Nancy D. Denslow, PhD

Dr. Nancy Denslow is a Professor in the Department of Physiological Sciences at the University of Florida. She received her BS degree in Chemistry from Mary Washington College, MS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Yale University, and PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from University of Florida. Dr. Denslow is renowned nationally and internationally for her outstanding research in environmental toxicology and bioindicators. Dr. Denslow’s research involves developing and using molecular biomarkers to evaluate changes in gene expression depending on stress or exposure to contaminants. She was a pioneer who introduced microarray technology in the field of molecular ecotoxicology.

Dr. Denslow has made significant contributions to different environmental research fields, such as understanding the effects of endocrine disruptors, measuring toxicity of nanomaterials in the environment and understanding the effects of organochlorine pesticides with funding from the Superfund Research Program in the United States. She was among the first to identify how nanomaterials interact with aquatic organisms. In collaboration with other researchers Dr. Denslow has developed methods to evaluate changes in protein expression for a large number of different projects from plants to animals and to human disease. She has published over 289 refereed papers, and many in prestigious scientific journals.

Dr. Denslow has made outstanding contributions to the International Society of Environmental Indicators (ISEI). She is a founding member and also a lifetime member of ISEI. Dr. Denslow has served as Secretary and Council member of the Society since 2006.

Osmo Otto Päiviö Hänninen (1939-2022)

Professor Dr. Osmo Hänninen was a Finnish scientist and physiologist, a non-fiction writer, opinion-maker, a supporter of the folk medicine, culture and a humanist. He served as Rector of the University of Kuopio (1981–1984), Vice Rector (1973-1978), and was appointed as first tenured Professor of Physiology at the university. Dr. Hänninen also served as an adjunct professor at the University of Turku (1967–2004) and the University of Joensuu (1981–2004), and a research professor of the Academy of Finland (1980-1981).

Dr. Hänninen has published more than 400 scientific journal articles in physiology, toxicology, biochemistry, sports medicine, environmental sciences, and pharmacology and also numerous textbooks and books of cultural history in Finnish, English, Swedish or Estonian. He was the editor-in-chief of the journal Pathophysiology, and was also the president of the 3rd International Congress on Pathophysiology. One of textbooks published by him is Human Physiology and Anatomy (in Finnish) that becomes the mostly used textbook in Finland. In 2009 he won the Finnish Association of Non-fiction Writers' Price. Professor Hänninen is a highly active member of International Society of Environmental Indicator and served as President of the society from 2015 to 2017.