- Was a second-generation Italian American.
- Author of "Exposure Science: Basic Principles and Applications", a book for professionals, graduate and postgraduate students in aligned fields within environmental health and risk assessment, such as environmental toxicology and epidemiology. [2014].
- Author of "DUST: The Inside Story of Its Role in the September 11th Aftermath", a book for the public about the scientific issues that arose during the World Trade Center aftermath, and the lessons we need to still learn or better understand to deal with natural or terrorist catastrophes. [2010].
- At his death he was a professor of environmental and occupational health of the Rutgers University School of Public Health, in Piscataway, NJ, as well as the department's deputy director for government relations.
- His last name, Lioy, is pronounced 'LEE-oy'.
- Earned a bachelor's degree in physics from Montclair State College (now Montclair State University) in 1969, a master's degree in physics from Auburn University in Alabama in 1971, and master's and doctoral degrees in environmental science from Rutgers in 1975.
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