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• Founder
• Senior Scientist
• Senior Environmental Scientist With Science and Engineering for the Environment

Mr. Timothy Thompson is a Senior Environmental Scientist with Science and Engineering for the Environment, LLC. He received his B.Sc. in Agricultural Sciences from the University of Arizona, his M.Sc. in Ocean Sciences from the University of British Columbia, and was a Monbusho Fellow, at the University of Nagasaki and Tokyo Fisheries University, Japan. Tim has been a practicing professional in environmental science for over 30 years. His experience includes aquatic site contaminant characterization, ecological and human health risk assessments, site remediation and restoration, and freshwater/marine ecological characterizations. He has been the program manager and principal scientist for several large contaminated aquatic site programs under CERCLA and RCRA. His current work in sediments also includes habitat evaluations and integration of field data with spatial modeling tools, spatial characterization and statistical analysis of bedded sediment data, bedded sediment characterization, water quality monitoring, sediment remediation and ecological risk assessment. Has served in a peer review capacity for two of the largest contaminated remediation projects in the U.S (the Hudson and Housatonic Rivers), and has several publications on risk assessment and contaminated site management. Tim has served as a member of the EPA's Science Advisory Board's Ecological Process and Effects Committee, and with the EPA's Board of Scientific Counselors. He is also a senior scientific advisor for the Department of Defense's Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) and the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP). Tim has also served as an expert witness in high profile aquatic toxicity and sediment characterization cases in federal courts..