Stacey L. Harper

Stacey L. Harper, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, studies how very small substances, called nanomaterials, interact with cells, tissues and systems of plants and animals. Her goal is to determine how the widely used particles in manufacturing and consumer products affect the health of living organisms.  Stacey is a Signature Researcher of the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute, working under the Safer Nanomaterials and Nanomanufacturing Initiative and has a joint position between the Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology and the School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering at Oregon State University.   She earned her bachelor’s degree in natural sciences and mathematics from Mesa State College, CO and her master’s and doctoral degrees in biological sciences from University of Nevada Las Vegas, NV.  In her research, she uses rapid assays to evaluate the biological activity and toxic potential of novel nanomaterials.  She works closely with industry, academic and government partners to ensure that environmental and human health considerations are addressed together with the development of new nanomaterials.  As Co-Chair of the Informatics Science Group of the NanoHealth Enterprise, she has established a collaborative, multidisciplinary research program to develop a knowledgebase of Nanomaterial-Biological Interactions (NBI) at OSU (www.oregonstate.edu/nbi).   Stacey is also a representative of the ANSI-Accredited U.S. Technical Advisory Group for ISO/TC 229 which functions to formulate positions and proposals on behalf of the U.S. with response to ISO standardization activities on environmental health and safety of nanotechnologies.