Dr. Khara Grieger is currently an Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in Environmental Health & Risk Assessment. Her research focuses on best practices for risk assessment, risk management, and stakeholder engagement related to the governing of emerging risks and new technologies. For example, she is currently the Project Director for a USDA\/NIFA-funded grant that investigates the societal implications of nanomaterials used in food and agricultural sectors. She is also the PI of a grant that aims to grow the field of risk science in the Research Triangle Park area of NC, through funding provided by the Society for Risk Analysis. Further, she is a Co-PI in a NC State-funded GRIP4PSI grant that develops new technologies for use in the sweetpotato industry in North Carolina (Williams = PI) in which she leads the stakeholder engagement efforts, and Co-PI on a NSF-funded grant that focuses on governance of climate management technologies (Borsuk = PI). She is also involved in the NSF-funded Research Triangle Nanotechnology Network (RTNN) housed at NC State University (Jones = PI), a member of the Center for Human Health and Environment (Smart = PI), and Executive Committee Member in the Genetic Engineering and Society (GES) Center at NC State. In addition to research, Dr. Grieger also serves as an external advisory board member for a large European project focused on risk governance (RiskGONE), is the US Co-Chair for a US-EU Risk Management & Control Community of Research (COR) focused on nanomaterial risks, and an External Advisory Board member for the Town of Cary, NC.<\/p>\n
Prior to joining Applied Ecology, she served as a Senior Research Scholar in the GES Center from March 2019 through June 2020.\u00a0 She also was a Senior Environmental Research Scientist at RTI International in the Health and Environmental Risk Analysis program (2012-2019), a Duke University Scholar (2017-2018), and Adjunct Professor at Meredith College (2014).<\/p>\n
Merck, A.W.,\u00a0Grieger, K.<\/b>, Cuchiara, M., Kuzma, J. 2022. What Role Does Regulation Play in Responsible Innovation of Nanotechnology in Food and Agriculture? Insights and Framings from U.S. Stakeholders.\u00a0Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society,<\/i>\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/02704676221102066<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Grieger, K<\/b>., Cummings, C.L. 2022. Informing Environmental Health and Risk Priorities through Local Outreach and Extension.\u00a0Environment Systems and Decisions<\/i>,\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10669-022-09864-0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Zhi, Y., Lu., H.,\u00a0Grieger, K.,<\/b>\u00a0Munoz, G., Wei, L., Wang, X., He, Q., Qian, S. 2022. Bioaccumulation and translocation of 6:2 fluorotelomer sulfonate, GenX, and perfluoroalkyl acids by urban spontaneous plants.\u00a0ACS ES&T Engineering<\/i>,\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acsestengg.1c00423<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n Gao, J., Huang, Y., Zhi, Y., Yao, J., Wang, F., Yang, W., Han, L., Lin, D., He, Q., Bing,W.,\u00a0Grieger, K.<\/b>\u00a02022. Assessing the impacts of urbanization on stream ecosystem functioning: litter decomposition and nutrient uptake in forest and hyper-eutrophic stream.\u00a0Ecological Indicators<\/i>, 138: 108859:\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ecolind.2022.108859<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n Grieger, K.,<\/b>\u00a0Merck, A., Kuzma, K. 2022. Formulating best practices for responsible innovation of nano-agrifoods through stakeholder insights and reflection. Journal of Responsible Technology, 10:\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jrt.2022.100030<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n Baun, A., Hansen, S.F.\u00a0Grieger, K.<\/b>\u00a02022. Chapter 15: Environmental risk assessment of emerging contaminants \u2013 The case of nanomaterials. In: Advances in Toxicology and Risk Assessment of Nanomaterials and Emerging Contaminants. Springer Nature, edited by Liang-Hong Guo and Monika Mortimer, Singapore, Springer, 2022, pp. 349-371.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-981-16-9116-4<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n Grieger, K.<\/b>,<\/span>\u00a0Zarate, S., Barnhill-Dilling, S.K., Hunt, S., Jones, D., Kuzma, J. 2022. Fostering Responsible Innovation through Stakeholder Engagement: Case Study of North Carolina Sweetpotato Stakeholders. Sustainability, 14, 2274:\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/su14042274<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Ruzante, J. M., Shumaker, E. T., Holt, S., Mayer, S., Kokotovich, A., Cuchiara, M., Binder, A. R., Kuzma, J., and\u00a0Grieger, K<\/b>. 2022. Eliciting Stakeholder Perceptions Using a Novel Online Engagement Platform: A Case Study on Nano-Agrifoods.\u00a0RTI Press\u00a0<\/i>Publication No. OP- 0071-2201. Research Triangle Park, NC: RTI Press. https:\/\/ doi .org\/ 10 .3768\/ rtipress .2022.op .0071 .2201<\/p>\n Kokotovich, A., Kuzma, J., Cummings, C.,\u00a0Grieger, K<\/strong>. 2021. Responsible innovation definitions, practices, and motivations from nanotechnology researchers in food and agriculture.\u00a0NanoEthics<\/em>,\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11569-021-00404-9<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Grieger, K.<\/b>, Merck, A., Cuchiara, M., Binder, A., Kokotovich, A., Cummings, C., Kuzma, J. 2021. Responsible Innovation of Nano-Agrifoods: Insights and Views from U.S. Stakeholders.\u00a0NanoImpact<\/i>, 24, 100365:\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.impact.2021.100365<\/a><\/p>\n Grieger, K.<\/b>, Isigonis, P., Franken, R., Wigger, H., Bossa, N., Janer, G., Rycroft, T., Kennedy, A., Hansen, S.F. 2021. Chapter 5: Risk Screening Tools for Engineering Nanomaterials. IN: Ethics in Nanotechnology: Social Sciences and Philosophical Aspects, edited by Marcel Van de Voorde and Gunjan Jeswani, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2021, pp. 89-108.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/9783110719932-005<\/a><\/p>\n Zhi, Y., Call, D.,\u00a0Grieger, K.<\/b>, Duckworth, O., Jones, J.L., Knappe, D. 2021. Influence of Natural Organic Matter and pH on Phosphate Removal by and Lanthanum Release from Lanthanum-Modified Bentonite.\u00a0Water Research;\u00a0<\/i>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.watres.2021.117399<\/a><\/p>\n Cummings, C.L., Kuzma, J., Kokotovich, A., Glas, D.,\u00a0Grieger, K.<\/b>\u00a02021. Barriers to responsible innovation of nanotechnology applications in food and agriculture: A study of US experts and developers.\u00a0NanoImpact;\u00a0<\/i>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.impact.2021.100326<\/a><\/p>\n Kuiken, T., Barrangou, R.,\u00a0Grieger<\/b>,\u00a0K<\/b>. 2021. (Broken) Promises of Sustainable Food and Ag through New Biotechnologies: The CRISPR Case.\u00a0The CRISPR Journal<\/i>, 4(1): 25-31. Available:\u00a0https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/33570455\/#affiliation-2<\/a><\/p>\n Doydora, S., Gatiboni, L.,\u00a0Grieger, K.<\/b>, Hesterberg, D., Jones, J., McLamore, E., Peters, R., Sozzani, R., Van den Broeck, L., Duckworth O. 2021. Accessing Legacy Phosphorus in Soil.\u00a0Soil Systems,\u00a0<\/i>4(74):\u00a0doi:10.3390\/soilsystems4040074<\/a>.<\/p>\n Kuzma, J.,\u00a0Grieger, K<\/b>. 2020. Community-led governance for gene-edited crops.\u00a0Science<\/i>, 370(6519):916-918.<\/i><\/p>\n Zhi, Y., Zhang, C., Hjorth, R., Baun, A., Duckworth, O., Call, D., Knappe, D., Jones, J.,\u00a0Grieger<\/b>,\u00a0K<\/b>. Emerging Lanthanum (III)-containing Materials for Phosphate Removal from Water: A Review towards Future Developments.\u00a0Environment International<\/em>, 145: 106115.<\/p>\n Huang, Y., Li, W., Gao, J., Wang, F., Yang, W., Han, L., Lin, D., Min, B., Zhi, Y.,\u00a0Grieger, K<\/b>., Yao, J. Effect of microplastics on ecosystem function: Microbial nitrogen removal mediated by benthic macroinvertebrates.\u00a0Science of the Total Environment<\/em>,\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.scitotenv.2020.14213<\/a><\/p>\n Saia, S., Nelson, N., Huseth, A.,\u00a0Grieger, K<\/b>, Reich, B., Transitioning Machine Learning from Theory to Practice in Natural Resource Management.\u00a0Ecological Modeling<\/em>, 435: 109257.<\/p>\n Kuzma, J.,\u00a0Grieger, K.D.,<\/strong>\u00a0Cummings, C.L., Brown, Z. S. 2020. Pandemics Call for Systems Approaches to Research and Funding.\u00a0Issues in Science and Technology<\/em>, May 4, 2020. Available:\u00a0https:\/\/issues.org\/pandemics-call-for-systems-approaches\/<\/a><\/p>\n Grieger, K.,<\/strong>\u00a0Jones, J.L., Hansen, S.F., Hendren, C.O., Jensen, K.A., Kuzma, J., Baun, A. 2019. What are the Key Best Practices from Nanomaterial Risk Analysis That May Be Relevant for Other Emerging Technologies?\u00a0Nature Nanotechnology<\/em>, 14, 998\u20131001, doi:10.1038\/s41565-019-0572-1.<\/p>\n Porcari, A., Borsella, E., Benighaus, C.,\u00a0Grieger, K.,<\/strong>\u00a0Isigonis, P., Chakravarty, S., Kines, P., Jensen, K.A. 2019. From Risk Perception to Risk Governance in Nanotechnology: A Multi-Stakeholder Study.\u00a0Journal of Nanoparticle Research<\/em>, 21(11), 1-19.<\/p>\n Grieger, K.,<\/strong>\u00a0Felgenhauer, T., Renn, O., Wiener, J., Borsuk. 2019. Emerging Risk Governance for Stratospheric Aerosol Injection as a Climate Management Technology.\u00a0Environmental System and Decisions<\/em>, 39(4), 371-382.<\/p>\n Isigonis, P., Hristozov, D., Benighaus, C., Giubilato, E.,\u00a0Grieger, K.,<\/strong>\u00a0Pizzol, L., Semenzin, E., Linkov, I., Zabeo, A., Marcomini, A. 2019. Risk Governance of Nanomaterials: Review of Criteria and Tools for Risk Communication, Evaluation, and Mitigation.\u00a0Nanomaterials<\/em>, 9(696), doi:10.3390\/nano9050696<\/p>\n Mortensen, N.P., Johnson, L.,\u00a0Grieger, K.<\/strong>, Fennell, T.R. 2019. Biological Interactions between Nanomaterials and Placental Development and Function Following Oral Exposure.\u00a0Reproductive Toxicology<\/em>,\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.reprotox.2019.08.016<\/a>.<\/p>\n Grieger, K.,<\/strong>\u00a0Bossa, N., Levis, J., von Borries, K., Strader, P., Cuchicara, M., Hendren, C.O., Hansen, S.F., Jones, J. 2018. Application and Testing of Risk Screening Tools for Nanomaterial Risk Analysis.\u00a0Environmental Science: Nano<\/em>, 5:1844-1858.<\/p>\n Hjorth, R., Holden, P.A., Hansen, S.F., Colman, B.P.,\u00a0Grieger, K.<\/strong>, Hendren, C.O. 2017. The Role of Alternative Testing Strategies in Environmental Risk Assessment of Engineered Nanomaterials.\u00a0Environmental Science: Nano<\/em>, 4:292-301<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nPublications<\/h3>\n