Dr. Rainer Lohmann is Professor of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island (URI)’s Graduate School of Oceanography. He obtained a Ph.D. in Environmental Science from Lancaster University (UK), and a BSc in Chemical Engineering from EHICS (Strasbourg, France). His group conducts research on the sources, transport, and bioaccumulation of anthropogenic pollutants. Dr. Lohmann has performed work at sites contaminated with legacy hydrophobic organic contaminants using novel passive samplers to assess transport, bioavailability and food-web magnification of these chemicals. He is Director of a NIEHS-funded Superfund Research Center at URI focused on the sources, transport, exposure and effects of per- and polyfluorinated chemicals (PFAS). Dr. Lohmann has published over 150 articles in the leading journals in the field (notably the American Chemical Society’s Environmental Science and Technology), and has given over 100 invited presentations. He serves as Editor for the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)’s journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, and is member of several editorial advisory boards, including Environmental Science and Technology, Environmental Science and Technology Letters, and Environmental Pollution. He serves on EPA’s Board of Scientific Counselor (BOSC)’s sub-committee on sustainable and healthy communities (SHC).