Mark ​Nicas, PhD, MPH, CIH

Adjunct Professor Emeritus, Environmental Health Sciences
  • Director, Industrial Hygiene Program

Mark Nicas is an Adjunct Professor of Environmental Health Sciences whose research involves exposure/risk assessment for microbial pathogens and chemical toxicants.
Phone: (510) 643-6914
Address: University Hall #771
Berkeley, CA 94720

Biography

Mark Nicas PhD is an Adjunct Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Nicas pursues research involving exposure/risk assessment for microbial pathogens and chemical toxicants. He investigates the transmission of respiratory infections by multiple exposure routes (inhalation of small and large cough particles, surface-to-hand-to-mucous membrane contact, droplet spray). He developed a Markov chain model that integrates exposure along these pathways and has applied the model to pathway-apportionment of influenza transmission. He has developed models for the emission and dispersion of chemical pollutants in indoor air. Earlier work involved the risk of M. tuberculosis infection/disease among health care workers and the efficacy of respiratory protection against airborne pathogens and chemical toxicants.

Research Interests

  • Microbial exposure and risk assessment
  • Chemical toxicant exposure and risk assessment
  • Variability in respiratory protection
  • Mathematical modeling of exposure to indoor air pollutants
  • Risk modeling of infection by airborne pathogens

Education

  • PhD – University of California, Berkeley, 1991

Publications

Courses Taught

    • PB HLTH 270A
    • Exposure Assessment and Control I
    • PB HLTH 298-002
    • Exposure Assessment and Control II