David L. Ashley, PhD
- PhD, Physical Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 1982
- Captain, United States Public Health Service
- Research Scientist, Division of Laboratory Sciences, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1983-1988
- Chief, Emergency Response and Air Toxicants Branch, Division of Laboratory Sciences, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, since 1998
- Directs a branch of 70 scientists with a diverse public health mission
- Extensive research experience related to biomarkers of exposure of environmental toxic agents, particularly volatile organic compounds
- Published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters related to biomarkers of exposure and the constituents of tobacco and tobacco smoke
- Presented extensively at scientific meetings on the chemistry of tobacco and tobacco smoke and biomarkers of exposure
- Contributing Author for the upcoming Surgeon General's Report entitled How Tobacco Causes Disease--The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Tobacco-Attributable Disease