Dr. Teaf's research and applied activities involve the study of toxicological properties of
environmental and occupational chemicals, particularly with regard to the potential human
health risks.
For over 15 years, Dr. Teaf has conducted or provided critical reviews of risk-based evaluations under
federal or state occupational and environmental requirements, at sites exhibiting contamination
by solvents, metals, radionuclides, pesticides, petroleum constituents, biological agents and other
substances. In addition to graduate and undergraduate teaching activities, Dr. Teaf also
conducts OSHA Health & Safety courses for personnel in environmental agencies, as well as private
industry. He served under 3 Florida governors as Toxicologist to the State Financial and
Technical Advisory Committee and was Chairman for the Toxic Substances Advisory Council within the
Department of Labor and Employment Security.
Dr. Teaf is presently risk assessment advisor to the FSU/U.S. DOE project with the Polish
Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas concerning exposure characterization and protection of
workers and the general public at contaminated sites. Dr. Teaf also holds an adjunct faculty
position in the Florida A & M University College of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, and is an Associate
in Medicine at the FSU Program in Medical Sciences.
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