For over 20 years, Dr. Teaf has conducted risk-based evaluations under federal or state occupational and environmental requirements at sites exhibiting contamination by solvents, metals, radionuclides, pesticides, petroleum constituents, biological agents and other substances. He also has served as a member of technical teams on environmental projects and has provided critical reviews of risk-based evaluations for many local, state, federal and international agencies, including the Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry (ATSDR), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

In addition to his graduate and undergraduate teaching activities, Dr. Teaf conducts OSHA Health & Safety courses for personnel in environmental agencies, as well as private industry. He served under 3 Florida governors as Toxicologist to the State Financial and Technical Advisory Committee and was Chairman for the Toxic Substances Advisory Council within the Department of Labor and Employment Security.

Dr. Teaf presently is the Senior Human Health Editor for the international journal Human & Ecological Risk Assessment. Dr. Teaf also holds an adjunct faculty position in the Florida A & M University College of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, and serves on the Advisory Board of the Center for Terrorism & Public Health at the FSU College of Medicine.

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