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Massachusetts Estuary Project(MEP) <br /> Linked Watershed Embffment Model Peer Review ____ <br /> 1. PEER REVIEW PANEL MEMBERS <br /> Estuarine TVater Quality Modeling <br /> Victor J.Bierman,Jr.,Ph.D.,BCEEM(Chair) <br /> Dr.Bierman is currently a Senior Scientist at LunnoTech,an environmental science,and engineering <br /> consulting company with headquarters in Ann Arbor,Michigan. He conducts research and development <br /> on projects for federal,state and regional clients,and provides scientific peer review, litigation support <br /> and expert testimony on a variety of environmental issues. Dr.Bierman has 38 years of experience in the <br /> development and application of water quality models. He is a former U.S. EPA National Expert in <br /> Enviromnental Exposure Assessment and a former Associate Professor in"the'Department of Civil <br /> Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. Dr.Biernan'holds an A.B.in'Science from Villanova <br /> University, and an M.S.in Physics and a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of <br /> Notre Dame, and is a Board Certified Enviromnental Engineering Member of the American Academy of <br /> Environmental Engineers. <br /> Dr.Bierman has developed and applied water quality models for the Great Lakes to support phosphorus <br /> management strategies,for the"dead zone"in the Gulf of Mexico to support the Gulf Hypoxia Action <br /> Plan for nitrogen and phosphorus loads, and for nitrogen TMDLs in the St. Johns and Caloosabatchee <br /> River Estuaries in Florida. He is a member of the EPA/USACE Chesapeake Bay Modeling Team for <br /> development of an advanced eutrophication model for multiple algal functional groups in the Potomac <br /> River Estuary. Dr.Bierman also served as anexpert consultant to the U.S. EPA Science Advisory Board <br /> for peer review of technical guidance on development of numeric nutrient criteria for the protection of <br /> aquatic life. He is currently serving on an Independent External Peer Review Panel for the St. Johns <br /> Bayou and New Madrid Floodway(MO)Project to review a National Environmental`Policy Act(NEPA) <br /> document prepared by the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers. <br /> Groundwater Modelin <br /> g <br /> Peter Shanahan,Ph.D.,P.E. <br /> Peter Shanahan is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at MIT <br /> where he teaches classes and supervises graduate students in environmental;engineering. He is also the <br /> President of HydroAnalysis,Inc., athree-person consulting practice in Acton,Massachusetts that <br /> specializes in,hydrology,water quality,and computer modeling. He holds academic degrees from MIT <br /> and Stanford University in enviromnental engineering and earth sciences,including a PhD in <br /> environmental engineering from MIT. He is also a Professional Engineer in Massachusetts. <br /> Dr. Shanahan has practiced'in the areas of hydrology and.water quality for 37 years. His professional <br /> practice in groundwater hydrology has included both clean ground water in the context of groundwater <br /> supply development,and contaminated ground water in.the context of investigation and remedial design' <br /> for hazardous waste sites. His consulting work on Cape Cod has included a study of the effects of the <br /> MMR sewage plume on Ashumet Pond on behalf of a neighborhood citizen's group. His work at MIT <br /> has included the supervision of numerous Master of Engineering theses that examined various aspects of <br /> groundwater contamination at the MMR Superfund Site. <br /> December 30,2011 <br />