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Victor J. Bierman Jr., Ph.D:; BCEEM <br /> l Senior Scientist, LimnoTech. <br /> Areas of Specialization: Dr. Bierman is a Senior Scientist at and sediment diagenesis in Lake Okeecho- <br /> Water'.Quality"Modeling LimnoTech. He has 38 years of experience bee;development of models for estuarine <br /> Toxic-Ghemlcals; in the development and application of phosphorus dynamics and algal speciation <br /> Eutrophicafion = water quality models for the transport and in the Potomac River Estuary; modeling of <br /> Ecosystems fate of toxic chemicals,and eutrophication, phosphorus transport and fate in the <br /> Enviro------mental leading to his publication of over 100 Florida Everglades;and service on <br /> RegulakoryCompllance - - technical papers and reports. He is a former independent scientific peer review panels <br /> Education U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the U.S.Environmental Protection <br /> Ph D.,-Environmental Engineering, ,< National Expert in Environmental Exposure Agency and U.S.Army Corps of Engineers. <br /> University of Notre Dame 1974 = Assessment,and a former Associate Key Project Experience <br /> Physics,Un_iverslty of,Notre _ Professor in the Department of Civil <br /> Dame 1971 Engineering at the University of Notre Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Assessment,White <br /> A B.,Science,Uillanova University, Dame. House Committee on Environment and <br /> As a LimnoTech Senior Scientist, Dr. Natural Resources.Dr. Bierman developed <br /> Professional Certifications Bierman conducts research and develop- a water quality model for hypoxia in the <br /> Board Cethfied Environmental = northern Gulf of Mexico.As Co-Team <br /> Enl iteer b >minence,AmenGan ment on projects for federal,state and <br /> Leader for Task Group 4, he used the model <br /> Academy of Ervironmental - regional government clients. He also <br /> Engine ers = - = provides scientific peer review,litigation to assess hypoxia responses to reductions in <br /> s ,and expert testimony on a variety nutrient loadings from the Mississippi River <br /> pport <br /> Career Highlights - — of environmental issues for government Basin to support the 2001 Federal Action <br /> Plan.Subsequently,he synthesized results <br /> ■ 38years experience inwater agencies,and industrial,regulatory and from three different models of Gulf hypoxia <br /> quaUfy modeling andpublicatiori- yp <br /> private clients. <br /> of over 100 techrncal papers and; to estimate the incremental impacts of <br /> reports ----- Dr.Dr. Bierman is a leading expert in toxic produced water discharges from oil and gas <br /> Former U S:EPA National Expert chemical transport,fate,partitioning and platforms. <br /> in Erivlronmental Exposure bioaccumulation. He has conducted studies PCB Transport and Fate in the Hudson <br /> Assessment- - = in major river systems,estuaries,and the p <br /> • Coitductedtransportandfale Great Lakes,and remedial investigations at River Reassessment RI/FS.Dr. Bierman <br /> modeling studies forPCBs as park U.S. EPA Superfund sites. conducted transport and fate modeling <br /> ofhe Hudson River.Reassess studies for PCB-contaminated sediments to <br /> merit RtIFS and for.Total h�aximum Dr.Bierman is also a-leading expert in the investigate the impacts of continued No <br /> Daily Laads'(TMDLs)in the - assessment and solution of problems Action and various remedial scenarios.The <br /> Delaware and Potomac River related to nutrients, nuisance algal blooms, modeling results were reviewed by an <br /> Estuaries = _ __ <br /> Contlucted eutrophication nitrogen fixation,exotic species,and Expert Panel of independent scientists and <br /> • motlelmg sttid�es as parfofthe. ecosystem processes. He has conducted linked to site-specific ecological and human <br /> Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Assess " studies in watersheds,lakes,rivers, health endpoints.This work supported the <br /> merit and intiestigaled he estuaries and coastal marine systems. EPA Record of Decision to remediate <br /> influence ofrig <br /> tnent loadings from_ contaminated sediments in the Upper <br /> theMississippi River Basin Key accomplishments by Dr.Bierman Hudson River. <br /> • Developed state ofthe=science include modeling of hypoxia in the Gulf of <br /> mathematical modelsfor nutnen s, Mexico to assess the influence of nutrient Peer Review of U.S.Environmental <br /> nuisance algal blooms,rntrogen;._ loadings from the Mississippi River Basin; Protection Agency Technical Guidance on <br /> fixation,exoticspecies.and transport and fate modeling of PCBs as part Nutrient Criteria. Dr.Bierman served as an <br /> - - ecosystem processi3s In the Great of the Hudson River Reassessment Rl/FS; expert consultant to the U.S.EPA Science <br /> Lakes antl Chesapeake Bay development of a coupled phytoplankton- Advisory Board, Ecological Processes and <br /> exotic species-PCB model of Saginaw Bay, Effects Committee,to provide scientific <br /> Lake Huron;development of models for peer review of a draft technical guidance on <br /> PCB TMDLs in the Delaware and Potomac development of numeric nutrient criteria <br /> River Estuaries; modeling of eutrophication for the protection of aquatic life. <br /> 1 www.limno.com <br />