Tom Hinton, Ph.D

University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
Aiken, SC 29802

(803) 725-7454;

Awards and Professional Service

National Academy of Sciences, Young Investigators Award for 1993 - 1994 (Nuclear Accidents and Radioactive Contamination, collaboration with Ukraine and Belarus).

National Environmental Excellence Award for Environmental Management in recognition of work conducted on the U.S. Department of Energy's Biota Dose Assessment Committee (July 2001).

Member of National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement's committee on Cesium in the Environment (1996-current).

Member of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention committee on Savannah River Health Effects (1995 to 2002).

Biota Dose Assessment Committee, a DOE committee tasked with developing guidelines for ecological risk calculations (2002- 2004).

Member of International Atomic Energy Agency forum tasked with summarizing the environmental effects of the Chernobyl accident (2003-present).

One of eight members on an international board tasked with reviewing the Laboratory of Radioecology and Ecotoxicology at Cadarache, and the Laboratory of Human Radiation Protection and Toxicology at Pierrelatte (2003 and Nov. 2005).

End User Group Member to European Union funded ERICA project (Environmental Risks from Ionising Contaminants: Assessment and Management), Aix-en Provence, France. 2004 to present.