Todd Anderson’s teaching and research focusses on the movement and analysis of chemical contaminants (pollutants) in the environment. The ultimate objective is to evaluate and better characterize potential exposure of organisms to contaminants. An important set of supporting experiments involve specifically testing for the effects of selected chemicals, mostly using invertebrate models. At Texas Tech, Anderson has received the President’s Excellence in Teaching Award (2003), the Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Research Award (2004), was named an Integrated Scholar (2014) by the Provost, and in 2018 received the Barnie E. Rushing, Jr., Faculty Distinguished Research Award. In addition, he has received his department’s Outstanding Faculty Award (by graduate student vote) 9 times. In 2005, he was elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society; in Texas Tech’s nearly 100-year history, it is believed that fewer than 30 faculty have been named AAAS Fellow. In 2009 and again in 2020, he received the Champion of Women Award for mentoring women scientists from the West Texas - Association for Women in STEAM.