EDUCATION
B.S. (Mechanical Engineering) 1980, State University of New York at Buffalo
M.S. (Mechanical Engineering) 1983, State University of New York at Buffalo
Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) 1988, State University of New York at Buffalo
EMPLOYMENT
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2009 - Present |
Principal Scientist, Applied Research Associates, Raleigh, NC |
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2006 - Present |
Adjunct Scientist, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM |
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2004 - 2008 |
Associate Investigator, CIIT Centers for Health Research, Research Triangle Park, NC |
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1999 - 2004 |
Scientist II, CIIT Centers for Health Research, Research Triangle Park, NC |
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1990 - 1999 |
Scientist I, Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology, Research Triangle Park, NC |
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1990 - 1999 |
Technical Advisor, CIIT Inhalation Facilities, Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology, Research Triangle Park, NC |
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1989 - 1990 |
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Lanza Laboratories, Institute of Environmental Medicine, New York University Medical Center Tuxedo, New York |
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1988 - 1989 |
Visiting Lecturer, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo |
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1981 - 1988 |
Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo |
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1980 - 1981 |
Teaching Assistant, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo |
HONORS AND RECOGNITION
Patent: Dickens, C., B. Asgharian, J. Kimbell, J., O. Price and G. Brace: Nasal Drug Delivery Device
for Delivering Active Material to the Turbinate Region of the Nose. UK Patent Publication No.
GB2400565, Granted 2/1/2005.
Outstanding published paper in 2008 demonstrating an application of risk assessment: “Modeling
Approaches for Estimating the Dosimetry of Inhaled Toxicants in Children,” Journal of Toxicology
and Environmental Health 71: 166195. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of
Toxicology, Baltimore, MD, March 2009. Presented by the Risk Assessment Specialty Section.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Association for Aerosol Research
Society of Toxicology
AREAS OF RESEARCH
Transport and deposition of inhaled material in the respiratory tract, pulmonary fluid mechanics, aerosol physics, respiratory physiology, respiratory drug delivery, risk assessment from exposure to airborne material, design and operation of inhalation exposure systems.
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
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Asgharian, B. and O. T. Price: Airflow Distribution in the Human Lung and its Influence on Particle Deposition. Inhal. Toxicol. 18: 795-801, 2006.
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Asgharian, B., O. T. Price and W. Hofmann: Prediction of Particle Deposition in the Human Lung Using Realistic Models of Lung Ventilation. J. Aerosol Sci. 37: 1209-1221, 2006.
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Asgharian, B. and O. T. Price: Deposition of Ultrafine (nano) Particles in the Human Lung. Inhal. Toxicol. 19: 1045-1054, 2007.
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Kimbell, J. S., R. A. Segal, B. Asgharian, B. A. Wong, J. D. Schroeter, J. P. Southall, C. J. Dickens, G. Brace and F. J. Miller: Characterization of Deposition from Nasal Spray Devices Using Computational Fluid Dynamics Model of Human Nasal Passages. J. Aerosol Med. 20: 59-74, 2007.
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Zhang, H., G. Ahmadi and B. Asgharian: Transport and Deposition of Angular Fibers in Turbulent Channel Flows. Aerosol Sci. Technol. 41: 529-548, 2007.
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Ginsburg, G. L., B. Asgharian, J. S. Kimbell, J. S. Ultman and A. M. Jarabek: Modeling Approaches for Estimating the Dosimetry of Inhaled Toxicants in Children. J. Toxicol. Environ. Health A 71: 161-195, 2008.
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Ménache, M. G., W. Hofmann, B. Asgharian and F. J. Miller: Airway Geometry Models of Children’s Lungs for Use in Dosimetry Modeling. Inhal. Toxicol. 20: 101-126, 2008.
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Nazridoust, K. and B. Asgharian: Unsteady-State Airflow and Particle Deposition in a Three-Generation Human Lung Geomtery. Inhal. Toxicol. 20: 595-610, 2008.
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Kane, D., B. Asgharian, O. T. Price, A. Rostami and M. Oldham: Effect of Smoking Parameters on the Particle Size Distribution and Predicted Airway Deposition of Mainstream Cigarette Smoke. Inhal. Toxicol. 22: 199-209, 2009.
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Millage, K. K., J. Bergman, B. Asgharian and G. McClellan: A Review of Inhalability Fraction Models: Discussion and Recommendations. Inhal. Toxicol. 22: 151-159, 2009.
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Madl, P., W. Hofmann, M. J. Oldham and B. Asgharian: Stochastic Morphometric Model of the Balb/c Mouse Lung. Anat. Rec. (under review).