Jenn Sahmel, PhD, CIH, CSP, FAIHA
Founder and Managing Principal Scientist

jennifer.sahmel@insightrisk.com
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Dr. Jennifer Sahmel is a Managing Principal Scientist with Insight Exposure and Risk Sciences in Boulder, Colorado, where she works on a wide range of projects related to human health exposure and risk assessment.  She is a Certified Industrial Hygienist and a Certified Safety Professional with over 25 years of experience in exposure assessment science and workplace health and safety.  Her areas of expertise and research include exposure assessment and reconstruction, qualitative and quantitative dermal exposure assessment methods, total worker health, Bayesian decision analysis, EPA exposure assessment tools, and product stewardship and sustainability issues. She has co-authored over 40 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters on exposure and risk assessment, and has given presentations in multiple regions of the world on topics related to exposure assessment. Prior to Insight, she worked at Cardno ChemRisk, LLC, the U.S. EPA’s Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, the National Park Service, Comprehensive Health Services at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, and FMC Corporation. Jennifer earned her MPH degree in Environmental Health and Industrial Hygiene from the University of California at Berkeley and her PhD in Environmental Health at the University of Minnesota. She is an Affiliate Professor of Environmental Health at the University of Minnesota and a Research Fellow with the University of Minnesota’s Exposure Science and Sustainability Institute. She is also active in the American Industrial Hygiene Association and is a past member of their national board of directors.