeling contaminant fate, bioaccumulation, and human exposure. I have also maintained an interest in environmental statistics and data analysis applications, as well as information exchange, collaboration, and education with other environmental specialists and the general public.
Much of my research links environmental science and environmental health, and applies statistical and mechanistic models to interpret environmental data at the watershed and ecoregional scale. My PhD research at UC Berkeley focused on modeling linkages between exposure to health hazards and their effects, employing case studies such as the environmental dissemination of antibiotic resistance. I also work on additional research areas, in collaboration with other scholars. These include: 1. Environmental justice issues associated with human exposure to unconventional oil and gas exploration in the US, and 2. Spatiotemporal patterns in bioaccumulation and biomagnification of legacy trace contaminants (e.g., mercury and PCBs).

Phone: 618-650-3852
nguehls@siue.edu
Research Interests
- Integration of democratic values into environmental policy and considers the theoretical problems with citizen involvement, economic development, and scientific information in decision making.
Courses Recently Taught
- Environmental Politics
- American Political Ideas and Their Origin
- Issues in American Public Policy
- Introduction to Political Science
- Environmental Sciences Graduate Seminar
- Environmental Law
Recent Publications
- Tharp, Kelsey and Nicholas P. Guehlstorf. "Brownfields in Purple States: An Analysis of the Equity of Redevelopment Outcomes Under the Brownfield Program and Voluntary Cleanup Programs in Colorado and Ohio." Forthcoming in Public Works Management and Policy.
- Guehlstorf, Nicholas P. and Adriana Martinez 2018. "Threats to Wetlands without Federal Protections: State Reactions to Conserving Seasonal Wetlands along the Mississippi River." Conservation and Society 17(1): 73-83.
- Guehlstorf, Nicholas P.; Lars Hallstrom and Margot Parkes (eds.) 2015. Ecosystems, Society and Health: Pathways Through Diversity, Convergence and Complexity. Montreal: McGill University Press, 2015.
- Guehlstorf, Nicholas P. and Lars Hallstrom 2012. “Participatory Watershed Management: A Case Study from Maritime Canada” Journal of Environmental Practice 14(2): 143-153.