George P. Cobb serves as division leader for Environmental Sciences and Toxicology and professor of environmental chemistry and analytical toxicology.  He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of South Florida in 1989 and his B.S. in Chemistry from the College of Charleston in 1982.  Dr. Cobb was an associate professor in the Department of Environmental Toxicology at The Institute of Wildlife and Environmental Toxicology (TIWET) at Clemson University from 1995-1997 and an adjunct professor of environmental studies at Western Washington University from 1988 – 1990.  Dr. Cobb has a history of research into trophic transport of pesticides and hazardous wastes in ecosystems.  His research group's activities currently emphasize: 1) explosives detection at environmentally relevant concentrations in abiotic and biotic systems; 2) uptake and toxicity of nanoparticles in aquatic systems; 3) sensor designs for airborne toxicants and pathogens.  Dr. Cobb formerly served as member of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Committee and on the Board of Directors as Annual Meeting Program Chair.  Dr. Cobb has also served on the Executive Committee for the American Chemical Society: Environmental Division and on the Editorial Board of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, and he continues to provide peer review for this publication as well as other scientific journals including Environmental Health Perspectives, Chemosphere, Environmental Pollution, Journal of Wildlife Diseases, Journal of Nematology and Soil Biochemistry.

Dickerson RL, Hooper MJ, Cobb GP, Gard NW, Kendall RJ. 1994.  Toxicological Foundations of Ecological Risk Assessment: Biomarker Development and Interpretation Based on Laboratory and Wildlife Species.  Environ. Health. Persp., 102:65-69.

Cobb GP and Wood PD. 1997.  PCB Concentrations in Eggs and Chorioallantoic Membranes of Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta) from the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge. Chemosphere, 34:539-549.

Harper FD, Weisskopf CP, Cobb GP. 1998.  Extraction of Aldicarb and Its Metabolites from Avian Excreta and Gastrointestinal Tissue. Anal. Chem., 70(15):3329-3332.

Goldstein MI, Lacher TE, Woodbridge B, Bechard MJ, Canavelli SB, Zaccagnini ME, Hooper MJ, Cobb GP, Scollon EJ, and Tribolet R. 1999. Monocrotophos-Induced Mass Mortality of Swainson’s Hawks in Argentina, 1995-1996. Ecotoxicology, 8 (3):12-14.

Awata H, Cobb GP, Anderson TA. 2000.  A chemical test for determining biological availability of aged chemicals in soil.  Intern. J. Environ. Anal. Chem.,  78: 41-49.

Cobb GP, Sands K, Waters M, Wixson B, Dorward-King E. 2000. Accumulation of Heavy Metals by Vegetables Grown in Mine Tailings. Environ. Toxicol Chem., 19(3): 600-607.

Reynolds KD, Adair BM, Sathe SM, Rainwater TW, Scollon EJ, Cobb GP, McMurry ST. 2001. Accumulation of DDT and Mercury in Diets and Selected Tissues of Prothonotary Warblers (Protonotaria citrea) as Related to Foraging Dynamics on a Spatially Heterogenous Contaminated Site in Alabama. Environ. Toxicol. Chem.,  20: 2903-2909.

Ownby D, LaPoint TW, Cobb GP. 2002. Silver Size Fractionation and Bioavailability in Aqueous Solutions. Toxicol. Environ. Chem., 81: 29-41.

Cobb GP, Norman DM, Bargar TA, Houlis PD, Pepper C, Anderson TA. 2003.  Using Chorioallantoic Membranes for Non-lethal Assessment of Persistent Organic Pollutant Exposure and Effect in Oviparous Wildlife.  Ecotoxicology: Special Review Issue.  12:31-45.

Adair BM, Reynolds KD, McMurry ST, Cobb GP. 2003. Mercury Occurrence in Prothonotary Warblers (Protonotaria citrea) Inhabiting a National Priorities List Site and Reference Areas in Southern Alabama.   Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol., 44(2):265-271.

Bargar TA, Scott GI, and Cobb GP. 2003. Chorioallantoic Membranes Indicate Avian Exposure and Biomarker Responses to Environmental Contaminants: A Laboratory Study with White Leghorn Chickens (Gallus domesticus).  Environ. Sci. Technol.,  37: 256-260.

Reynolds KD, Cobb GP, Skipper SS, McMurry ST.  2004.   Relationship between DDE Concentration and Egg Laying Sequence in Eggs from Avian Species inhabiting Hazardous Waste Sites.  Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 47(3): 396-400.

Scollon, EJ, Carr JA, Cobb GP. 2004. The effect of flight, fasting and p,p’-DDT on thyroid hormones and corticosterone in Gambell’s white-crowned sparrow, Zonotrichia L. leucophrys. Comp Biochem Physiol. 137:179-189.

Mukhi S, Pan X, Cobb GP, Patino, R. 2005.  Toxicity of hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine to larval zebrafish.  Chemospere. 61:178-185.

Pan X, Zhang B, Cox, SB, Anderson TA, Cobb GP.  2006. Determination of N-nitroso metabolites of hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) in soils by pressurized liquid extraction (PLE) and liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization - mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS).  J. Chromatog. A. , 1107(1-2):2-8.

Presley SM, Rainwater TR, Austin GP, Platt SG, Zak JC, Cobb GP, Marsland EJ, Tian K, Zhang B, Anderson TA, Cox SB, Abel MT, Leftwich BD, Huddleston J , Jeter R, and Kendall RJ. 2006. Assessment of Pathogens and Toxicants in New Orleans, LA Following Hurricane Katrina.  Environ Sci and Technol. 40 (2):468-474.

Cobb GP, Abel MT, Rainwater TR, Austin GP, Marsland EJ, Anderson TA, Cox SB, Leftwich BD, Kendall RJ, Zak JC, Presley SM. 2006. Metal distributions in New Orleans following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: A continuation study. Environ. Sci. Technol. 40(15):4571-4577.

Pan XP, Zhang BH, Tian K, Jones LE, Liu J, Anderson TA, Wang JS, Cobb GP. 2006. Liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry analysis of octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine (HMX). Rapid Comm.  Mass Spectr.,     20 (14): 2222-2226.

Smith JN, Pan X, Gentles, BA, Smith, EE, Stormberg AI, Cobb GP. 2006. Reproductive Effects of the Anaerobic RDX Metabolite TNX (hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitroso-1,3,5-triazine) on Laboratory Deer Mice (Peromyscus maniculatus). Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 25(2):446-451.

Zhang BH, Pan XP, Wang Q, Cobb GP & Anderson TA. 2006. Computational identification of microRNAs and their targets.  Comput. Biol. Chem. 30 (6): 395-407.

Pan X, San Francisco M, Lee C, Ochoa KM, Xu X, Zhang B, Cobb GP.  2007. Examination of the mutagenicity of RDX and its N-nitroso metabolites using the Salmonella reverse mutation assay.  Mutation Res, 629:64–69

Pan X, Zhang B, Smith JN, San Francisco MJ, Anderson TA, Cobb GP.  2007. N-nitroso compounds produced in deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatis) gastrointestinal tracts following RDX exposure. Chemosphere, 67(6): 1164-1170.

Rainwater TR, Wu TH , Finger AG, Canas JE, Yu L, Reynolds KD, Coimbatore G, Barr B, Platt SG, Cobb GP, Anderson TA, McMurry ST. 2007. Metals and organochlorine pesticides in caudal scutes of crocodiles from Belize and Costa Rica.  Sci. Total Environ. 373:146-156.