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Overview

Joachim D. Pleil is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research spans several interdisciplinary fields with a focus on medicine, environmental science, and engineering. The subfields of study in which they have contributed include biomedical engineering, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, spectroscopy, and molecular biology.

Pleil's work extensively covers topics related to advanced chemical sensor technologies, respiratory support and mechanisms, biosimilars and bioanalytical methods, climate change and health impacts, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) research, health, environment, cognitive aging, and infection control and ventilation.

They have frequently published in the following venues:

  • Journal of Breath Research
  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Data in Brief

Frequent collaborators in their research include Jonathan Beauchamp, M. Ariel Geer Wallace, Tyler Jacobson, Jasdeep S. Kler, and Yeunook Bae.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Joachim D. Pleil include:

  • The physics of human breathing: flow, timing, volume, and pressure parameters for normal, on-demand, and ventilator respiration (2021, Journal of Breath Research)
  • The scientific rationale for the use of simple masks or improvised facial coverings to trap exhaled aerosols and possibly reduce the breathborne spread of COVID-19 (2020, Journal of Breath Research)

Other related papers connected to coauthors include:

  • A state-of-the-science review and guide for measuring environmental exposure biomarkers in dried blood spots (2022, Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology)
  • Exhaled breath condensate biomarkers in critically ill, mechanically ventilated patients (2020, Journal of Breath Research)
  • Advancing Global Health Surveillance of Mycotoxin Exposures using Minimally Invasive Sampling Techniques: A State-of-the-Science Review (2024, Environmental Science & Technology)

Best Publications

  • The human volatilome: volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in exhaled breath, skin emanations, urine, feces and saliva

    Anton Amann;Anton Amann;Ben de Lacy Costello;Wolfram Miekisch;Jochen K. Schubert

  • Systemic Exposure to PAHs and Benzene in Firefighters Suppressing Controlled Structure Fires

    Kenneth W. Fent;Judith Eisenberg;John Snawder;Deborah Sammons

  • Analysis of Exhaled Breath for Disease Detection

    Anton Amann;Wolfram Miekisch;Jochen Schubert;Bogusław Buszewski

  • Personal exposure to JP-8 jet fuel vapors and exhaust at air force bases.

    Joachim D. Pleil;Leslie B. Smith;Sanford D. Zelnick

  • The physics of human breathing: flow, timing, volume, and pressure parameters for normal, on-demand, and ventilator respiration.

    Joachim D Pleil;M Ariel Geer Wallace;Michael D Davis;Christopher M Matty

  • Exhaled human breath measurement method for assessing exposure to halogenated volatile organic compounds

    Joachim D. Pleil;Andrew B. Lindstrom

  • Clinical breath analysis: discriminating between human endogenous compounds and exogenous (environmental) chemical confounders.

    Joachim D Pleil;Matthew A Stiegel;Terence H Risby

  • Survey of volatile organic compounds associated with automotive emissions in the urban airshed of São Paulo, Brazil

    Maribel Colón;Joachim D Pleil;Thomas A Hartlage;M Lucia Guardani

  • Alveolar breath sampling and analysis to assess trihalomethane exposures during competitive swimming training.

    Andrew B. Lindstrom;Joachim D. Pleil;David C. Berkoff

  • Evolution of clinical and environmental health applications of exhaled breath research: Review of methods and instrumentation for gas-phase, condensate, and aerosols

    M. Ariel Geer Wallace;Joachim D. Pleil

  • Measurement of volatile organic compounds in exhaled breath as collected in evacuated electropolished canisters

    Joachim D. Pleil;Andrew B. Lindstrom

  • Methodological issues of sample collection and analysis of exhaled breath

    A. Amann;W. Miekisch;J. Pleil;T. Risby

  • Uses of NHANES biomarker data for chemical risk assessment: Trends, challenges, and opportunities

    Jon R. Sobus;Robert S. DeWoskin;Yu-Mei Tan;Joachim D. Pleil

  • Method development and field measurements for polar volatile organic compounds in ambient air

    Thomas J. Kelly;Patrick J. Callahan;Joachim Pleil;Gary F. Evans

  • Role of exhaled breath biomarkers in environmental health science.

    Joachim D. Pleil

  • Automated cryogenic preconcentration and gas chromatographic determination of volatile organic compounds in air

    William A. McClenny;Joachim D. Pleil;Michael W. Holdren;Richard N. Smith

  • Volatile Organic Compounds Off-gassing from Firefighters’ Personal Protective Equipment Ensembles after Use

    Kenneth W. Fent;Douglas E. Evans;Donald Booher;Joachim D. Pleil

  • Cumulative exposure assessment for trace-level polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) using human blood and plasma analysis.

    J.D. Pleil;M.A. Stiegel;J.R. Sobus;S. Tabucchi

  • Firefighters’ absorption of PAHs and VOCs during controlled residential fires by job assignment and fire attack tactic

    Kenneth W Fent;Christine Toennis;Deborah Sammons;Shirley Robertson

  • Canister-Based Method for Monitoring Toxic VOCs in Ambient Air

    William A. McGlenny;Joachim D. Pleil;Gary F. Evans;Karen D. Oliver

  • Air levels of carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons after the World Trade Center disaster

    Joachim D. Pleil;Alan F. Vette;Brent A. Johnson;Stephen M. Rappaport

  • Evolution of Environmental Exposure Science: Using Breath-Borne Biomarkers for “Discovery” of the Human Exposome

    Joachim D. Pleil;Matthew A. Stiegel

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew B. Lindstrom
Andrew B. Lindstrom Environmental Protection Agency
Stephen M. Rappaport
Stephen M. Rappaport University of California, Berkeley
Anton Amann
Anton Amann Innsbruck Medical University
Benjamin C. Blount
Benjamin C. Blount Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Armin Hansel
Armin Hansel University of Innsbruck
Linda Sheldon
Linda Sheldon Environmental Protection Agency
Mark J. Strynar
Mark J. Strynar Environmental Protection Agency
David L. Ashley
David L. Ashley Georgia State University
Bogusław Buszewski
Bogusław Buszewski Nicolaus Copernicus University
Antonia M. Calafat
Antonia M. Calafat Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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