Thomas J. Goehl, PhD

Thomas J. Goehl received his BS in chemistry from the University of Notre Dame and his Ph.D. in biochemistry from Wayne State University. Immediately after graduation he joined the Sterling Winthrop Research Institute. He subsequently held positions on the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh and as a research chemist in the US Food and Drug Administration. He then joined the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences where he served as the head of chemistry and toxicokinetics. Later, he became the science editor for Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) and eventually editor-in-chief. He retired from EHP in 2006. Currently, his main interest is in helping improve the quality and accessibility of medical and scientific publications from developing countries.

Goehl has received several awards, including a Wolf Memorial Foundation Scholarship, NASA Fellowship, FDA Award of Merit, NIH Merit Awards, and an American Chemical Society Award, and he was elected to the chemistry honorary fraternity Phi Lambda Upsilon. He has given invited presentations at many institutions including the University of Mexico, Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh, Czechoslovak-US Science and Technology Program, Taiwanese Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Shanghai Center for Disease Control, Council of Science Editors, Fogarty International Center, and US National Academies. He has published approximately 60 articles in peer-reviewed journals.