Senior
Research Associate
University of Tennessee
Energy, Environment and Resources Center
311 Conference Center Building
Knoxville, TN 37996-4134
Phone: 865-974-9526
Fax: 865-947-1838
socolofml@utk.edu
Selected Publications:
M.L. Socolof , J.R. Geibig, and M.B. Swanson, "Cradle to Gate Toxic Impacts of Solders: A Comparison of Impact Assessment Methods," 2003 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment (Boston: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, May 19-23, 2003).
M.L. Socolof, J.G. Overly, L.E. Kincaid, J.R. Geibig, Desktop Computer Displays: A Life-cycle Assessment, Vol. 1 and 2 (EPA 744-R-01-004a, b, December 2001).
M.L. Socolof, L.E. Kincaid, et al.,"CRT and LCD Monitor and Process
Materials Evaluated for Environmental Improvement,"
SID Journal 9(1), Society for Information Display, 2001.
M.L. Socolof
, J.G. Overly, et al., "Preliminary Life‑Cycle Assessment Results
for the Design for the Environment Computer Display Project,"
2000 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment
(San Francisco: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
May 2000).
M.L. Socolof
, M.B. Swanson, et al., "An Environmental Life‑Cycle Design Tool
for Assessing Product Improvement of CRT and LCD Computer Monitors,"
1999 IEEE International
Symposium on Electronics and the Environment , Danvers, MA, Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, May 1999.
Ms. Socolof is a project manager and researcher with EERC's Center for Clean Products and Clean Technologies. Her research interests involve evaluating life-cycle human health and environmental risks of products or processes to assist industry in making environmentally informed choices. She works with industry and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop, expand, and refine the application of various environmental life-cycle management tools and to evaluate competing products or processes for their environmental impacts, performance, and costs.
Ms. Socolof has worked extensively with the electronics industry to evaluate life-cycle environmental impacts of flat-panel displays, cathode-ray-tube displays, and lead-free solders. She has also worked with GreenSeal and the state of California to develop environmentally based electronics-equipment guidelines and environmentally preferable products lists for procurement.
Ms. Socolof previously worked at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, as a program manager, health scientist, and impact-assessment specialist, working primarily for the U.S. Department of Energy. Prior to that, she was an environmental regulatory analyst at Science Applications International Corporation in McLean, Virginia, where she worked on various waste-management and pollution-prevention projects for EPA.
Her primary nonprofessional interest is participating in gymnastics.