Background
Coats, Joel Robert was born on April 24, 1948 in Kenton, Ohio, United States. Son of William Gilbert and Catherine Elizabeth Coats.
Coats, Joel Robert was born on April 24, 1948 in Kenton, Ohio, United States. Son of William Gilbert and Catherine Elizabeth Coats.
Bachelor of Science, Arizona State University, 1970; Master of Science, University of Illinois, 1972; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, 1974.
Research associate, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1974-1976;
visiting professor, U. Guelph, Ontario, Canada, 1976-1978;
assistant professor, Iowa State University, Ames, 1978-1981;
associate professor, Iowa State University, Ames, 1981-1986;
professor, Iowa State University, Ames, since 1986. Science review panel United States Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, 1986-1997. Review team United States National Institute Environmental Health Science, Washington, 1986-1987, 96-97.
Consultant Battelle Institute, Richland, Washington, 1988-1989, Continental Grain, New York, TelTech, Minneapolis, Eastern Research Group, Lexington, Massachusetts, others.
Coach Ames Little League Baseball, 1984-1989. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society (chairman agrochem division 1992). Member Entomological Society American, Society Toxicology (president central state chapter 1988), Society Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Pesticides Science Society Japan, Quantitative Structure Activity Relations hip Society, Association Official Analytical Chemists.
Married Susan Anne Orkins, June 12, 1971 (divorced 1987). Children: Sarah, Jesse, Aaron. Married Rebecca Jane Fisher, July 9, 1988.
Stepchildren: Beth, Annie.