The Thomas T. Mercer Joint Prize American Association for Aerosol Research & International Society for Aerosols in Medicine

The Thomas T. Mercer Joint Prize “recognizes excellence in the areas of pharmaceutical aerosols and inhalable materials.” The award honors the legacy of Thomas T. Mercer, an outstanding researcher and author, whose work encompassed aerosol physics and chemistry as well as inhalation toxicology, industrial hygiene, and health physics.

2011 Recipient of the Thomas T. Mercer Joint Prize Yung Sung Cheng Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute Nominated by Roger McClellan Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Rochester, peer-reviewed papers and 62 book chapters “… a superb team player and has contributed to … methods and equipment for the exposure of laboratory animals to chemical and radioactive aerosols to development and use of improved instruments for characterizing aerosols …” “… successful studies that included aerosol measurements in sampling devices such as impactors and diffusion batteries, in- vivo animal inhalation exposures, particle deposition measurements in nasal and tracheobronchial casts, characterization of pharmaceutical aerosols in sprays and inhalers, and mathematical modeling of transport and deposition of aerosols and fibers in the lungs …” “…stands out as one of the best in exemplifying the positive characteristics associated with the Mercer Joint Prize.”