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Superfund Site Monitoring Optimization (MAROS)
PAH Contamination in Sediments—Uncertainty Analysis (Isatis)
Optimization of Long-Term Monitoring at Former Nebraska Ordnance Plant (GTS; Summit Envirosolutions)
Optimization of Lead-Contaminated Soil Remediation at a Former Lead Smelter (EVS/MVS)
Extent of Radiological Contamination in Soil at Four Sites near the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant, Japan (ArcGIS)
Optimization of Groundwater Monitoring at a Research Facility in New Jersey (GWSDAT)
Optimization of Sediment Sampling at a Tidally Influenced Site (ArcGIS)
Stringfellow Superfund Site Monitoring Optimization (MAROS)
Lead Contamination in Soil (ArcGIS)
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Team Contacts

Ning-Wu Chang, Team Leader
California Department of Toxic Substances Control
[email protected]
(714) 484-5485

Harold Templin
Indiana Department of Environmental Management
[email protected]
(317) 232-8711

Lesley Hay Wilson
Program Advisor
Sage Risk Solutions, LLC
[email protected]
512-327-0902

Shanna Alexander
Georgia Environmental Protection Division
[email protected]
404-657-8658

Susan Baez-Cazull
Noblis, Inc.
[email protected]
(979) 575-0279

Paul Beam
U.S. Department of Energy
[email protected]
301-903-8133

David Becker
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
[email protected]
402-697-2655

Richard (Kirby) Biggs
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(703) 823-3081
[email protected]

Marlena Brewer
Alaska, Department of Environmental Conservation
[email protected]
907-269-1099

Anna Butler
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
[email protected]
912-652-5515

Tanwir Chaudhry
U.S. Navy
[email protected]
(805) 982-1609

Gunarti Coghlan
U.S. Navy
[email protected]
(202) 685-9299

Kevin Collins
Georgia Environmental Protection Division
[email protected]
404-657-8600

Wesley Dyck
GHD
[email protected]
519-884-0510

Erin Endsley
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
[email protected]
218-302-6619

Ali Furmall
New Mexico Environment Department
[email protected]
505-827-0078

James Gleason
Trihydro Corporation
[email protected]
307-745-7474

Dibakar Goswami
Washington State Department of Ecology
[email protected]
509-372-7902

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Mike Hawthorne
GEI Consultants
[email protected]
817-371-8888

Allen Hemberger
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
[email protected]
508-946-2853

Philip Hunter
U.S. Air Force
[email protected]
210-395-8412Adam Janzen
Barr Engineering Company
[email protected]
952-842-3596

Wayne Jones
Shell
[email protected]
+441614994617

Mavis Kent
Plateau Geoscience Group LLC
[email protected]
360-521-2592

Michael Kwiecinski
Colorado Division of Oil and Public Safety
[email protected]
303-318-8512

Carla Landrum
AMEC Foster Wheeler
[email protected]
(916) 853-8932

Gail Lipfert
Maine Department of Environmental Protection
[email protected]
(207) 287-7650

Mark Malander
ExxonMobil
[email protected]
(832) 625-7601

Mary Jo Ondrechen
Northeastern University
[email protected]
617-373-2856

Daniel Ross
Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality
[email protected]
(402) 471-2988

Cannon Silver
CDM Smith
[email protected]
(614) 847-6866

Lizanne Simmons
Kleinfelder, Inc.
[email protected]
(858) 320-2267

David Smit
Mountain Area Land Trust
[email protected]
(303) 953-1924

Chris Stubbs
Ramboll Environ
[email protected]
(510) 420-2552

Edward Winner
Commonwealth of Kentucky
[email protected]
(502) 564-5981



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