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150 Fearing StreetAmherst, MA 01002Phone(413) 549-5170Fax(413) 549-0579E-mailinfo@aehsfoundation.orgWeb sitehttp://www.aehsfoundation.org
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Isaac Aboulafia
is a registered professional engineer with over 17 years experience in theenvironmental engineering and remediation field. He specializes in feasibility evaluation,design, cost-estimating, implementation and construction of soil and groundwater assessment and remediation projects. He has expertise in soil and groundwater remediation projects utilizing innovative technologies such as in-situ chemical oxidation,bio-enhancements, enhanced soil vapor extraction, hydraulic removal/control andcomplicated engineered excavations. He has performed scores of due diligence andcompliance assessments to identify and quantify environmental liabilities at sites includingchemical manufacturing facilities, manufacturing plants, commercial shoppingcenters/restaurants/offices, multi-family residential properties and vacant land. Further, hehas designed and implemented plentiful site characterization projects to quantify the extentof contaminated soil and groundwater. Mr. Aboulafia has vast experience in negotiatingenvironmental issues with regulators and within the business community in support of rapidassessment and remediation of projects necessitated by real estate/business transactions.Mr. Aboulafia is MECX’s Chief Engineer, where he is responsible for evaluating andimplementing new and emerging remedial technologies for the remediation of hazardouswaste sites worldwide.
Farid Achour 
is a Senior Science Advisor and Manager at ENVIRON International Corp inIrvine California. He has a MS in Hydrogeology from USTHB in Algeria and a PhD in EarthSciences from the University of Besanson in France, he joined the Swiss institute of Hydrogeology for post doctoral researches on water availability in semi arid areas. Dr Achour has 15 years of experience in quantitative hydrogeology and data analysis appliedto environmental projects with specialty in geological and hydrogeological characterizationand remediation in porous and fractured medias, fate and transport modeling in porous andfractured media, surface water-ground water interaction analysis, and geochemicalmodeling. Expertise also includes geostatistics, statistics applied to environmental projects.
Gordon G. Alexander,
P.E. wishes that he had presented last year so that he could bragabout LSU’s football performance. He received his B.S. in chemical engineering from LSUbefore coming to UC Davis for his master’s work. He has worked on various forms of in situremediation for 22 years.George Alther has a MSC in Geology from the University of Toledo. He has manufacturedorganoclay for twenty years, in Michigan. He is sole owner of Biomin Inc, and manufacturesin Michigan. He owns 7 patents and has published over 110 technical and scientific articles.
George Alther 
has a MSC in Geology from the University of Toledo. He has manufacturedorganoclay for twenty years, in Michigan. He is sole owner of Biomin Inc, and manufacturesin Michigan. He owns 7 patents and has published over 110 technical and scientific articles.
 
150 Fearing StreetAmherst, MA 01002Phone(413) 549-5170Fax(413) 549-0579E-mailinfo@aehsfoundation.orgWeb sitehttp://www.aehsfoundation.org
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Meriah Arias-Thode
is an Environmental Microbiologist with the U.S. Navy at theSPAWAR, Pacific, San Diego, CA. She has a BS in Biological Sciences from the Universityof TX at San Antonio, and a PhD in Marine Biology from Scripps Institution of Oceanography. As Project Manager she has worked on the examination of differentsediment amendments and their potential toxicity to benthic community members. Her thesis work examined the diversity of bacteria under chromium (VI) reducing conditions.
Pedro Avila-Pérez
is Manager of Environmental Science Division, National Institute for Nuclear Research. He holds BS (biology), Master`s degree in Ecology and a PhD inEngineering (Water Science). His studies include evaluation of pollution in body waters,heavy metals transport, accumulation of heavy metals in aquatic organism, and applicationsof nuclear analytical techniques in environmental, health and related sciences. He ismember of the National System of Researchers in Mexico.
Walter Bahm
is currently involved with the 5-year Review Unit of the Underground StorageTank Cleanup Fund, State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB). He previouslyworked with corrective action projects at DOE sites, industrial sites and other RCRAactivities at the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC).
Cristina Barazzetti Barbieri
, is a Criminalist at Instituto Geral de Perícias, Rio Grande doSul State Government, Brazil. She coordinated the establishment of the EnvironmentalSector of Criminalistics Department at Instituto Geral de Perícias where she is currentlyworking doing field surveys and environmental crimes assessments reports. Mrs. Barbieripresently teaches Environmental Forensics at PUC-RS University and is Member of theEditorial Board of the Journal of Environmental Forensics and Forensic Biology periodic.Mrs. Barbieri received a Biological Sciences degree from PUC-RS University,Porto Alegre,RS, Brazil, a Specialist degree in Environmental Quality Management from PUC-RSUniversity,Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, in 2002 and a Master of Science degree in Ecology fromFederal University of Rio Grande do Sul, in 2003.
Bob Barnwell
is a Geologist with the Alabama Department of Environmental Management(ADEM) located in Montgomery, Alabama. Since 2004, Bob has worked in the ADEM LandDivision on CERCLA and RCRA projects at federal facilities located in Alabama. Bobprovides geologic and hydrogeologic services for the environmental cleanup programsunder the Defense and State Memorandum of Agreement. He is a state regulator for soiland groundwater investigations including site characterization, remedial alternatives,permitting, and risk assessments. His duties include oversight of perchlorate assessmentsat NASA and Department of Defense facilities. Investigations involve characterization andcleanup of perchlorate in soil and groundwater. Prior to ADEM, he worked for 16 years inthe environmental consulting field conducting
 
150 Fearing StreetAmherst, MA 01002Phone(413) 549-5170Fax(413) 549-0579E-mailinfo@aehsfoundation.orgWeb sitehttp://www.aehsfoundation.org
Association for EnvironmentalHealth and Sciences Foundation
assessments throughout the country basing out of Washington DC, Atlanta, GA, and SantaFe, New Mexico. Since 2005, Bob has contributed to ITRC as a team member representingthe state of Alabama for ITRC's Perchlorate team. Bob earned a bachelor's degree ingeology from Georgia Southern College in Statesboro, Georgia in 1988. He is certified as aProfessional Geologist in Alabama and Georgia.
Dennis D. Beckmann,
PE, DEE is currently the Laboratory Program Manager and Senior Environmental Engineer for BP's Remediation Management function in Houston, TX. He isa registered Professional Engineer and a Diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers. His current interests, in addition to managing the environmentalcontract laboratory program, include environmental forensics, groundwater monitoringoptimization, and technical site support. He has over 30 years of experience inenvironmental site investigation and remediation. Mr. Beckmann received his BS in CivilEngineering and his MS in Environmental Engineering from the University of Illinois atUrbana Champaign.
Jeffrey C. Bensch
is a principal engineer with Sierra West Consultants, Inc. He receivedhis Bachelor of Science and Masters degrees from the University of Colorado and CornellUniversity, respectively. Mr. Bensch specializes in civil and environmental engineering,water resources, and construction management. Mr. Bensch has 25 years of professionalexperience and has been involved in environmental investigations and remediation projectsfor the past 20 years.
Azra Bilgin,
Ph.D., is a senior scientist with Brown and Caldwell, Inc, Denver, CO. Dr. Bilgincurrently works on site assessment projects in Nevada, Arizona and Canada. Dr. Bilginreceived her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in EnvironmentalEngineering from Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey in 1997 and 1999, and aDoctor of Philosophy Degree in Environmental Science and Engineering from University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado in 2003. In 2005, under a SERDP grant she investigatedarsenic geochemistry in groundwater at California Institute of Technology, Pasadena,California.
Mark A. Bowland
is a senior consultant, project manager and risk assessor withEnvironmental Resources Management (ERM) in Sacramento, California. He has a B.S. inEnvironmental Toxicology from the University of California at Davis, and is a CaliforniaRegistered Environmental Assessor II with 16 years of experience in private environmentalconsulting. His experience encompasses complex, multi-pathway deterministic/probabilisticrisk assessments/risk based cleanup levels, risk communication, toxicology, fate/transportmodeling, litigation support, site investigation, remedial action objectives/workplans andregulatory support to public, private and military clients. His hazardous constituentsexperience includes metals, VOCs, SVOCs, PCBs, dioxins, PAHs, pesticides,radionuclides, asbestos, and petroleum at Superfund, private, schools, Voluntary
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