Dr. Olga Tsyusko is an Associate Professor of Environmental Toxicology in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences. The overall focus of her research program is on stress biology in response to various anthropogenic stressors including nanomaterials and their associated metal constituents, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and water disinfection-by-products (DBPs). Using a powerful model organism, such as Caenorhabditis elegans, she applies a set of approaches and techniques to examine environmental toxicity, molecular mechanisms, and genomic responses after exposure to these stressors. Additionally, safety-by-design approach has been implemented in her research to evaluate potential environmental and health risks at the early stages of development of novel nano-enabled technologies for agricultural purposes and environmental remediation. Since 2022, she has been serving as the U.S. Chair for the U.S.-EU Nano Environmental Health Safety (EHS) Ecotoxicity Communities of Research (COR) with the goal of bridging collaborations to further advance research on environmental health and safety of nanotechnology.
Education
- Uzhgorod National University, Uzhgorod, Ukraine, BS in Biology, 1995
- University of Georgia, Athens, GA, PhD in Toxicology, 2004
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