In
January 2003, Klaus Willeke became Professor Emeritus of Environmental
Health and Industrial Engineering at the University of Cincinnati and
moved with his wife Audrone (who became Professor Emerita at Miami
University of Ohio) back to California, where both had received their
Ph.D.’s in the 1960’s. During his education phase, Klaus Willeke had
studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of New Hampshire (B.S.
1963), Fluid Dynamics at the von Kármán Institute in Belgium
(Diploma 1966), and Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University in
California (M.S. 1965, Ph.D. 1969). From 1969 to 1970 he was a
postdoctoral fellow at the Max‑Planck Institut für Plasmaphysik in
Garching, Germany. In 1970 he became a faculty member and joined the
Particle Technology Group in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at
the University of Minnesota. In 1976 he joined the Department of
Environmental Health at the University of Cincinnati where he created and
developed the Aerosol Research and Exposure Assessment Laboratory. From
1986 to 1988 he directed the Industrial and Environmental Hygiene Graduate
Education Programs at the University of Cincinnati.
His
research interests are fundamental and applied research on the sampling
and analysis of airborne particles and microorganisms, and the
characterization of their physical and biological components; the
development of new aerosol measurement devices; the development of new
respiratory protection techniques; deposition of inhaled aerosols in the
human respiratory system; therapeutic drug delivery by aerosol means; and
dynamic measurement of industrial and environmental aerosols. He has
authored or co-authored over 185 peer-reviewed publications, and has
published one book on aerosol measurement and one on aerosol generation. The expanded second edition of the aerosol measurement book
was published in September 2001. Several of the concepts generated by him
have been incorporated into commercially available instruments. About 30
scholars have spent a year or more working with him and his group
colleagues. He has graduated over 25 Ph.D.s and about the same number of
M.S. students. His co-authors
represent 26 different nationalities. He is certified by the American
Board of Industrial Hygiene, and is a consultant to major U.S. companies.
Institutions and professional organizations in North America,
Europe and Asia have frequently sponsored him to present his work.
His research and education efforts have been recognized by four
annual “Outstanding Aerosol Paper” awards, one annual “Best
Poster” awards, two annual “John White Respiratory Protection”
awards, the Richard Akeson Excellence in Teaching Award at the University
of Cincinnati, and the “International Aerosol Fellow Award” which is
given every two years by the International Aerosol Research Assembly, the
umbrella organization of all national and discipline-specific aerosol
societies.
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