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U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) INTERNATIONAL DECONTAMINATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIESContentsKeynote Speakers..........................................................................................................................................2

Lance Brooks..................................................................................................................................................... 2

Juliette Kayyem................................................................................................................................................. 3

Dana Tulis.......................................................................................................................................................... 3

Last names A-G..............................................................................................................................................4

Kirk Baker.......................................................................................................................................................... 4

Timothy Bauer.................................................................................................................................................. 4

Jorge Chen......................................................................................................................................................... 5

Evan Durnal....................................................................................................................................................... 5

Gary Flory.......................................................................................................................................................... 6

William Greer.................................................................................................................................................... 6

Dale Griffin........................................................................................................................................................ 7

Last names H-J...............................................................................................................................................8

Steven Harvey................................................................................................................................................... 8

Levi Haupert...................................................................................................................................................... 8

Thomas Hofmann.............................................................................................................................................. 8

Megan Howard..................................................................................................................................................9

Ryan James........................................................................................................................................................ 9

William Jolin.................................................................................................................................................... 10

Last names K-N............................................................................................................................................10

Michael Kaminski.............................................................................................................................................10

Staci Kane........................................................................................................................................................ 11

Yoojeong Kim...................................................................................................................................................11

Marek Kuzma...................................................................................................................................................12

Paul Lemieux................................................................................................................................................... 12

John Lipscomb................................................................................................................................................. 13

Matthew Magnuson........................................................................................................................................ 13

Brent Mantooth...............................................................................................................................................14

Adriano Marin................................................................................................................................................. 14

Keely Maxwell................................................................................................................................................. 15

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Victor Medina.................................................................................................................................................. 15

Anne Mikelonis................................................................................................................................................15

Scott Nelson.................................................................................................................................................... 16

Last names O-Z.............................................................................................................................................16

Juan Reyes....................................................................................................................................................... 16

Molly Rodgers..................................................................................................................................................17

David See......................................................................................................................................................... 17

Jaleh Semmler................................................................................................................................................. 18

Shannon Serre................................................................................................................................................. 18

Sanjiv Shah...................................................................................................................................................... 18

Jeff Szabo......................................................................................................................................................... 19

Sarah Taft........................................................................................................................................................ 19

Rusi Taleyarkhan............................................................................................................................................. 20

Stuart Willison................................................................................................................................................. 20

Joseph Wood................................................................................................................................................... 21

Barbara Wyrzykowska-Ceradini.......................................................................................................................21

Richard Yamada...............................................................................................................................................21

Speaker Biographies2018 Decontamination Research and Development Conference 2

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Keynote Speakers

Lance BrooksDefense Threat Reduction AgencyMr. Brooks leads the Cooperative Biological Engagement Program (CBEP) which counters the threat posed by dangerous pathogens and related materials and expertise, as well as other emerging infectious disease risk (pandemic). CBEP’s mission is achieved through the integration of three key program pillars: 1) Biological Security and Safety capacity building 2) Scientist Engagement and Cooperative Research, and 3) Disease Surveillance, Detection, Diagnosis, and Reporting.

Previously, Mr. Brooks was the Chief for the Chemical/Biological Research & Development Branch within the Science and Technology Directorate of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The Branch conducted research, development, testing, and evaluation in Chemical/Biological Detection as well as Chemical/Biological Attack Resiliency program areas. Projects included chemical detection for facility monitoring, biological trigger and confirmer detectors for rapid response, biological assay development for detection and laboratory analysis, chemical detection and decontamination in subways, and wide area biological recovery and restoration. Prior to joining, DHS, he was a project manager in the Chemical and Biological National Security Program in the U.S. Department of Energy where he managed the Detection research area and Demonstration Application Programs conducted within the National Laboratories. Mr. Brooks also has 13 years of experience as an analytical chemist with the U.S. EPA. While at the U.S. EPA, he managed the preparative and analytical chemistry support laboratory for the National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory’s Environmental Carcinogenesis Division. His work experience includes field-sampling, preparation of complex mixtures for bioassay, as well as qualitative/quantitative analysis of environmental mutagens. He also has experience establishing certified drinking water and radiochemistry laboratories.

Mr. Brooks holds a B.S. in Biochemistry from North Carolina State University.

Juliette KayyemHarvard UniversityMs. Kayyem is a national leader in homeland and national security. She presently serves as CEO of Zemcar, a lifestyle company focused on connecting busy parents with qualified drivers to solve their family’s transportation needs. A frequent on-air national security analyst for CNN, Ms. Kayyem also serves as the Faculty Director of


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the Homeland Security Project at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government where she is also the Robert and Renee Belfer Lecturer in International Security.

Previously, Ms. Kayyem served as President Obama’s Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Before that, Ms. Kayyem was Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick’s homeland security advisor, guiding regional planning and the Commonwealth’s first interoperability plan, while overseeing the U.S. National Guard.

Ms. Kayyem provides strategic consulting to Fortune 500 companies and start-ups in technology, risk management, mega-event planning, and cybersecurity. Some of her clients include Airbnb, Rave Mobile Safety, UPS’ Americans for Securing All Packages, and CyPhy drones.

Ms. Kayyem’s memoir Security Mom: My Life Protecting the Home and Homeland, tells stories of her professional life in homeland security and her personal life as a mother. She is a member of the Trilateral Commission, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Global Cyber Alliance, and formerly served on the DHS Secretary’s Homeland Security Advisory Committee. Ms. Kayyem is also a board member of MassINC and the Red Cross of Massachusetts.

A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, she is the mother of three children and married to First Circuit Court of Appeals Judge David Barron.

Dana TulisUnited States Coast GuardMs. Tulis assumed the duties of the Director, Incident Management and Preparedness Policy (CG-5RI) in January 2016. She is responsible for establishing, developing, and implementing policies, strategies, and goals to meet the U.S. Coast Guard’s (USCG) Incident Response Mission. She provides strategic programmatic oversight for the Offices of Search and Rescue, Contingency Preparedness and Exercise, Marine Environmental Response, and the National Response Center.

Prior to this position, Ms. Tulis served as both the Deputy Office Director and Acting Office Director for the U.S. EPA’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM).

She served in these Senior Executive Service (SES) positions from 2004 to 2016. She managed a $250 million budget and 75 staff, chaired the 15-Agency National Response Team and provided direction to the Regional Response Teams and the Agency’s National Incident Coordination Team for preparedness and response for large scale national emergencies. She provided leadership to the U.S. EPA’s preparedness and response programs for chemical, biological, and radiological and nuclear agents including the management of mobile analytical assets. She also provided strategic direction to the Agency’s chemical and oil regulatory prevention programs. During the Deepwater Horizon Response, Ms. Tulis served as the Agency’s National Incident Coordinator; overseeing the Agency’s Emergency Operations Center and coordinating


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with USCG, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and U.S. EPA leadership. She provided the U.S. EPA guidance to responses such as Superstorm Sandy, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Joplin Tornado, Yellowstone River Oil Spill, Midwest Flooding, as well as day-to-day Emergency Responses and Removals.

Prior to OEM, Ms. Tulis served as the Center Director, Analytical Operations/Data Quality Center for the U.S. EPA’s Office of Emergency and Remedial Response. In this role, she directly supported the World Trade Center response and ensured the sampling and interpretation of over 235,000 laboratory analyses and supported the risk assessment and cleanup efforts.

Ms. Tulis’ prior positions at the U.S. EPA included serving as the Director of the Implementation Division and Chief of the Operations Branch in the Office of Underground Storage Tanks.

Ms. Tulis is a native New Yorker, possesses bachelor degrees in Biology and Psychology from Colby College and a Master’s Degree in Environmental Engineering from Duke University.

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Kirk BakerUnited States Environmental Protection AgencyDr. Baker is a physical scientist in the U.S. EPA’s Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards. Dr. Baker has a Ph.D. in Public Health from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Timothy Bauer Naval Surface Warfare Center – Dahlgren DivisionMr. Bauer received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Delaware in 1985 and his Master of Science in Chemical Engineering from North Carolina State University in 1987. He is working to obtain his Ph.D. in Atmospheric and Oceanic Science at the University of Maryland in College Park in December 2018. He recently passed 30 years working as a U.S. Department of Defense civilian for the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, VA within the Chemical, Biological, Radiological (CBR) Defense Division. Throughout his career, Mr. Bauer has conducted modeling and analysis of CBR incidents and has supported a wide variety of programs dealing with developing CBR defense doctrine and equipment as a subject matter expert.

Mr. Bauer chairs the Modeling and Simulation Capability Area Process Action Team (CAPAT) within the Test and Evaluation Capabilities and Methodologies Integrated-Process Team (TECMIPT). He also chairs the NATO Challenge Level Panel under the Joint Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Defense Capability Group.


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Additionally, Mr. Bauer has been supporting the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Transportation Security Administration (TSA) since 2006 by providing expertise regarding predicting hazards from TIC incidents.

Jorge ChenUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraDr. Chen is a postdoctoral researcher in the Geography Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he completed his Ph.D. in 2017. His current research centers on the automatic generation of 3D indoor maps from point clouds. Prior to returning to school for a Ph.D., he worked as a civil engineer with the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and other governmental agencies. His research interests involve 3D remote sensing, urban modeling, and smart cities.

Evan DurnalMRIGlobalMr. Durnal holds a B.S. in Molecular Bioscience from Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas and an M.S. in Criminal Justice from the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, Missouri. As a Senior Chemist and group lead at MRIGlobal, one of the nation’s leading research institutes, he has more than a decade of experience in the test and evaluation of commercial-off-the-shelf and emerging chemical detection products including GC/MS, FTIR, Raman, RTMIS, IMS, and colorimetric products to name a few. He is also well versed on the development and validation of chemical collection devices and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE)-related detection and decontamination products. In addition to holding multiple hazardous chemical handling and response certifications, Mr. Durnal has experience in chemical agent handling, as well as the synthesis, detection, and decontamination of fentanyl and numerous analogs. In addition to multiple peer-reviewed publications and professional presentations, he has been recognized internationally in the Economist and has been the recipient of multiple MRIGlobal internal awards. In 2012, he was named one of Ingram’s magazine’s “2012 Twenty in their 20’s” and in 2014, he co-founded and developed CBRNE Tech Index©, an online CBRNE-related product database powered by MRIGlobal that now hosts over 5,000 users per month as an unbiased source for CBRNE product information.

Gary FloryVirginia Department of Environmental QualityMr. Flory is the Agricultural Program Manager for the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. In this role, Mr. Flory provides leadership on numerous issues


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surrounding the nexus of agriculture, the environment, and public health. Mr. Flory also founded G.A. Flory Consulting, a global consulting firm, to help clients with a range of services including animal disease and natural disaster response, agricultural emergency planning, and emergency response training. Mr. Flory has conducted training, given presentations, and deployed on numerous animal disease outbreaks around the country and as far away as the Dominican Republic, Malaysia, and Azerbaijan. He was a lead author of U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA), recently released Catastrophic Livestock Composting Protocol and Mortality Composting Protocol for Avian Influenza Infected Flocks. Mr. Flory has published articles on a variety of topics including the Global Health Security Agenda, the weaponization of emerging infectious diseases, biosurveillance, and counter-agroterrorism. He was awarded the Agency Star award by the Governor of Virginia for his community service and leadership on animal disease response.

Mr. Flory is the chair of the Animal Health Quadrilateral Meeting of the Emergency Management Task Group & Disposal, Destruction & Disinfection (QUADS 3D) Network; co-chairs the International Symposium on Animal Mortality Management; and participates in a variety of working groups including the USDA/APHIS Composting Technical Committee; the Chesapeake Bay Program’s Agricultural Workgroup, Virginia Poultry Disease Taskforce, and the Virginia Catastrophic Livestock Mortality Taskforce.

William GreerAir Force Research LaboratoryMr. Greer, Program Manager, Joint Chemical Biological Modeling, Simulation and Analysis, leads the 711th Human Performance Wing’s Aircraft Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Survivability team within the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL). Mr. Greer leads research and development focused on a CBRN counterproliferation portfolio encompassing aircraft CBRN survivability, modeling, simulation and analysis, as well as select CBRN contamination survivability studies and CBRN Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) sensing technologies. He also consults for the Air Force’s aircraft development program offices on Chemical, Biological, Radiological (CBR) survivability matters. Additionally, Mr. Greer conducts research of systems-level aircraft decontamination technologies to address CBR contamination survivability spanning both legacy and new aircraft as well as performing field experiments and testing to verify systems-level contamination survivability for operational systems.

Mr. Greer’s Air Force career began when he was commissioned in 1982 and then served over 23 years. His introduction to CBRN defense and survivability began in 1996 when he was assigned to lead Chemical and Biological (CB) modeling, simulation and analysis projects at AFRL. He continued to grow his CBRN experience in 2002 when he was selected to lead the U.S. Department of Energy’s nuclear and radiological consequence management programs before returning to AFRL in 2003 and leading several CB research efforts including work on aircraft CB survivability. In 2007, Mr.


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Greer retired from active duty and began his civilian career in the 711 Human Performance Wing leading CBR air base operations research and development and Aircraft CBRN Survivability Science and Technology initiatives.

Dale GriffinUnited States Geological SurveyDr. Griffin received a B.S. in Microbiology, a M.S. in Public Health and a Doctorate of Philosophy with a research focus on the use of molecular methods for detection of standard water quality indicators, alternate indicators (Clostridium and phage), pathogens (Giardia, Cryptosporidium, Enteroviruses, etc.), and source-tracking microorganisms (Enteroviruses and F-specific coliphage) in aquatic environments from the University of South Florida (graduate advisor, Dr. Joan B. Rose). In his first Post Doctoral position (USF, Dr. J.H. Paul) he worked on human viral detection assays, marine lysogeny and isolation of viruses lytic to the red-tide agent Karenia brevis. In his second Post Doctoral position (USGS, Dr. E.A. Shinn) he worked on a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) funded grant to study microbiology and public health issues associated with atmospheric transoceanic transport of African and Asian dust storms (microorganisms, toxicity, geochemistry) to the Americas. Dr. Griffin is currently employed by the U.S. Geological Survey as an environmental public health microbiologist and is working on microbial water quality issues, long-range dust storm associated dispersion of microorganisms around the globe and how the geochemistry of soils control the background distribution of pathogens.

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Steven HarveyUnited States Army Edgewood Chemical Biological CenterMr. Harvey is a principal investigator at the U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center where he has been primarily researching microbial degradation and enzymatic catalysis of chemical nerve agents for the past 28 years. Currently he is working on developing the Organophosphorus acid anhydrolase and phosphotriesterase enzymes as catalytic antidotes for nerve agent poisoning. He is author/co-author of 41 refereed publications and eight patents.


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Levi HaupertUnited States Environmental Protection AgencyDr. Haupert, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral fellow working with the U.S. EPA’s National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC). His current research efforts focus on remediation of contaminated plastic drinking water pipes. Dr. Haupert received his doctorate in chemistry in 2012 from Purdue University where he used quantum computational software and ultrafast optics to investigate the behavior of biopolymers and excited state complexes.

Thomas HofmannZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, SwitzerlandMr. Hofmann has the expertise, leadership, training, and motivation from science and application necessary to successfully carry out as well Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) task in difficult environment. He has a broad background in chemistry and occupational hygiene, with specific training and expertise in CBRN Hazards like Dirty Bombs or chemical spill outs within the last 20 years. His research includes several years of cooperation with the federal CBRN lab in Spiez and a close cooperation with international industry partners.

Megan HowardBattelleDr. Howard is the lead Virologist in Battelle’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE)-Defense Advanced Research and Development ‘Omics group.

Dr. Howard and her colleagues are responsible for solving problems ranging from bio-surveillance, testing and evaluation, decontamination methods and forensics. She is also heavily involved in expanding Battelle’s Virology offerings.

Prior to joining Battelle, Dr. Howard was faculty at the University of Alaska, Anchorage and California Polytechnic State University. Dr. Howard’s research group focused on emerging infectious diseases, bioaerosol decontamination and zoonoses. A co-founder of the Alaska bat-borne infectious disease group, her research continues in Alaska with collaborators at the University, the Alaska department of Fish and Game and the U.S. Forest Service.


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Dr. Howard holds a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from Case Western Reserve University and a Doctorate of Philosophy from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center. Her post-doctoral work was at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She lives in Columbus, Ohio where she enjoys mountain biking and watching Star Trek with her blue heeler, Q.

Ryan JamesBattelleDr. Ryan James, a Battelle Senior Research Scientist, holds a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry which he has applied on various studies that have involved radiological decontamination technology evaluation as well as drinking water system decontamination research, several approaches to drinking water treatment, multiple examples of technology testing, field sampling, analytical methods development, and laboratory analysis of environmental and biological samples. One of his primary interests has been in the field of radiological decontamination testing with the bulk of his projects being performed for the U.S. EPA’s National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC).

William JolinArgonne National LaboratoryDr. Jolin is an environmental engineer currently working in nuclear security and response at Argonne National Laboratory. His research focuses on the rapid decontamination of surfaces following a radiological incident. Specifically, his work aims to understand the removal mechanisms of radionuclides from building materials and utilize that information to develop full scale operating procedures and waste treatment strategies. He is also developing surrogate far field fallout particles for decontamination testing of naval aircraft surfaces. He began at Argonne National Laboratory as an Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) graduate summer intern in 2015 and continued on as a post-doc after graduate school. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut in August 2016.


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Michael KaminskiArgonne National LaboratoryDr. Kaminski received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in Nuclear Engineering with an emphasis on radioactive waste management. He is a member of the Security Systems Analysis and Testing group in the Strategic Security Sciences Division at Argonne National Laboratory and Adjunct Associate Professor in Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering at the University of Illinois. He has authored more than 100 papers, book chapters, and reports, and more than 150 presentations of his work. He has been continuously involved in nuclear waste minimization and stabilization technologies since his undergraduate studies where he developed magnetic polymeric microspheres for selective radionuclide separations from liquid wastes. He led waste-form design and testing, thermal transport and radiation dosimetry, and waste facility design for advanced nuclear fuel cycles for the U.S. Department of Energy. Over the years, he has evaluated and developed technologies for the decontamination of nuclear facilities and urban centers following a radionuclide release. These include evaluating and testing chemical decontamination technologies for removal of actinide and fission product contaminations from steels; developing a novel gel-based decontamination agent for removal of radioactive isotopes from porous building materials; working with the U.S. military to design interrogation and decontamination methods for radioactively contaminated military vehicles and equipment; and developing a wide-area (city-wide) decontamination system based on common reagents, equipment, and techniques available world-wide.

Staci KaneLawrence Livermore National Laboratory Dr. Kane is an environmental microbiologist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. She has B.S. (University of Wisconsin-Madison) and M.S. degrees (Ohio State University) in Soil Science/Agronomy and a Ph.D. in Microbiology (University of Tennessee-Knoxville). Dr. Kane has worked on environmental monitoring of specific microbial populations and their activities for over 20 years, applying real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and other molecular-based analysis methods, as well as chemical analysis methods to environmental samples. Dr. Kane has supported biothreat monitoring activities through the BioWatch program including directing laboratory analysis work, establishing QA/QC practices/procedures, conducting surrogate release field studies, developing sample analysis protocols, and evaluating new assays, collectors, and analysis platforms. In partnership with the U.S. EPA, her team has developed rapid viability PCR-based methods for B. anthracis, Y. pestis and F. tularensis for application to environmental samples, including high throughput (semi-automated) sample processing for biothreat agent characterization and


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remediation. Other efforts have included development and evaluation of wide-area decontamination methods for B. anthracis spores and ricin analysis from post-decon samples, as well as evaluation/optimization of viability analysis methods for air and surface samples from subway environments.

Yoojeong KimTriton Systems, Inc.Dr. Kim is Director in the New Applications & Ventures Group at Triton. Her last 15 years of research at Triton Systems has been in the area of biological warfare agent defense. Some of the significant research efforts include: 1) modeling of resuspension of biological agents that were previously deposited on surfaces, 2) experiments on aerodynamically driven particle resuspension to determine the effects of relative humidity and particle and surface properties (using particles as physical simulants of biological agents), and 3) development of biological indicators and a detector for decontamination assurance. She is the Principal Investigator (PI) for a second Chemical and Biological Defense (CBD) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II program, entitled “Rapid, Quantitative Biological Indicator System for Bacillus Thuringiensis Al Hakem Spores.” She also has worked on developing antimicrobial surfaces or particles to kill pathogenic bacteria and disinfect viruses or neutralize biological agents. Her current research efforts also include developing medical and healthcare devices, and she is the PI for a U.S. Air Force SBIR Phase II program, entitled “SMART Bandage for Monitoring Wound Perfusion.” Dr. Kim has background in biochemical engineering, reactor design, enzyme kinetics, and polymer science.

Marek KuzmaInstitute of Microbiology, Czech RepublicDr. Kuzma is a senior researcher at the Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. He received his Ph.D. in organic chemistry at the Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Czech Republic.

Dr. Kuzma is the head of the scientific team responsible for the development of decontamination methods for the remediation of wide areas exposed to biological and chemical threats. He has gained his experiences as a manager and investigator of a scientific project dealing with decontamination. His team has expertise in the field of decontaminations using vaporized hydrogen peroxide, as well as in the development of new gaseous decontamination media, their testing and the development of devices for their field application. They are cooperating with Military Research Institute, Brno, Czech Republic, Biodefence Center of the Central Military Health Institute at Techonin, Czech Republic, National Institute for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Protection, Milin, Czech Republic and Institute of Virology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic on remediation methods for decontamination of wide areas exposed to extremely persistent and virulent pathogens and chemical warfare agents.


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Paul LemieuxUnited States Environmental Protection AgencyDr. Lemieux is the Acting Division Director of the Decontamination and Consequence Management Division of the U.S. EPA’s National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC). Dr. Lemieux has a B.S. in Chemistry from Seattle University and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Utah. He has been with the U.S. EPA’s Office of Research and Development for 30 years, initially studying formation and control of pollutants from combustion systems, and more recently has been working on management of residues from cleanup after chemical/biological/radiological incidents and foreign animal disease outbreaks, and has been working on decision support tools to aid decision makers during wide-area contamination incidents. His current research projects include an in-house project examining issues related to capture of cesium on sorbent particles during biomass combustion as a Radiological Dispersal Device (RDD) waste volume reduction method, and a project with the U.S. Forest Service to examine partitioning of cesium between residual ash and airborne flyash particles following a wildfire in a radionuclide-contaminated forest. Dr. Lemieux is a member of the Air & Waste Management Association and sits on the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Research Committee on Energy, Environment, and Waste.

John LipscombUnited States Environmental Protection AgencyDr. Lipscomb, Ph.D., is a board-certified toxicologist with 20-plus years’ experience in human health risk assessment at the federal level. Employed in the U.S. EPA’s National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC) in Cincinnati, Ohio, he is responsible for guiding the development of risk values used for compliance monitoring and managing responses to unanticipated exposures. His primary responsibility is developing estimates of human health risk from acute and short duration exposures to toxic industrial chemicals and chemical warfare agents that might occur from accidents, terrorist activities, or natural disasters. He has developed and applies peer reviewed risk assessment methods to determine risk values that quantify risk (not safety) at exposures otherwise characterized only as “exceedances.” This critical, quantitative information supports emergency planning scenarios and guides response and remediation operations. Dr. Lipscomb has also served as Chemical Manager for the U.S. EPA’s Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) and Provisional Peer-Reviewed Toxicity Values (PPRTV) risk assessment programs, as co-lead for the U.S. EPA guidance on quantitative risk assessment, and he has edited texts and presented training on toxicology, toxicokinetics, and risk assessment focused on single chemicals and chemical mixtures. Prior to joining the U.S. EPA, he served as a Captain (Research Toxicologist) in the U.S. Air Force and a Principal Investigator at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s National Center for Toxicological Research in Jefferson, AR. He is a member of the American Industrial Hygiene Association’s Emergency Response


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Planning Guideline committee, NSF International’s Health Advisory Board, an adjunct associate professor of Toxicology at the University of Louisville, and a past president of the American Board of Toxicology, the Society for Risk Analysis’ Dose Response Specialty Group and the Society of Toxicology’s Risk Assessment Specialty Section.

Matthew MagnusonUnited States Environmental Protection AgencyDr. Magnuson is a Research Chemist for the U.S. EPA’s Homeland Security Research Program’s Water Infrastructure Protection Division, and has been with the U.S. EPA in Cincinnati, Ohio since 1996. He received his Ph.D. in chemistry in 1994 from the University of Oklahoma, and is author of over 50 peer reviewed publications in areas including homeland security, analytical chemistry, environmental chemistry, and forensic analysis. He is currently involved in homeland security programs related to analysis and environmental fate of Chemical, Biological, Radiological (CBR) contaminants. Another major focus of his work, which includes collaborations with the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Department of Homeland Security, is on approaches for the management and treatment of very large volumes of CBR contaminated water and wastewater.

Brent MantoothUnited States Army Edgewood Chemical Biological CenterDr. Mantooth is a Research Chemist on the Decontamination Sciences branch at the Edgewood Chemical Biological Center. Dr. Mantooth is the Principal Investigator (PI) for the development of the Decontamination System Performance Model (Decon SPM) to predict the performance of decontaminants by modeling the chemical and physical transport processes associated with agent contamination and decontamination in various operationally relevant materials. Dr. Mantooth has also been the PI for updating chemical decontamination test methodology for the U.S. Department of Defense, which has resulted in significant refinements to how chemical decontaminants are evaluated including vapor testing, contact testing, and how the results are used to perform health-based risk assessments. Other research areas include the development of improved protective coatings to provide agent resistance to materials, and materials characterization to understand chemical transport in polymers. He earned a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Pennsylvania State University in 2005, a B.S. in Chemistry and a B.A. in Computer Science from Mercer University in 1999. Dr. Mantooth has published 46 technical reports and 34 peer reviewed publications.

Adriano MarinWOW Kemical, ItalyMr. Marin received his Master’s Degree in Electronic Engineering, specializing in applied and quantum electronics at the University of Padova, Italy. He founded Cross


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Technology, Srl in 2004 and served as CEO until 2012, when he became Pesident and CEO of WOW Technology, Srl. He is also the director of two subsidiaries of WOW Technology, WOW NUCLEAR, and WOW KEMICAL. These companies focus on developing innovative processes to decontaminate fluids and surfaces after Chemical, Biological, Radiological (CBR) contamination, like the WoW™ Wonderful Water solution. Mr. Marin also has experience designing hardware for aerospace and satellite systems devices.

Keely MaxwellUnited States Environmental Protection AgencyDr. Maxwell is a General Anthropologist in the U.S. EPA’s National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC). An environmental anthropologist and ecologist by training, she first came to the U.S. EPA as a AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow. Her current research focuses on community resilience to disasters and social dimensions of environmental cleanups. She has a Ph.D. from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.

Victor MedinaUnited States Army Corps of EngineersDr. Medina is an Environmental Engineer with the U.S. Army Engineer Research & Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg MS. He has served in this position since April 2003. He is also the Leader for the Environmental Security Engineering Team (ESET), a research team dedicated to developing environmental technologies for homeland security, force protection, disaster response, and other security applications. He is the lead for the Environmental Security Focus Area for the Environmental Laboratory. Dr. Medina was promoted to the DB-5/GS-15 level in July 2007. He received an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering at the University of Southern California, and a B.S. in Geology from the University of California, Los Angeles. His research is focused on environmental remediation of military facilities, water and wastewater treatment, and environmental security. Current projects include development of novel graphene oxide membranes, treatment technologies for hazardous algal blooms, and, of course, treatment of decontamination wash water.

Anne MikelonisUnited States Environmental Protection AgencyDr. Mikelonis is a researcher in the U.S. EPA’s National Homeland Security Research Center’s (NHSRC) Division of Decontamination and Consequence Management. Her


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current work focuses on the fate and transport of biological and radiological contaminants in urban areas. Previously, her research focused on physical/chemical water and wastewater treatment processes and nanoparticle synthesis and characterization. Anne holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Northwestern University, a M.Eng. in Environmental Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. She is also a registered professional engineer in the state of North Carolina.

Scott NelsonBattelleMr. Nelson is a Research Scientist at Battelle in the Research & Development Advanced Omics group. He received a B.A. in Biology from Capital University. He has worked to solve challenges in diverse focus areas including human genomics and the detection and isolation of environmental microorganisms for over 14 years at Battelle. Mr. Nelson is currently the Laboratory Director for a BSL-2/BSL-3 laboratory suite and enjoys collaborating with experts across scientific disciplines.

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Juan ReyesFairfax County, Virginia, Department of Public Works & Environmental ServicesMr. Reyes, Assistant Director for Public Works and Environmental Services in Fairfax County, VA, is an environmental public health, homeland security, and public works practitioner with 39+ years of civil service in various levels of responsibilities, including senior executive, in federal, state, and municipal government. While in federal service at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and U.S. EPA, he led homeland and national security programs addressing environmental and health consequences from disasters, and directed programs in radiation protection, worker safety, water pollution control, ground and drinking water protection, and hazardous waste management. He has led international missions to assist environmental and public health professionals in Europe, the Americas, and in Japan to address the aftermath of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant accident. He has also led programs to build environmental, public health, and emergency preparedness capacity in states and municipalities throughout the United States. His recent work experience includes managing state and local public works, environmental, and public health programs. His educational background


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includes a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering and Environmental Science from the University of Central Florida, environmental engineering post-graduate work at Georgia Tech, and a Masters of Science from University of Georgia. Mr. Reyes is also a graduate of the Public Health Leadership Institute at UNC/Chapel Hill.

Molly RodgersEastern Research Group, Inc.Ms. Rodgers is a senior project manager with Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG) with nearly 20 years of experience supporting projects for the U.S. EPA that address diverse topics covering environmental policy analysis, information technology, data management and visualization, and technical outreach. She holds a B.S in Environmental Science, Masters in Information Technology and is a Certified Scrum Master®. Ms. Rodgers has provided technical support to the U.S. EPA’s National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC) for over 16 years and is currently managing support for the U.S. EPA’s “Management & Disposal of Vehicles & Logistical Planning for Transporting Large Volumes of Waste Following a Wide-area Incident” project, as well as NHSRC’s Incident Waste Decision Support Tool (I-WASTE). Last fall, Ms. Rodgers led all aspects of development for NHSRC’s RADAR tool – from product visioning and design to iterative development, testing and alpha deployment. She specializes in developing interactive tools that leverage cross-programmatic U.S. EPA data to enhance data visualization and analysis in support of research and decision-making. She emphasizes understanding the questions users need to answer and developing solutions to simply and effectively communicate options.

David SeeBattelleMr. See is a Research Scientist at Battelle’s Hazardous Materials Research Center (HMRC) in West Jefferson, Ohio. He has been involved in research focused on testing and evaluation of chemical warfare agent (CWA) and emerging threat decontamination, detection, and protection methodologies for over 12 years. His research has supported both commercial and government clients, including the U.S. EPA National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC), U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and U.S. Marine Corps (USMC).

Mr. See has supported NHSRC research efforts focused on the characterization of CWA contamination as well as the evaluation and development of remediation strategies. Specifically, these efforts have included: study of CWA fate and transport through permeable paint and sealant coatings into porous subsurfaces; evaluation of natural attenuation as a decontamination option for nonporous and porous materials contaminated with CWA; evaluation of select decontaminants to neutralize CWA contamination on sensitive equipment materials; correlation of CWA contamination surface hazards and associated vapor headspace concentrations; and technologies for


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physical removal of CWA contamination from porous materials. Recent work has also included evaluation of select decontaminants to neutralize opioids, including fentanyl and analogs, from material surfaces.

Mr. See has also supported government and commercial efforts focused on evaluation of CWA and emerging threat detection systems. Support of these efforts has included design and fabrication of environmentally-controlled test fixtures and generation of CWA challenge vapors. Mr. See has also served as the laboratory lead for HMRC’s Chemical/Biological Agent Resistance Test (CBART) programs.

Jaleh SemmlerCanadian Nuclear LaboratoriesDr. Semmler graduated with an M.Sc. degree (Trent University) in Analytical Chemistry and a Ph.D. (University of Waterloo) in Physical Chemistry, followed by two years as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Ontario Ministry of the Environment in Canada before joining Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, now Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, in 1992. Dr. Semmler has extensive experience in the development, optimization, and application of chemical and mechanical cleaning and decontamination processes for nuclear reactor process systems and has been lead chemist and supervisor in many field applications of these processes. She also has extensive experience in the characterization of reactor components removed from Canada Deuterium Uranium reactors. Recent work involves testing of decontamination reagents for mitigation of infrastructure materials and development of reagents for skin decontamination and human decorporation. Dr. Semmler is co-developer and patent holder of the CAN-DEREM Plus chemical decontamination process.

Shannon SerreEnvironmental Protection AgencyDr. Serre graduated with a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Utah and joined the U.S. EPA in 1998. He is currently working with the U.S. EPA’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Consequence Management Advisory Division (CMAD) and has worked on many projects focused on the recovery following a chemical, biological, or radiological incident. Recent projects have incorporated current operational practice and the latest science to develop products for the U.S. EPA’s response community. He will be discussing results from the Underground Transportation Project which focused on the restoration of a subway system following a biological agent release.


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Sanjiv ShahUnited States Environmental Protection AgencyDr. Shah is a Senior Microbiologist at the U.S. EPA’s National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC). He is actively involved in the research on methods for biothreat detection from environmental and water samples. Since 1998, while working for the U.S. Army’s Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC) and NHSRC, he has been contributing to the biodefense research, especially, in the development of analytical methods and development, and test and evaluation of biosensors technologies for rapid, specific, sensitive, and high-throughput detection of biothreat agents. He is a member of many interagency biodefense/homeland security expert panels, committees, and work groups. He is involved in many biodefense research collaborations with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and National Laboratories. Prior to 1998, he worked at premier research institutions such as the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the University of Maryland Medical School, and also in industries to enrich his basic and applied research experience in molecular biology, molecular neurobiology, and antibiotic fermentation technology. He holds B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Microbiology. He has published his research in several international journals and reports.

Jeff SzaboUnited States Environmental Protection AgencyDr. Szabo has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering, all from the University of Cincinnati and is a registered Professional Engineer in Ohio. He has worked for the U.S. EPA’s National Homeland Security Research Center for 13 years in the Water Infrastructure Protection Division. He conducts and manages water security research projects at the U.S. EPA’s Test and Evaluation (T&E) facility and the Water Security Test Bed (WSTB) at the Idaho National Lab (INL). These projects include examining chemical, biological and radiological contaminant persistence on drinking water and waste water infrastructure and evaluation of decontamination and water treatment methods.

Sarah TaftUnited States Environmental Protection AgencyDr. Taft manages sampling and analysis development and exposure assessment projects for the U.S. EPA’s National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC). Dr. Taft began her U.S. EPA career 11 years ago as a microbiologist researching novel microbial risk assessment methodologies to support a U.S. EPA response to a biological contamination incident. Some of her notable products include the development of standardized approaches to conduct dose-response analysis of biological agents and evaluations of potential microbial inhalation exposure pathways.


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As a technical expert, Dr. Taft has assisted the U.S. EPA response community during past biological incidents, such as the Ebola outbreak and Tulane Burkholderia responses. Dr. Taft earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology from the University of Kentucky, a Master’s Degree in Microbiology from Middle Tennessee State University, and her Ph.D. in Microbiology with a focus on biological threat agents from the University of Cincinnati’s College of Medicine.

Rusi TaleyarkhanPurdue UniversityDr. Taleyarkhan received his Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology followed with a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) and Ph.D in Nuclear Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He has since worked as Senior Engineer with Westinghouse Electric Corporation through 1988, after which he spent over 17 years as Program Director and Distinguished research and development staff at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory conducting and leading energy, defense, and energy related projects – both classified and unclassified. He joined Purdue University in 2003 as Professor of Nuclear Engineering where he teaches and conducts research. He also serves as Chief Technology Officer of S/A Laboratories, LLC, a venture capital based startup dedicated towards commercialization of technologies resulting from his research group related to: novel sensors for homeland security; environmental radionuclide decontamination-assessments; combating nuclear terrorism; thermonuclear fusion energy; materials synthesis; green chemistry-based coatings and adhesives tailored via radiation polymerization; novel metastable state-based nuclear particle sensors for homes (e.g., radon monitors), environmental assessments, and nuclear power plants; explosive burst-based hydrogen production / supercooled powders; and cavitation prevention in fluid systems. He has published over 200 articles in the archival literatures, and has received over 25 invention awards besides numerous industry and govt. recognitions. He is past Editor of Nuclear Safety journal, Fellow of the American Nuclear Society, and Honorary Fellow of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Stuart WillisonUnited States Environmental Protection AgencyDr. Willison received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Cincinnati. He joined the U.S. EPA's National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC) in Cincinnati, OH in 2008 as a chemist and has been heavily involved in the Center’s chemical research. His work primarily focuses on chemical method development and supporting NHSRC’s Selected Analytical Methods Program for environmental remediation following a contamination incident. Since joining the U.S. EPA, Dr. Willison has published numerous chemical methods and reports for the Agency and in peer-reviewed scientific journals related to sampling and characterization of


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hazardous chemicals. His research areas include sampling and analysis in a variety of environmental matrix types, such as soil, water, and surfaces most commonly found in urban settings.

Joseph WoodUnited States Environmental Protection AgencyMr. Wood is a senior research engineer with the U.S. EPA’s National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC). He has been with the U.S. EPA since 1991 (previously working on air pollution engineering), and with NHSRC’s Decontamination and Consequence Management Division since 2004. Currently his research focuses primarily on the development, testing and evaluation of technologies for the decontamination of materials contaminated with biological agents and biotoxins. He is the primary author or co-author for many peer-reviewed journal articles and U.S. EPA published reports. He holds a Master’s Degree in environmental engineering from the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), and is a licensed professional engineer. Joseph is also HAZWOPER-certified.

Barbara Wyrzykowska-CeradiniJacobs Technology, Inc.Dr. Wyrzykowska-Ceradini is an Environmental Analytical Chemist specializing in development and optimization of sampling and analysis methods for various environmental and industrial pollutants, with focus on decontamination and remediation technologies of toxic industrial chemicals, chemical warfare agents, pesticides, and illicit drugs. She works for Jacobs Technology, under the Research Laboratory Support (RLS) contract with the U.S. EPA.

Richard YamadaUnited States Environmental Protection AgencyDr. Yamada is the Deputy Assistant Administrator (AA) for the U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD). Prior to joining the U.S. EPA, Dr. Yamada was a Professional Staff Member on the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. As the Deputy AA for Research and Development, Dr. Yamada advises the ORD senior leadership on overall program goals, objectives, policies, strategies and managerial approaches, and program plans. Dr. Yamada represents the U.S. EPA Administrator and Deputy Administrator at various task force, panel, and committee on science and operational program activities related to the development of the U.S. EPA science policies and regulations.

Dr. Yamada has earned several fellowships and academic honors, including being selected as the 2011-2012 AAAS-AMS Congressional Fellow. From 2007-2011, he was an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the University of Michigan. His scientific research has focused on developing and testing mathematical models of transcription regulation, merging experimental data, numerical algorithms, and theory. He also taught courses in both pure and applied mathematics and mentored the research projects of 13 undergraduate students.


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Dr. Yamada received his B.S. with distinction from Yale University (majoring in both physics and mathematics). He received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in applied mathematics from Cornell University. His doctoral thesis focused on developing mathematical models of transcription elongation dynamics.


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