Dr. Allen Burton

Biography

Allen Burton is a Professor at the University of Michigan, where he specializes in ecosystem science management and water issues. He has a distinguished career in research on freshwater and marine sediment, stormwater, and aquatic contaminants, focusing on chemical bioavailability and stressor causality linkages. His work has garnered over 20 million dollars in extramural research funding. Burton has served as Director of the Institute for Global Change Biology at the University of Michigan and is a Fellow and past President of the international Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. He currently holds the position of Editor-in-Chief of the journal Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry and has published 225 peer-reviewed articles. His ongoing projects include assessing contaminated sediments and studying mining contamination in the Doce River. Burton has also been involved internationally, working with panels and institutions throughout China, Denmark, Italy, New Zealand, and Portugal.

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