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Axel Berky is a Ph.D. candidate at Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment studying ecotoxicology. He has over 10 years of experience conducting environmental research and assessments in Peru and the United States. His research focuses on the health impacts of mixed metal exposure and artisanal mining. He has published several papers on these topics and led field studies collecting data in Peru.

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Axel Berky CV 20201104 Website

Axel Berky is a Ph.D. candidate at Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment studying ecotoxicology. He has over 10 years of experience conducting environmental research and assessments in Peru and the United States. His research focuses on the health impacts of mixed metal exposure and artisanal mining. He has published several papers on these topics and led field studies collecting data in Peru.

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Axel Joseph Berky, MEM

axel.berky@duke.edu

Education
Current Duke University Durham, NC
– Nicholas School of the Environment
Aug 2017 Ph.D. Candidate

May 2014 Duke University Durham, NC


Nicholas School of the Environment
Master’s in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Health
Certificate in Geospatial Analysis

May 2009 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI


College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Dual Bachelors of the Arts in Political Science and Environmental Science

Experience

Jun 2020 United States Environmental Protection Agency Durham, NC


- Duke Graduate Student Training Enhancement Grant
Aug 2020 • Conducted a literature review on the effect of high
temperature days and public health
• Implemented preliminary longitudinal analysis on high heat
days and hospitalizations by county nation-wide

Jan 2020 Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment Durham, NC


- Lead Teaching Assistant for ENVIRON 201 and ENVIRON 210:
Aug 2020 Integrating Environmental Science and Policy I and II
• Developed and lead classroom discussions on course material
• Assisted undergraduate students write clear, concise essays

July 2019 Duke Environmental Law Clinic Intern Durham, NC


– Ph.D. Student Consultant
Aug 2019 • Created site maps for ongoing litigation related to
concentrated animal feeding operations in North Carolina
• Assessed environmental sampling and laboratory analysis for
contaminated sites in North Carolina

Aug 2017 Duke Bass Connections Durham, NC


- Project Leader
Aug 2018 • Developed a study on the effect of mixed metal exposure and
the etiology of anemia in children living in Madre de Dios,
Peru
• Organized and led data field collection with undergraduate
and graduate students in Madre de Dios, Peru
Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment Durham, NC
Aug 2017 Teaching Assistant for Applied Statistics for Environmental Sciences
– • Taught graduate students how to code in R
Dec 2017 • Help students conceptualize how to analyze data

Duke Global Health Institute Durham, NC


Jun 2014 Research Associate under Dr. William Pan
- • Collaborate with Peruvian governmental officials to develop and
Aug 2017 execute field research
• Coordinate and lead environmental and human sampling in the
Peruvian Amazon

Duke University- The DiGiulio Lab Durham, NC


Aug 2012 Ecotoxicology Research Assistant
- • Test teratogenicity and developmental impacts of selenium
May 2013 nanoparticles on zebra fish embryos

Environmental Resources Management Holland, MI


Feb 2012 Aquatic Toxicology Laboratory Technician
- • Executed GLPs to conduct high quality lab tests on effluent to
Aug 2012 determine toxicity for National Pollution Discharge Elimination
System permits
• Cultured laboratory grade organisms for acute and chronic aquatic
toxicity tests

Aug 2009 Peace Corps Volunteer El Salvador


- Environmental Education
Aug 2011
• Wrote four grants raising over $2,000 to complete multiple
community projects
• Taught English and interactive science classes to 5th and 9th
graders
• Collaborated with two Peace Corps volunteers and the
Ministry of Education to hold a science education workshop
for 25 teachers

Languages • Fluent in Spanish and English

Awards • Duke Law Clinic Scientific Communications Award 2018

Additional • Traveled extensively throughout South and Central America


• Conducted an independent study on fish, game, and timber
populations in the Yorkin Indigenous Reserve in Costa Rica

• Berky, A. J., Robie, E., Ortiz, E. J., Meyer, J. N., Hsu-Kim, H., &
Publications Pan, W. K. (2020). Evaluation of Peruvian Government
Interventions to Reduce Childhood Anemia. Annals of global
health, 86(1), 98-98. doi:10.5334/aogh.2896
• Berky AJ, Ryde IT, Feingold B, Ortiz EJ, Wyatt LH, Weinhouse
C, Hsu-Kim H, Meyer JN, Pan WK. 2018. Predictors of
mitochondrial DNA copy number and damage in a mercury-
exposed rural Peruvian population near artisanal and small-scale
gold mining: An exploratory study. Environ Mol Mutagen.

• Diringer S, Berky A, Marani M, Ortiz E, Karatum O, Plata D,


Pan W, Hsu-Kim H. Deforestation Due to Artisanal and Small-Scale
Gold Mining Exacerbates Soil and Mercury Mobilization in Madre
de Dios, Peru. Environmental Science & Technology, 2019. es-
2019-066205

• Diringer SE, Feingold BJ, Ortiz EJ, Gallis JA, Araujo-Flores JM,
Berky A, Pan WYK, Hsu-Kim H. 2015. River transport of mercury
from artisanal and small-scale gold mining and risks for dietary
mercury exposure in Madre de Dios, Peru. Environmental Science-
Processes & Impacts 17(2):478-487.

• Feingold B, Abuawad A, Pettigrew S, Saxton A, Ortiz E, Berky A,


Pan WK. 2016 Measuring the Nutritional Transition in Madre de
Dios, Peru. International Society for Environmental Epidemiology.
Research Triangle Park, NC

• Pettigrew, S.M., et al., In urban, but not rural, areas of Madre


de Dios, Peru, adoption of a Western diet is inversely associated
with selenium intake. Science of The Total Environment, 2019.
687: p. 1046-1054

• Weinhouse C, Ortiz EJ, Berky AJ, Bullins P, Hare-Grogg J,


Rogers L, Morales A-M, Hsu-Kim-H, Pan WK. 2017. Hair
Mercury Level is Associated with Anemia and Micronutrient
Status in Children Living Near Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold
Mining in the Peruvian Amazon. The American Journal of
Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

• Wyatt L, Ortiz E, Feingold B, Berky A, Diringer S,


Morales A, Jurado E, Hsu-Kim H, Pan W. 2017. Sptatial, Temporal,
and Dietary Variables Associated with Elevated Mercury Exposure
in Peruvian Riverine Communities Upstream and Downstream of
Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining. International Journal of
Environmental Research and Public Health 14(12):1582.

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