Richard Hertzberg

Richard Hertzberg is an Adjunct Professor in the Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health at Emory University, and a private consultant through Biomathematics Consulting. He previously served as a Senior Researcher at the U.S. EPA (1980–2006) and as a Special Term Employee at Argonne National Laboratory (2012–2015). His work focuses on quantitative risk assessment methodologies for chemical mixtures and environmental health modeling, with notable contributions adopted by the EPA.

Education: Ph.D. in Biomathematics from the University of Washington and B.S. in Mathematics from Harvey Mudd College.

Research interests include toxic interactions of chemicals with climate change factors (e.g., heat, wildfire smoke), dose-response modeling, and regulatory risk assessment. His achievements have been recognized through multiple EPA awards and a distinguished medal from the American Statistical Association.

Affiliations include the Society for Risk Analysis and its Dose-Response Specialty Group.