John D. Tessari, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Phone: (970) 491-7037
Fax: (970) 491-7569
Email:John.Tessari@colostate.edu
Office: 135 Physiology Building
Degrees
- Ph.D., Environmental Health, Colorado State University
- M.S., Wildlife Biology, Colorado State University
- B.A., Chemistry, Colorado State College
Research Interests
Dr. Tessari is interested in all aspects of environmental analytical chemistry.
Selected Publications
Weber, N., Higuchi, T.T., Tessari, J.D., and D.N. Rao Veeramachaneni. 2004.
Evaluation of the Effects of Water Disinfection By-products, Bromochloroacetic and Dibromoacetic Acids,
on Frog Embryogenesis. J. Toxicol. And Environ. Health. 67:929-939.
Brzezicki, J.M., Andersen, M.E., Cranmer, B.K., and Tessari, J.D. 2003.
Quantitative Identification of Atrazine and its Chlorinated Metabolites in Plasma. J. Analy.
Toxicol. 27:569-573.
McMullin, T.S., Brzezicki, J.M., Cranmer, B.K., Tessari, J.D., and Andersen,
M.E. 2002. Pharmacokinetic Modeling with Disposition and Time Course Studies with 14C-atrazine.
J. Toxicol. And Environ. Health. 66:941-964.
Fordham, C.L., Tessari, J.D., Ramsdell, H.S., and Keefe, T.J. 2001.
Effects of Malathion on Survival, Growth, Development, and Equilibrium Posture of Bullfrog Tadpoles
(Rana utricularia) Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 20:179-184.
Pinnella, K.D., Cranmer, B.K., Cosma, G.N., Veeramachaneni, D.N.R., and Tessari, J.D.
2001. Gas Chromatographic Determination of Catecholestrogens Following Isolation by Solid Phase
Extraction. J. Chromatography B. 758:145-152.
Holford, T., Huang, H., Moysich, K., Tessari, J.D., Wolff, M., and Zheng, T. 2001.
Joint Effects of Nine Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) Congeners on Breast Cancer Risk.
Internat. J. Epidemiol. 29:975-982.
Laden, F., Collman, G., Iwamoto, K., Alberg, A., Berkowitz, G.S., Freudenheim, J.L., Hankinson, S.E.,
Helzlosouer, K.J., Holford, T.R., Huang, H., Moysich, K.B., Tessari, J.D., Wolff, M.S.,
Zheng, T., and Hunter, D.J. 2001. DDE and PCB’s and Breast Cancer: Combined Analysis of Five US
Studies. J. National Cancer Inst. 91:568-574.
Coy, J.D., Bigelow, P., Rong-Jinn, J., and Tessari, J.D. 2000.
Field Evaluation of a Portable Photoionization Detector for Assessing Exposure to Solvent Mixtures.
American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal. 61:268-274.
Holford, T.R., Zheng, T., Mayne, S.T., Zham, S.H., Tessari, J.D., and Boyle, P. 2000.
Joint Effects of Nine Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) Congeners on Breast Cancer Risk.
Internat. J. Epidemiol. 29:975-982.
Zheng, T., Holford, T.R., Mayne, S.T., Tessari, J.D., Ward, B., Carter, D., Owens,
P.H., Boyle, P., Dubrow, R., Archibeque-Engle, S., Dawood, O., and Zahm, S.H. 2000. Risk of Female Breast
Cancer Associated with Serum Polychlorinated Biphenyls and 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis (p-chlorophenyl)ethylene.
Cancer Epidemio. Biomark. Prevent. 9:167-174.
Zheng, T., Holford, T.R., Tessari, J.D., Mayne, S.T., Owens, P.H., Ward, B., Carter,
D., Dubrow, R., Archibeque-Engle, S., and Zahm, S.H. 2000.
Breast Cancer Risk Associated with Congeners of Polychlorinated Biphenyls. American Journal Epidemiology.
152:50-58.
Zheng, T., Holford, T.R., Tessari, J.D., Mayne, S.T., Zahm, S.H., Owens, P.H., Zhang,
B., Ward, B.,Carter, D., Zhang, Y., Zhang, W., Dubrow, R., and Boyle, P. 2000.
Oxychlordane and Trans-Nonachlor in Breast Adipose Tissue and Risk of Female Breast Cancer.
Journal of Epidemiology and Biostats. 5:153-160.
Benjamin, S.A., Yang, R.S.H., Tessari, J.D., Chubb, L.W., Brown, M.D., Dean, Jr.,
C.E., and Keefe, T.J. 1999. Effect of Mixtures of Groundwater Contaminants on the Induction of GST-P
Positive Foci in Rat Liver. Toxicology. 137:137-149.
Mailing Address
Environmental & Radiological Health Sciences
1681Campus Delivery
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
Phone: (970) 491-7038
Fax: (970) 491-2940
Email:
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