Tom Hinton, Ph.D

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

(803) 725-7454;

Invited Presentations

2006
" *Effects of Chernobyl Radiation on Natural Biota. T. G. Hinton, R. Alexakhin, M. Balonov, N. Gentner, J. Hendry and B. Prister. Annual Meeting of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP); "Chernobyl at Twenty". Arlington, VA. To be presented. 3-4 April, 2006.

2005
" *Radiation effects to the environment: A need to link molecular injury to population-level impact. (Keynote for session) T. G. Hinton, J. Bedford, J. Congdon and F. W. Whicker. Radiation Research Society. Denver, Colorado. 17-21 October.
" *Twenty Years of Exposure: Ecological Effects of Chernobyl. T. G. Hinton, R. Alexakhin, M. Balonov, N. Gentner, J. Hendry and B. Prister. 2nd International Conference on Radioactivity in the Environment. Nice, France. 2-6 October.
" *Metals and Ionizing Radiation: Potential Mechanisms for Interactions within Contaminant Mixtures.. T. G. Hinton. Environmental Risk from Multiple Stressors, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo, Norway. 5 July.
" Environmental radiological effects from operating the SRS for over 50 years: Similarities to observations at Chernobyl (Subtitle: Twice-cooked fish) T. G. Hinton. Sierra Club. Columbia, South Carolina. May.


2004
" *A case against biomarkers as they are currently used in radioecological risk analyses: A problem of linkage. (Keynote for session) T. G. Hinton. ECORAD 2004; Aix-en Provence, France. September.
" * Environmental effects of the Chernobyl accident. T. G. Hinton. International Atomic Energy Agency. Vienna, Austria. January.
" Environmental effects from 50 years of operating a nuclear production facility. T. G. Hinton. Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina. March.
" Road Trip to Chernobyl T. G. Hinton. Explorer Club. Columbia, South Carolina. October.


2003
" *Molecular endpoints as indicators of ecological risks from chronic, low-level irradiation: A problem of not connecting-the-dots. (Keynote for Symposium) T. G. Hinton, J. Congdon, B. Ulsh, W. Kuhn, J. Bedford, W. Whicker. International Symposium on Radioecology and Environmental Dosimetry at the Institute for Environmental Sciences (IES). Aomori, Japan. October.
" Effects of chronic, low level irradiation to nonhuman biota -- A need to couple effects across levels of biological organization. T. G. Hinton, B. Ulsh, J. Bedford and F. W. Whicker. American Chemical Society Meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana. March.
" *Environmental radiation effects. A need to question old paradigms and to enhance collaboration among radiation biologists and radiation ecologist. T. G. Hinton, F. W. Whicker, J. Congdon, J. Bedford. National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS), Chiba, Japan. October.


2002
" A Quantitative Biomarker of Cumulative Chromosome Damage, T. G. Hinton, J. Bedford and W. Whicker. Symposium on Environmental Stewardship: Promising Solutions to Uncertainty. Center for Bioenvironmental Research, Tulane University. New Orleans, Louisiana. February.
" *Effects of ionizing radiation on plants and animals: What we now know and still need to learn. F. Whicker and T. G. Hinton. Third International Symposium on the Protection of the Environment form Ionising Radiation. Darwin, Australia. July.


2001
" Ecological Risks from Radioactive Contamination. T. G. Hinton. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Yosemite, California. April.
" History of SRS and Current Environmental Radiation Levels. T. G. Hinton. Savannah River Site Forest Service. Aiken, South Carolina. May.
" Nondestructive Remediation of 137Cs-Contaminated Wetlands. T. G. Hinton. SREL Natural Monitored Attenuation Symposium. Aiken, South Carolina. October.


2000
" *Determining significant endpoints for ecological risk analyses. T. G. Hinton. International Atomic Energy Agency. Vienna, Austria. August.
" *Environmental impacts of operating a nuclear production facility for 50 years. T. G. Hinton. United Nation's Scientific Committee on Problems in the Environment (SCOPE). Brussels, Belgium. December.


1999
" *A review of plutonium releases and subsequent behavior within terrestrial and aquatic environments of the Savannah River Site. T. G. Hinton and John Pinder, III. 2nd International Conference on Pu in the Environment. Osaka, Japan. November.
" Determining significant endpoints for ecological risk analyses. T. G. Hinton, J. Congdon, C. Rowe, D. Scott, J. Bedford and F. W. Whicker. DOE Biota Dose Assessment Group. Washington, D.C. August.
" Ecological risk assessment with amphibians and reptiles. B. A Ulsh, M. C. Mühlmann-Diaz, F. W. Whicker, T. G. Hinton, J. D. Congdon and J. S. Bedford. Wildlife Applications to Remedial Decision Making. Denver, Colorado. August.