WORK EXPERIENCE

President/Senior Scientist, Scientific and Forensic Services, Inc., Independent Expert Witness, Chemist, Microbiologist, Industrial Hygienist and Assessment-Remediation Consultation for Exposures to hazardous substances like Asbestos, Silica, Lead, Benzene, Solvents, Petroleum vapors, Molds, Pathogenic Microorganisms and Comprehensive Surveys for Indoor Air Quality / Sick Building Evaluation / Building-Related Illnesses and General Toxic Torts Litigation Support, OSHA & EPA regulations, Industry State-of-the-Art Expertise, MSDS and Warning Labels and Signs, General Forensic Science Litigation Support, Personal Injury, Slip, Trip and Fall Investigations, Wrongful Death and Product Liability Litigation Support, Environmental Science, Hazardous Waste Testing and Disposal, Material Science and Product Failure Analysis, 1997 - Present, Norfolk, VA

President/Laboratory Director/Owner, Interscience Research, Inc., Asbestos Sampling and Analysis and Research, Asbestos Project Design, Specification Writing and Abatement Supervision, Asbestos Exposure Risk Assessments, Expert Witness and Consultations, Industrial Hygiene, General Analytical Chemistry, Contract Research, Routine/Non-routine Testing and Quality Control, Legal/Forensic Studies, Environmental Audits, Water Testing, Environmental Microbiology, PCB Testing, Hazardous Waste Testing, Indoor Air Quality Evaluations, Metallurgy, Materials Science, Compressed Gas Testing, Compressed Air Purity Testing, Petroleum Specification Testing, General Product Specification Testing, Polymer Testing, Abrasive Blasting Media Testing, Food Testing, Cosmetics Research, FDA Compliance Testing, EPA Compliance Testing, 1978-1997, Norfolk, VA

Assistant Professor of Chemical Science, Department of Chemical Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, 1976-79, Teaching and Research (Cell Aging and Carcinogenesis)

Chemist/Owner - Interscience Research Group, Los Angeles, CA 1966-69; Palo Alto, CA, 1970-72, General Analytical and Industrial Chemistry

Research Chemist, U.S. Army Chemical Warfare Center, Edgewood Arsenal, MD, 1964-65,
Quantum Chemistry of Toxicological Agents/Antidotes (Calculation of Molecular Properties for Prediction of Antidote Structure and Activities); Research in Sampling and Decontamination Procedures for Chemical, Biological and Radiological Warfare Applications

Laboratory Technician, Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 1961-63, Biochemical and Cancer Research

Laboratory Assistant, Department of Infectious Diseases, University of California, Los Angeles, 1960-61, Biomedical, Infectious Disease and Cancer Research Projects


SOCIETIES

(Current and Past Memberships)

American Chemical Society

Association of Official Analytical Chemists

American Society for Testing and Materials

Diplomate, American Board of Industrial Hygiene

American Industrial Hygiene Association

National Asbestos Council (Charter Member)

Environmental Information Association

Sigma XI

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Virginia Academy of Science

Biophysical Society

American Association of University Professors

Tissue Culture Association

International Association of Arson Investigators

Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists

Society of Forensic Toxicologists

American Textile Chemists & Colorists Society

American Society for Microbiology

HONORS

Pioneer in Science Award (Future Engineers of America), 1959

Scholar Designate through national competition of the Committee for Advanced Science Training (National Science Foundation), 1959 & 1960

President, Foundation for the Study of Aging, New York, 1978-1988

National Asbestos Council (member of the Sampling and Analysis, Contract Specification and Membership Committees, 1984 - 1992; Founder and Chairman of the Asbestos Surface Contamination Evaluation Taskforce, 1988-1992)

Peer Reviewer, National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (Asbestos Control Technology Protocol Assessment), 1985-1988

Distinguished Expert of the National Forensic Center, Various Areas of Expertise, 1985 - Present

Asbestos Technology & Cost Recovery Expert Witness, (Attorney General's Office, Commonwealth of Virginia), 1985

Asbestos Technology & Cost Recovery Expert Witness, (Attorney General's Office, State of Massachusetts), 1985

Consultant and Forensic Science Expert Witness, (Commonwealth of Virginia Supreme Court), 1986

Consultant/Course Instructor, Virginia Department of Labor and Industry, Virginia Occupational Safety and Health Program for Asbestos (Evaluation of Long-Term Exposure Risk, Detection Survey Techniques, Methods of Sampling and Analysis for Removal Project Monitoring and Clearance), 1986

Peer Reviewer, U.S. EPA (Asbestos Control Technologies & Advisor for Future EPA Research Projects), 1987-1988

Asbestos Consultant & Legal Expert for Norfolk Public Schools (Norfolk, VA), 1986-1987

Asbestos Consultant & Legal Expert for School District of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA) in their Asbestos Programs and Resulting Litigation Efforts, 1986

Asbestos Consultant & Legal Expert for Wesley Theological Seminary of the United Methodist Church in Asbestos Litigation, 1987

Peer Reviewer, National Science Foundation, 1999.


SPECIAL PROJECTS, TRAINING SEMINARS, AND PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Indoor Air Quality Science, Instructor and Creator of the first two online education/training courses in the science, engineering, evaluation and abatement of indoor air quality problems for professionals, 1999 - 2005

Asbestos Training Courses, Developed, sponsored and instructed the first U.S. seminar/training courses on Asbestos Removal Procedures for Abatement Contractors and on Specification Writing for Architects in conjunction with the University of North Carolina, School of Public Health-Chapel Hill and Commonwealth of Virginia Department of public Health, 1980 (Williamsburg, VA)

Instructor, Asbestos Abatement Worker Training Course, repeatedly presented to hundreds of workers, 1980-1988

Instructor, Asbestos Abatement Air Sampling Training Course, repeatedly presented to hundreds of workers, 1980-1988

Instructor, Asbestos Glovebag and Specialized Removal Procedures Workshop, repeatedly presented to hundreds of workers, 1980-1989

Instructor, Asbestos Hazards and Abatement Procedures in Schools, presented to Administration and Teachers' union, School District of Philadelphia. PA 1984

Instructor, Supervisory Asbestos Removal Training Course, presented to hundreds of workers, 1986-1988

Instructor, Technical Aspects of Asbestos Personal Injury Litigation presented at 1st Annual INTERSCIENCE RESEARCH, INC. Forensic Sciences Seminar. 1985

Instructor, Presented two, one-day seminars on Asbestos Operations and Maintenance Programs to attendees of the Building and Grounds Maintenance Magazine Special Seminar Series (Philadelphia, PA, and Washington, DC), 1985

Consultant, on Asbestos Assessment and Abatement Practices, U.S. Fish & Wildlife, Patuxent River, MD, 1985

Instructor, Presented two, half-day seminars to Arlington County, VA to government employees on Asbestos Hazards and Management, 1986


PAST AND CURRENT ACCREDITATIONS & CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Industrial Hygienist (Comprehensive Practice), American Board of Industrial Hygiene Diplomate, Certificate No. 3755 (Conferred December 9, 1987 -- Present)

Licensed Asbestos Inspector, Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, 1997-9

Licensed Asbestos Management Planner, Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, 1997-2000

Licensed Lead Inspector/Risk Assessor, Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, 1998-2000