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Entries for Prof., Ph.D. Alvin L. Young
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| Academic degree: | Prof., Ph.D. |  | | Last name: | Young | | First name: | Alvin L. | | Responsible for: | | | Organization/Institute: | A.L.Young Consultants, Inc. | | Department: | | | Position: | Editor-in-Chief ESPR | | Street, Number, POB: | Tranquility Road 1810 | | Postal code, City: | Cheyenne, WY 22009 | | State: | | | Country: | USA | | Phone: | | | Fax: | | | E-mail address: | youngespr@bresnan.net | | Url: | | | Curriculum vitae: | Prof. Alvin L. Young, Ph.D.
Editor-in-Chief ESPR
A.L.Young Consultants, Inc.
1810 Tranquility Road
Cheyenne, WY 82009
USA
Alvin Lee (first and middle names from the World War I hero, Alvin Lee York)
Young (Great Grandfather was Dutch)
Native American Name: Wakin yan Luta (Red Thunder), Hunkpapa Sioux
1960 – 1964: B.S., Agricultural Sciences, University of Wyoming
1964 – 1965: M.S. Agronomy/Plant Biochemistry, University of Wyoming
1965 – 1968: Ph.D. Herbicide physiology / Environmental Toxicology,
Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
Dr. Young started his career in the United States Air Force. In his 21 years (1968 - 1989) with the Air Force (obtaining the rank of Colonel), he was involved with all phases of the Agent Orange Controversy, from test and evaluation of equipment, to environmental fate, toxicology, and human risks of the herbicides used in South Vietnam.
During his years as Associate Professor at the United States Air Force Academy (1971 - 1977), Colorado, he taught pre-medicine courses in genetics, human physiology, public health, and environmental sciences. He conducted long-term studies on the environmental fate of TCDD, including studies on the biodegradation of massive quantities of Agent Orange.
From 1977 - 1983, Dr. Young was affiliated with the Epidemiology Division of the School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks, AFB, Texas, and the Environmental Epidemiology Unit of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC. He was instrumental in the design of exposure assessment protocols and in the implementation of the health studies of veterans who served in the Vietnam Conflict.
From 1983 - 1987, Dr. Young was assigned to the Executive Office of the President, Washington, DC, where he provided science advice on environmental and agricultural issues. He was Chairman of the Federal Radiation Committee (the Committee on Interagency Radiation Research and Policy Coordination) for eleven years.
From 1987 - 1997, he was Science Advisor to the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Director of the Office of Agricultural Biotechnology, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC.
From 1998 - 2002, he was Director, Center for Risk Excellence, United States Department of Energy, Argonne, Illinois.
Since 2002, he has been a Visiting Professor and Senior Fellow with the University of Oklahoma, where he co-taught a graduate course on ´Risk Assessment and Risk Management´. He is currently serving on Advisory Boards for the University of Kansas and Iowa State University. At the National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, Maryland, he has established and continues to work closely with the library on the ´Alvin L Young Agent Orange Collection´, a Special Collection of more than 7,000 documents relating to the military use of herbicides in South Vietnam. The collection can be accessed at http://www.nal.usda.gov/speccoll/findaids/agentorange/index.htm
Dr. Young has authored four books and more than 250 articles on topics related to toxicology, environmental fate of chemicals, human epidemiology, animal and plant biochemistry, genetically modified organisms, radiation, and public policy. He is an advocate and practitioner for communicating science and risk assessment to the public.
Dr. Young has been serving on the ESPR-Editorial Board from the beginning of the journal, i.e. since 1994. On 14 October 2003 he joined the bord of co-editors of ESPR and was appointed Editor-in-Chief in 2005, as successor of Prof. Otto Hutzinger, the founder of the Journal. | | Areas of interest: | | bioproducts | | cleanup program, DOE (Dept. of Energy, USA) | | ecosystems research | | radiation | | risk assessment | | risk communication | | risk management | | |
| | Articles: | 15 ESPR (4) 291-292 (2008), Accolades for Almut Beate Heinrich, our Managing-Editor
13 LCA (4) 287-289 (2008), Accolades for Almut Beate Heinrich, our Managing-Editor
8 JSS (3) 149-150 (2008), Accolades for Almut Beate Heinrich, our Managing-Editor
13 LCA (3) 177 (2008), Happy Birthday
15 ESPR (2) 113-118 (2008), 2nd Agent Orange and Dioxin Remediation Workshop - Hanoi, Viet Nam, 18–20 June 2007
15 ESPR (1) 1-2 (2008), A Conflict Between Science and Social Concerns: Agent Orange
15 ESPR (1) 3-7 (2008), Operation FLYSWATTER: A War Within A War
14 ESPR (7) 445 (2007), Achievements in 2007 and Perspectives for 2008
14 ESPR (6) 355-356 (2007), (Associate) Subject Editor: Lee Young - Subject Area 4.1: Environmental Sciences Education and 4.2: Science Communication and Information; Information Management
14 ESPR (6) 351 (2007), Announcement and Welcome Greeting
7 JSS (4) 272 (2007), Multiple Stressors for the Environment: Present and Future Challenges and Perspectives
14 ESPR (4) 219-221 (2007), Editors Meeting of the ScientificJournals in Oporto, Portugal, 19 May 2007, Celebrated at Circulo Universitario
14 ESPR (4) 222 (2007), SETAC Europe 17th Annual Meeting in Porto - Multiple Stressors for the Environment: Present and Future Challenges and Perspectives
7 JSS (3) 133-135 (2007), Editors Meeting of the ScientificJournals in Oporto, Portugal, 19 May 2007
14 ESPR Special (1) 1-2 (2007), ESPR´s Total Environment
14 ESPR (1) 1-2 (2007), Globalization of Environmental Research
13 ESPR (6) 361 (2006), Round Table: Editors Meeting ESPR, JSS and Int JLCA. 13–14 October 2006 in Heidelberg, Germany
13 ESPR (4) 209 (2006), Scientific Expertise – The Backbone of Our Journal
13 ESPR (3) 147-148 (2006), Research Communications – A New Idea
13 ESPR (3) 149-150 (2006), Enhanced Co-Metabolism of TCDD in the Presence of High Concentrations of Phenoxy Herbicides
13 ESPR (2) 76-82 (2006), The Age of E-mail Submission has passed - The Age of ESS Submission has arrived
12 ESPR (6) 391-392 (2005), Agent Orange and Dioxin Remediation Workshop. Hanoi, Viet Nam, 16-18 August 2005
12 ESPR (6) 318-321 (2005), Coalbed Methane: A New Source of Energy and Environmental Challenges
12 ESPR (4) 185-187 (2005), Environmental Science – Quo vadis?
10 LCA (4) 233-234 (2005), Comments on Workshop Report on the Economic and Environmental Impacts of Biobased Production by Amy E. Landis and Thomas L. Theis [Int J LCA 10 (3) 226-227 (2005)]
12 ESPR (2) 61 (2005), ESPR – A Journal for our Time
12 ESPR (2) 124 (2005), Environmental Biotechnology - Concepts and Applications, Editors: Hans-Joachim Jordening and Josef Winter
12 ESPR (1) 1-4 (2005), Serum TCDD Levels and Health Effects from Elevated Exposure: Medical and Scientific Evidence (4 pp)
11 ESPR (6) 347-348 (2004), Authors’ Perspective: Assessment of Potential Exposure to Agent Orange and Its Associated TCDD (2 pp)
11 ESPR (6) 349-358 (2004), Assessing Possible Exposures of Ground Troops to Agent Orange During the Vietnam War: The Use of Contemporary Military Records (10 pp)
11 ESPR (6) 359-370 (2004), Environmental Fate and Bioavailability of Agent Orange and Its Associated Dioxin During the Vietnam War (12 pp)
4 JSS (3) 146-150 (2004), Bioassay versus Chemical Analysis for Chemical Residues in Soil: The Eglin Air Force Base Experience
11 ESPR (4) 209-221 (2004), Long Ignored Historical Information on Agent Orange and TCDD Following Massive Applications of 2,4,5-T-Containing Herbicides, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida
11 ESPR (4) 207-208 (2004), The Story of 2,4,5-T: A Case Study of Science and Societal Concerns
11 ESPR (3) 202 (2004), The World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing, Orlando, FL, USA, 21–23 April 2004
11 ESPR (3) 143-146 (2004), TCDD Biomonitoring and Exposure to Agent Orange: Still the Gold Standard
11 ESPR (2) 71-72 (2004), The Future of Biotechnology in Support of Bio-based Industries. The US Perspective
10 ESPR Special (1) 1-2 (2003), Reflections on the Chernobyl Accident and the Future of Nuclear Power
10 ESPR (5) 273-276 (2003), Biotechnology for Food, Energy, and Industrial Products: New Opportunities for Bio-based Products
10 ESPR (4) 203-204 (2003), The Military´s Responsibility for Environmental Protection in War and Peace
10 ESPR (3) 141-142 (2003), Responding to the Environmental Impact of a New Gulf War
8 ESPR Special (1) 5-6 (2001), The Unacknowledged Transfer of Risk
10 ESPR (2) 82-88 (2003), Food Irradiation - After 35 Years, Have We Made Progress: A Government Perspective
8 ESPR_Special (1) 52-55 (2001), Worker Risk as a Factor in Technology Selection
6 ESPR (2) 61-63 (1999), The Atomic Future
6 ESPR (4) 186 (1999), Facing the Environmental Risk Issues of the Cold War Legacy
7 ESPR (2) 67-70 (2000), Genetically Modified Crops:
9 ESPR (3) 157 (2002), The Volunteers: The First Human Biopsy Studies of TCDD from Agent Orange Exposure
7 ESPR Special (2) 1-2 (2000), Meeting the Environmental Risk Challenges of the Cold War Legacy
7 ESPR Special (2) 5-6 (2000), Facing the Environmental Risk Issues of the Cold War Legacy
9 ESPR (3) 158-161 (2002), Vietnam and Agent Orange Revisited
7 ESPR Special (2) 7-12 (2000), The Status and Challenges of Managing Risks in the United States Department of Energy´s Environmental Management Program
3 ESPR (2) 88-90 (1996), Food Irradiation
7 ESPR_Special (2) 37-44 (2000), Science and Technology Challenges for the Environmental Cleanup of the Cold War Legacy
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