Biography

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After completing my PhD and Post Doctorial work, I went to work for MOBAY Agricultural Division in 1990 as a pesticide analytical chemist. During my tenure at MOBAY, I performed material accountabilities (MAs), which is a FIFRA requirement for certification/recertification of a pesticide. These MAs identified and quantified all trace chemicals in a pesticide down to 0.1 %. This data was also used to defend the company against lawsuits. I was proficient with compliance with 40 CFR 160 FIFRA GLP and worked routinely with GC, GCMS, HPLC, IR and standard wet chemical methods. The major analytical methods I used in the FIFRA work were EPA pesticide methods, AOAC and FDA-PAM.

When I left MOBAY in 1993 (Economic downturn and layoffs), I worked as a contract chemist helping laboratories maintain certification under CLP for RCRA and SARA/CERCLA projects. I analyzed data from cleanup sites and provided laboratory guidance to prevent data falsification. I worked routinely with GC, GCMS, AA and standard wet chemical methods. The major analytical methods used in the RCRA-SARA/CERCLA work were EPA-SW 846 and Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater.

I then worked for the Indiana State Chemist office in 1994 as the pesticide residue laboratory manager. In that office, I also had Indiana FIFRA inspector and Region 5 EPA inspector credentials. All work done under my supervision was to support civil and criminal FIFRA investigations in Indiana and West Virginia. I was proficient with compliance with 40 CFR 160 FIFRA GLP and worked routinely with GC, GCMS, HPLC, IR and standard wet chemical methods. The major analytical methods I used in the FIFRA work were EPA pesticide methods, AOAC and FDA-PAM.

Since 1995, I have been a manager in two different wastewater laboratories in Iowa and a drinking water/surface water laboratory in New Mexico. In these laboratories, I worked under the 40 CFR 136, 40 CFR 141 and 40 CFR 503 regulations and under the 40 CFR 403 regulations for a municipal pretreatment program. During this time frame, I have successfully brought two municipal laboratories through state certification and have trained laboratory staff on classical wet chemistry, AA, ICP, GC, HPLC, Ion chromatography and other test methods as required under the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act. The major analytical methods I used in these positions are EPA water and wastewater methods, Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, and ASTM.

In 2008, at the request of engineering consultants and environmental lawyers, I became a consultant focusing on environmental projects in the water and wastewater arena. These projects have included watershed characterization, wastewater plant pollutant limits and regulatory compliance with the Clean Water Act.

I have served as the chair of the Laboratory Practices Committee for the Iowa Water Environment Association (formally the Iowa Water Pollution Control Association) and sit on that committee at this time. I am currently the chair of the Iowa Water Environment Association Research Committee, chair of the AWWA-Iowa Section Laboratory Practices Committee and a member of the AWWA Water Quality Laboratory Committee. 

I am a past committee member of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater serving for 15 years and a Part Coordinator for Part 4000 serving for 14 years. 

Part 4000 contains the colorimetric, electrochemical and other analytical techniques for inorganic chemical in water and wastewater. This includes the oxidative chemical Chlorine and Ozone.

Recent awards include the Iowa Water Pollution Control Association Laboratory Analyst award; the IOWATER Professional of the Year (Watershed Testing); the Iowa Governors Award for Volunteerism (Watershed Testing); and the Water Environment Federation, Arthur Sidney Bedell Award for Service to the Iowa Water Pollution Control Association, and the Archie Greenberg Award from Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater