Curriculum Vitae BORIS JOHNSON-RESTREPO

Update: December, 2012

PERSONAL DATA Work : Phone/Fax: E-mail: Address: Languages Spoken:

Cartagena University. School of Exact and Natural Sciences. Campus Piedra de Bolívar. Cartagena, Colombia (+57)-(5)-675-6674 [email protected]; [email protected] Ave. El Consulado #49B-152. Universidad de Cartagena, Sede Piedra de Bolivar. Cartagena, Colombia Spanish, English

EDUCATION 2005–2008 2007 1997 1989

AWARDS

Ph.D. Degrade in Environmental Health Sciences School of Public Health - State University of New York at Albany (Albany, NY. USA). Fellow of NSF Pan-American Advanced Studies Instituted (PASI) on Sustainability and Green Chemistry. May 29 – June 10, 2007. Universidad Iberoamericana. Mexico City. Mexico. M.S. Degrade in Chemistry. Universidad del Valle. Cali, Colombia. B.S. Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Universidad de Cartagena, Cartagena, Colombia.

2010

Paul C. Lemon Award of State University of New York at Albany for "... a thesis that

2007

NSF Fellow. NSF Pan-American Advanced Studies Instituted (PASI) on Sustainability and Green Chemistry. May 29 – June 10, 2007. Universidad Iberoamericana. Mexico City. National Award for Best Poster. III National Meeting of Pharmaceutical Sciences . Barranquilla- Colombia. National Award of Ecology. "Contribution to the Knowledgement of the contamination by mercury in Colombia". Honorable Mention. Occidente Bank. Barranquilla, Colombia.

2003 1999

is an outstanding contribution to our understanding of the ecological and environmental problems, inter-relationships and challenges in our natural world".

WORK and RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 1998-Present 2005-2008 1999 1992-1997 1989-1992

Associate Professor. University of Cartagena. State University of New York at Albany: Ph.D. Student at School of Public Helth – New York State University at Albany ) Fellow Research. Instituto de Ciencias de los Materiales de Aragón. Departamento de Inorganica. Universidad de Zaragoza. Zaragoza – Spain. Research Supervisor. Research and Development Chemist. Colgate Palmolive Company. CaliColombia. Research in area of new products. Teacher Assistant. University of Valle. Cali – Colombia. Teaching

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 2004-Present 2004- 2008 1999-Present

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), USA. American Chemical Society (ACS), Environmental Division, USA Colombian Society of Pharmaceutical Chemists

PUBLICATIONS A. Research Papers 1. Jorge Ropero, Yleana Colon, Boris Johnson-Restrepo, and Rodolfo J. Romanach, "Near-Infrared Chemical Imaging Slope as a New Method to Study Tablet Compaction and Tablet Relaxation," Appl. Spectrosc. 2011. 65, 459-465. 2. Adwoa O. Nornoo, HaiAn Zheng, Luciana B. Lopes, Johnson-Restrepo, B.; Kurunthachalam (2009). Oral microemulsions of paclitaxel: in-situ and pharmacokinetic studies. European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics. (2009). 71. 310–317. 3. Johnson-Restrepo, B. y Kannan, K. (2009). An assessment of sources and pathways of human exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers in the United States. Chemosphere. 76(4):542-8. 4. Tatsuya Kunisue, Johnson-Restrepo, B. (2009). David R. Hilker, Kenneth M. Aldous, Kurunthachalam Kannan. Polychlorinated naphthalenes in human adipose tissuefrom New York, USA. Environmental Pollution. 157. 910–915. 5. Olivero-Verbel, J.; Johnson-Restrepo, B.; Baldiris-Avila, R.; Güette-Fernández, G.; Magallanes-Carreazo, E.; Vanegas-Ramírez, L.; Kunihiko, N. (2007). Human and crab exposure to mercury in the Caribbean coastal shoreline of Colombia: Impact from an abandoned chlor-alkali plant. Environment International 6. Johnson-Restrepo, B. Douglas H. Adams, Kurunthachalam Kannan(2008) Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) and Hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDs) in Tissues of Humans, Dolphins, and Sharks from the United States. Chemosphere 70 (2008) 1935–1944. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.10.002). 7. Johnson-Restrepo, B.; Olivero-Verbel, J., Lu, L., Guette-Fernández, J., Baldiris-Avila, R., O´byrne-Hoyos, I., Aldous, K.M., Addink, R., and Kannan, K. (2008) Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and their hydroxylated metabolites in fish bile and sediments from coastal waters of Colombia. Environmental Pollution 151 (2008) 452-459. 8. Johnson-Restrepo, B.; Addink, R.; Wong, C.; Arcaro, K.; and Kannan, K. (2007) Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers, Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Organochlorine Pesticides in Human Milk from Massachusetts, USA. J. Environ. Monit., 9, 1205-12. 9. Olivero-Verbel J, Duarte D, Echenique M, Guette J, Johnson-Restrepo B, Parsons PJ. (2007). Blood lead levels in children aged 5-9 years living in Cartagena, Colombia. Sci Total Environ. 372(2-3), 707-16. 10. Olivero, J., Tao, L., Johnson, B., Guette, J., Baldiris, R., Obyrne, I. and Kannan, K. (2006). Perfluorooctanesulfonate and related fluorochemicals in biological samples from the north coast of Colombia. Environmental Pollution. 142, 367-72. 11. Johnson-Restrepo, B., Kannan, K., Addink, R. Adams, D. (2005). Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) and Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in a Marine foodweb of Coastal Florida. Environmental Science and Technology. 39, 8243-8250. 12. Johnson-Restrepo, B.; Kannan, K., Rapaport, D. Rodan, B. (2005). Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) and Polychlorinated Biphenyls(PCBs) in Human Adipose from New York, USA. Environmental Science and Technology. 39, 5177-5182. 13. Kannan, K., Reiner, J., Yun, S., Perrora, E., Tao, L., Johnson, B., and Bruce, R. (2005). Polycyclic Musk compounds in Higher Trophic Level Aquatic Organisms and humans from the United States. Chemosphere. 6, 693-700. 14. Kannan, K.; Johnson-Restrepo, B.; Yohn, S.; Giesy, J.; Long, T. (2005). Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Sediments from Inland Lakes in Michigan. Environmental Science and Technology. 39(13) 4700-4706. 15. Kon, C.H., Khim, J.S., Villeneuve, D., Kannan, K.; Johnson-Restrepo, B.; and Giesy, J. (2005).Instrumental and Bioanalytical of Dioxin-like and Estrogenic compounds and Activies Associated with Sediment from Korean Coast. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 61, 366–379.

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16. Olivero, J., Vivas-Reyes, R., Pacheco, L.; Johnson-Restrepo, B.; and Kannan, K. (2004). Electronic Parameters Responsible for the Biological Activity of Polychlorinated Naphthalenes. Journal of Molecular Structure. Teochem. 678(1-3):157-161. 17. Olivero, J., Johnson-Restrepo, B.; Ramon, P. , Mendoza, C., and Olivero, R. (2004) Total Mercury in the Environmental of the San Jorge River Basin, Colombia. Water, Air & Soil Pollution . 159:409-420. 18. Johnson-Restrepo, B.; Pacheco, L. and Olivero, J. (2003). Molecular parameter responsible for the melting point of 1,2,3-Diazaborines. J. Chem. Inf. Comp. Sci. 43:1513-1519. 19. Olivero, J., Arguello, E., and Johnson-Restrepo, B.; (2002). Monitoring of human exposure to mercury due to fish consumption in San Jorge river basin, Colombia (South America ). The Science of the Total Environment. 289:41-47.

B. Books/Chapters in Books: 1. Vélez, M., Johnson, B., and Olivero, J. 2003. Manejo de las aguas servidas y problemática ambiental en la ciudad de Cartagena. El Agua en Iberoamérica: Aspectos de la Problemática Urbana (Spanish). Cyted Programa Iberoamericano de Ciencias y Tecnología Para el Desarrollo. Subprograma XVII. ISBN 987-43-06505-6. 2. Johnson, B., and Olivero, J. 2003. Biomagnificación del mercurio en sistemas de agua dulce del Norte de Colombia. Humedales de Iberoamerica. Cyted Programa Iberoamericano de Ciencias y Tecnología Para el Desarrollo. Subprograma XVIII. ISBN 959270-036-2. 3. Vélez, M., Johnson, B., and Olivero, J. 2003. Estado de conservacion de los ecosistemas estrategicos del Delta del Canal del Dique. Cyted Programa Iberoamericano de Ciencias y Tecnología Para el Desarrollo. Subprograma XVII. 4. Johnson, B. Practicas advanzadas de Laboratoria in química inorganic (Spanish). (2003) Editorial Universitaria. Universidad de Cartagena. Cartagena-Colombia. 5. Johnson B. and Jesús Olivero. El lado gris de la minería del oro: Contaminación de mercurio en el Norte de Colombia. (2002). Editora Alpha. Cartagena. Colombia. ISBN 958-33-3885-0. free Download: http://www.reactivos.com/images/LIBRO_MERCURIO_-_Olivero-JohnsonColombia.pdf 6. Johnson, B. and Omar Velásquez. Manual de Alfabecitación Computacional. (1989). Centro de Publicaciones Universidad del Valle. Cali. Colombia.

C. Presentation in Meeting /Chapter/ Abstract International Meeting 1. Johnson-Restrepo, B., Garcia-Cantillo, A., and Olivero-Verbel, J. Preliminary Levels and Profiles of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Human Breast Milk from Colombia. 33rd Annual Meeting in North America. Long Beach, USA. November, 2012. 2. Johnson-Restrepo, B., Mejia-Monterrosa, G., Junca, H. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Surface Sediment, Oysters and Mussels from Colombia Harbors. 33rd Annual Meeting in North America. Long Beach, USA. November, 2012. 3. Horii, Y. (Center for Environmental Science in Saitama); Ohura, T. (Meijo Univ); JohnsonRestrepo, B. (Univ of Cartagena); Kannan, K. (Wadsworth Center). Halogenated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Urban Air from Albany, USA. 32nd. Annual Meeting in North America. Boston, USA. November, 2011. 4. Johnson-Restrepo, B. and Agámez-Gonzalez, J. Uncertainty Assessment by a Monte Carlo Simulation for Methylmercury from Hair of Colombian Population. SETAC Meeting Europe 21st Annual. Milán, Italia. May, 2011. 5. Johnson-Restrepo, B. and Mejía, Gamaliel. Determination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emission Sources from Cartagena Bay, Colombia. SETAC Meeting Europe 21st Annual. Milán, Italia. May, 2011.

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6. Johnson-Restrepo, B. Perea, Jabib; Mejía, Gamaliel. Determinación de las fuentes de emisión de hidrocarburos aromáticos polinucleares en agua y sedimento por PLS. XXIX Congreso Latinoamericano de Química. Cartagena, Colombia. Septiembre, 2010. 7. Johnson-Restrepo, B. Agámez, Johnny; Olivero, Jesús. Valoración del riesgo de contaminación con mercurio por el consumo de pescado en poblaciones de pescadores en la costa Atlántica Colombia. XXIX Congreso Latinoamericano de Química. Cartagena, Colombia. Septiembre, 2010. 8. Ropero, Jorge Mario; Boris, Johnson-Restrepo, B. Romanach, Rodolfo Determinación rápida de etanol y metanol en gasolina comercial usando espectroscopia de infrarrojo cercano mediante PCR. XXIX Congreso Latinoamericano de Química. Cartagena, Colombia. Septiembre, 2010. 9. Hernández, Alveiro; Ropero, Jorge; Romañach, Rodolfo J.; Johnson-Restrepo, B. 1H-RMN de baja resolución para la determinación del porcentaje de etileno en copolímeros randoms de bajo contenido de etileno y de la resistencia a la tensión (tensile) en polipropilenos. XXIX Congreso Latinoamericano de Química. Cartagena, Colombia. Septiembre, 2010. 10. Johnson-Restrepo, B. and Kannan, K. Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins (PCDDs) and Dibenzofurans (PCDFs) in Human Adipose Fat from New York City, USA. 30th. Annual Meeting in North America. New Orleans, USA. November, 2009. 11. Johnson-Restrepo, B. Agamez-Gonzalez, J. and Olivero-Verbel, B. Spatial and Temporal Trends of Mercury in Fishing Population by Cycling in the Cartagena Bay. 30th. Annual Meeting in North America. New Orleans, USA. November, 2009 12. Johnson-Restrepo, B. and Kunisue, T. and Kannan, K. Polybrominated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins and Dibenzofurans in Adipose Tissues from New York, US. 29th. Annual Meeting in North America. Tampa, FL, USA. November, 2008. 13. Johnson-Restrepo, B., Sehun Yun, and Kannan, K. Exposure Assessment of PBDEs in the Indoor Environment .29th. Annual Meeting in North America. Tampa, FL, USA. November, 2008 14. Boris Johnson-Restrepo. Rudolf Addink1, Chung Wong, Kathleen Arcaro, Kurunthachalam Kannan. PBDE, PCB, and organochlorine pesticide levels in human breast milk from Massachusetts, USA: Assessment of risks to infants. 28th. Annual Meeting in North America. Milkwaukee, WI. November, 2007. 15. Boris Johnson-Restrepo. Douglas Adams, and Kurunthachalam Kannan. Current levels of the top-market-demand BFRs in humans and marine predators from the USA. Milkwaukee, WI. November, 2007. 16. Johnson, B.G., Lu, S, Aldous, K, Kannan, K. and Olivero, J. Analysis of Hydroxylated Metabolites of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by GC-HRMS in Fish Bile from Cartagena Bay. 27th. Annual Meeting in North America. Montreal (Canada). November, 2006. 17. Johnson, B.G., Kannan, K., Addink, R. and Adams,D. Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers and Polychlorinated Biphenyls in a Marine Foodweb of Coastal Florida. Colombia. 27th. Annual Meeting in North America. Montreal (Canada). November, 2006. 18. Johnson, B.G., Kannan, K. and Adams, A. Hexabromocyclododecane, tetrabromobisphenolA,pentabromoethylbenzene, and bis(tribromophenoxy) ethane in sharks and dolphins from Florida coastal waters. 27th. Annual Meeting in North America. Montreal (Canada). November, 2006. 19. Johnson, B., Kannan, K., Addink, R. Adams, D. (2005). Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) and Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Fish and Dolphins from Florida Coast. SETAC North America 26th Annual Meeting. Baltimore (Maryland) – USA. November, 2005. 20. Olivero, J., Johnson, B., Guette-Ferandez, J., Baldiris, R., O’byrne, I. Kannan, K., Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Sediments and Histopatological findings in Fish from Cartagena Bay. SETAC North America 26th Annual Meeting. Baltimore (Maryland) – USA. November, 2005. 21. Kannan, K., Reiner, J., Yun, S., Perrora, E., Tao, L., Johnson, B., and Bruce, R. (2005). Polycyclic Musk compounds in Higher Trophic Level Aquatic Organisms and humans from the United States. SETAC North America 26th Annual Meeting. Baltimore (Maryland) – USA. November, 2005.

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22. Kannan, K.; Johnson, B. Yohn, S.; Giesy, J.; Long, T. Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Sediments from Michigan Inland Lakes. SETAC North America 26th Annual Meeting. Baltimore (Maryland) – USA. November, 2005. 23. Khim, J.S., Kon, C.H., Villeneuve, D., Kannan, K., Johnson, B. and Giesy, J. Characterization and distribution of dioxin-like and extrogenic contaminants in Sediments from Korean coasts. SETAC North America 26th Annual Meeting. Baltimore (Maryland) – USA. November, 2005. 24. Kannan, K., Johnson, B., Rapaport, D., and Rodan, B. Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers And Polychlorinated Biphenyls In Human Adipose Tissue. Dioxin 2005. 25 th International Symposium on Halogenated Environmental Organic Pollutants and POPs. Toronto-Canada. August, 2005. 25. Johnson, B., Kannan, K. and Olivero, J. Perfluorinated Compounds In Fish, Birds, And Humans From Colombia. and 25th Annual Meeting in North America. Portland (Oregon) – USA. November, 2004. 26. Johnson, B.; Duque, M. and Olivero, B. “Mercury Exposure in Fishermen from people living around Cartagena Bay, Colombia" Proceedings in: International Workshop on Health and Environmental Effects of Mercury. Belem, Brazil. December, 2003. 27. Olivero, J.; Johnson, B.; Mendoza, C.; Olivero, R. "Mercury Pollution in the Mojana Region, Colombia" Proceedings in: International Workshop on Health and Environmental Effects of Mercury. Belem, Brazil. December 2003. 28. Johnson, B.; Duarte M.; and Olivero, J."Mercury accumulation in fish caught in fishing community at Caribbean Sea, Colombia-South America." Abstract in: 6th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant. Minamata, Japan. October 2001. 29. Olivero, J.; Johnson, B.; Mendoza, C.; Olivero, R. Mercury pollution in Colombia. Abstract in: 6th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant. Minamata, Japan. October, 2001. 30. Olivero, J. and Johnson, B. Mercury in the freshwater ecosystem and people from Caimito, a fishing community at the North of Colombia, South America”. Abstract in: II Conference on Trace Metals. Effects on Organisms and Environment, Sopot, Poland, June, 2000. 31. Olivero, J. and Johnson, B. Gold mining and mercury contamination in the North of Colombia, South America. Proceedings. Colombia-Canada Environmental Forum. Forocolca. Cartagena, Colombia, May, 2000. 32. Johnson, B. and Olivero, J. Mercury Biomagnifications in the Magdalena River-Colombia. Proceedings. Colombia-Canada Environmental Forum (Forocolca) Cartagena, Colombia. May, 2000. 33. Olivero, J.; Johnson, B.; Mendoza, C.; Olivero, R. Mercury in the Gold Mining Field in Colombia. Abstract in: Mercury As a global Pollution-5th International Conference. Rio de Janeiro-Brazil. May 1999.

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