Certified Industrial Hygienists, Board-Certified Toxicologists, and Key Personnel at Chemistry & Industrial Hygiene, Inc.

Eric J. Rasmuson, MS, CIH

Mr. Rasmuson is a certified industrial hygienist (CIH) and is the President of C&IH. He defines and develops corporate direction and target markets, and provides operational leadership for all corporate divisions. Mr. Rasmuson has over twenty years of progressive industrial hygiene experience. He has conducted numerous exposure evaluations for physical, chemical, and biological hazards and has developed appropriate risk management solutions. His research interests have included stochastic methodologies to define exposure assessment and risk assessment uncertainties and biostatistical methods to evaluate precision and accuracy of the exposure reconstruction process. He has taught exposure reconstruction methodologies at national American Industrial Hygiene Association meetings and professional development courses. Mr. Rasmuson also holds a Master of Science in information systems and develops and audits occupational and environmental health and safety (OEHS) management systems. He has consulted on industrial hygiene and OEHS management system issues for government research facilities; geological, pharmaceutical, and dental laboratories; waste water treatment plants; oil and gas production facilities; manufacturing and mining operations, and; renewable energy sites.

James O. Rasmuson, PhD, CIH, DABT

Dr. Rasmuson is the Chief Executive Officer and Senior Scientist at C&IH. Dr. Rasmuson brings a combination of management, risk communication, and technical ability to exposure and risk assessment. As a certified toxicologist (DABT), certified industrial hygienist (CIH), and Ph.D. chemist, he is particularly qualified to interact with other specialists at a high level of competence. He has almost thirty years experience as a certified industrial hygienist. Since receiving his Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from Iowa State University in 1970, he has worked in a variety of industrial and laboratory positions prior to founding Chemistry & Industrial Hygiene in 1987. He is an active member of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) Exposure Assessment, Risk Assessment, and International Affairs Committees. He has participated in the Government of Kazakhstan's efforts to control lead and heavy metals nationwide and has contributed to projects in that country since 1997, the first of which won an award from the Civilian Research and Development Foundation. Dr. Rasmuson has published numerous technical articles, abstracts, and presentations on exposure and risk assessment methodologies in this country and abroad. He helped develop and co-teaches a Professional Development Class on retrospective exposure assessment methodologies for the AIHA that has been offered annually at its national meeting since 2003. He has taught risk assessment and toxicology classes at the University of Denver's master's degree program in Environmental Management. Dr. Rasmuson is a 2008 AIHA Fellow Award winner, nominated by industry peers and awarded to less than five percent of the AIHA membership for contributions to the field of industrial hygiene.

Robert D. Strode, MS, CIH

Mr. Strode is a certified industrial hygienist (CIH) with over 25 years of laboratory, field, and management experience and is the Technical Director of Industrial Hygiene Services at C&IH. His areas of expertise include classical industrial hygiene, indoor environmental quality (IEQ), field and laboratory methods and analyses, and support for commercial building and multi-family housing management programs dealing with environmental agents such as mold, radon, asbestos and lead. Mr. Strode has conducted hundreds of air quality investigations related to occupational and environmental exposures and routinely performs exposure and risk assessments for chemical, physical, and biological hazards. He earned his Master of Science in microbiology, providing particular expertise in the fungal/bacterial aspects of his IEQ work. He is a member of the national American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) Biosafety and Environmental Microbiology committee and is currently Past-President of the AIHA Rocky Mountain Section. He has developed quality assurance programs, operations and maintenance programs, health and safety plans, and remediation and abatement design documents and project specifications. Mr. Strode has provided training in various subjects including OSHA and EPA training in hazardous waste, exposure and risk assessment, fungi, asbestos and lead, general industrial hygiene principles, and co-teaches an annual CIH review course. He has authored and/or provided publications and presentations in the fields of chemistry, industrial hygiene, exposure assessment, and microbiology. Mr. Strode is a 2009 AIHA Fellow Award winner, nominated by industry peers and awarded to less than five percent of the AIHA membership for contributions to the field of industrial hygiene.

Andrew D. Duane, CIH

Mr. Duane is a certified industrial hygienist (CIH) and is the Managing Director of Industrial Hygiene Services at C&IH. He performs and supervises occupational exposure assessments relating to noise, asbestos, lead, welding fume, and various chemical hazards, and provides technical support for exposure simulations conducted in C&IH's simulation testing chamber. He routinely prepares international material safety data sheets (MSDS's) to meet regulatory requirements for hazard communication. He has reviewed and revised corporate health and safety programs including site health and safety, confined space, hazard communication, and respiratory protection programs. Prior to joining C&IH, Mr. Duane worked in pharmaceutical research as a biochemistry research scientist. He received his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the Honors College at Michigan State University. His education also includes the following courses: Asbestos Building Inspector/Management Planner, AHERA, 2007, Asbestos Air Monitoring Specialist, AHERA, 2007, Lead-Based Paint Inspector/Risk Assessor, AHERA, 2007, New Miner Safety, and additional courses related to indoor environmental quality and hazard communication. Mr. Duane is also a member of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) and AIHA Rocky Mountain Section.

Dalmon M. Larson, PhD, DABT

Dr. Larson, a certified toxicologist (DABT), is senior toxicologist at C&IH. He specializes in interpreting the biomedical significance of exposure and risk calculations. Dr. Larson brings a scientific understanding of biochemical mechanisms of action of potential contaminants to environmental toxicology and air quality risk assessment. Thus, risk calculations are balanced with an "uncertainty analysis" which can impact greatly the real risks of some trace exposures, especially elements which also have potential nutritional benefits. Dr. Larson received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Nutrition in 1969 from the University of Minnesota and has spent a major part of his career as a life scientist and research toxicologist evaluating both the safety and efficacy of new products in laboratories.

Andrey Korchevskiy, PhD

Dr. Andrey Korchevskiy has been the Director of International Projects at C&IH since October, 2009 although he has collaborated with C&IH since 1997. He holds separate Ph.D. degrees in Applied Mathematics and Biology and has over 130 scientific publications in the fields of industrial hygiene and environmental health and safety including 13 books published in Russia and Kazakhstan. As a leading scientist in Kazakhstan in environmental studies, he has contributed to a comprehensive government program to investigate and remediate lead and heavy metal uptake in children. His areas of expertise include risk assessment and risk management; biostatistics, environmental investigation and mathematical modeling of health impacts on local populations; demographic investigations and modeling; and environmental and occupational health and safety (EOHS) management system analysis, design, and implementation. He has successfully managed several environmental remediation efforts including site investigation and feasibility studies involving both water and surface contamination. He has been hired by the Kazakhstan government to map a sustainable development plan for that nation's natural-resources. Dr. Korchevskiy has successfully prepared numerous international clients for certification in EOHS management systems in accordance with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and OHSAS 18001 standards. He led a team in providing gap-analysis and subsequent comprehensive consulting services for the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the Republic of Kazakhstan, resulting in the first-in-the-world international certification of such a government agency to the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System standard (certified by TÜV ZÜD, Germany). He has contributed to new legislation in developing countries and is a co-author of over 40 drafts of by-laws in environmental protection, industrial hygiene, and health protection. Dr. Korchevskiy has served as a member of the Sustainable Development Council for the Government of Kazakhstan; as an advisory expert and later vice-chairman of the Environmental Action Plan (EAP) Task Force for Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD); and is a founding member of the Board of Directors of the JSC Eurasian Water Center.

Travis S. Peveto, CIH, CSP

Mr. Peveto is a certified industrial hygienist (CIH), certified safety professional (CSP), and is the Managing Director of Simulation Studies at C&IH. He graduated cum laude with his Bachelor of Science in Environmental Health from Colorado State University in 2007. At C&IH he conducts industrial hygiene field investigations including exposure evaluations and indoor air quality assessments. He has project experience in asbestos inspections and abatement project management, welding safety audits, mining exposure monitoring, laboratory audits, workplace ergonomic assessments, review of environmental liability inspection activities associated with affordable housing redevelopment, and vibration measurement studies. Before joining C&IH, Mr. Peveto worked for the El Paso County Department of Health and Environment serving in the Environmental Quality, Water Quality, and Air Quality Divisions where he investigated fugitive dust complaints, inspected construction sites for activity permit compliance, performed bubonic plague and West Nile virus surveillance, and developed water well testing and chlorination procedures. Mr. Peveto has received training in the following courses: Asbestos Management Planner/Inspector, AHERA, 2008, Asbestos Air Monitoring Specialist, AHERA, 2008, Asbestos Project Designer, AHERA, 2008, Lead-Based Paint Inspector/Risk Assessor, EPA, 2008, and Miner Safety. Mr. Peveto is also a member of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), the AIHA Rocky Mountain Section, and the American Society of Safety Engineers.

William D. Mele, CEIC

Mr. Mele is a council certified indoor environmental consultant (CIEC) and holds the title of Senior Engineer at C&IH. Mr. Mele provides technical oversight for indoor environmental quality (IEQ) projects that involve ventilation and/or contaminant control issues. He specializes in design, evaluation, implementation, and retrofit of general ventilation and contaminant control systems in the control of process-specific health exposures and their potential impacts on worker health. His professional background includes extensive experience in the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) industry with an emphasis on commercial and industrial building mechanical systems, air filtration systems, and contamination control applications. He has over 35 years experience specializing in air-side design/build projects. Additional areas of expertise include IEQ contamination control investigation; evaluation, design, and specification of controlled environments with particular focus on isolation, identification, and evaluation of contaminants of concern (both gas and particle phase); determination of pollutant pathways and design and specification of contamination control systems and mechanisms; evaluation, design, and retrofitting of ventilation, humidification, and exhaust systems including integrating new systems into existing building HVAC systems; life cycle and life extension analysis of commercial and industrial HVAC and process heating/cooling equipment; and, forensic investigation of building HVAC systems, contaminant control systems, and the building envelope. Mr. Mele is the Director of the Denver Chapter of the Indoor Air Quality Association and is an adjunct instructor at Red Rocks Community College where he teaches classes on building mechanical and electrical systems, indoor air quality, and ventilation. He regularly lectures for professional organizations on ventilation design and analysis, particle dynamics, principles of filtration, indoor air quality, mechanical systems, and product and equipment application.

Daniel R. Hall, PE

Mr. Hall is a Professional Engineer (PE) and works as a Project Engineer at C&IH. He earned his Bachelor of Science in civil engineering with an emphasis in environmental engineering. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers, the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), the AIHA Rocky Mountain Section, and is an active member of the national AIHA Engineering Committee. He has broad experience providing expertise in evaluating and solving industrial hygiene problems. Mr. Hall specializes in industrial hygiene engineering controls, specifically the evaluation of local exhaust ventilation (LEV) and general dilution ventilation systems including the design of new systems and improvement of existing systems. He also utilizes computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software to evaluate workplace ventilation performance criteria for specified applications such as laboratory and industrial process environments and LEV systems within pharmaceutical and other laboratory settings. Mr. Hall's statistical expertise includes proficiency using stochastic methodologies in exposure assessments, such as the Monte Carlo distribution analysis for the characterization of past occupational exposures in the work environment. He has contributed significantly to the evaluation of children's exposures near a lead smelter in Shymkent, Kazakshtan including measuring levels of lead in paint and dust in kindergartens and orphanages and in paint and soils on associated playgrounds. Mr. Hall contributed to a city-wide (pop. 500,000) lead-level mapping event to characterize the distribution of lead contamination and continues to work with the Kazakshtan government by helping to identify remedial recommendations.

Annette S. Haugh, MS, LEED AP

Ms. Haugh is an Environmental Scientist at C&IH. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from San Diego State University and a Master of Science in Environmental Policy and Management from the University of Denver with a concentration in Natural Resource Management. Ms. Haugh provides project management and technical support for projects involving natural resource and surface water management, ecological sustainability and risk assessment, geographic information systems (GIS), environmental protection law, and land use planning. Before joining C&IH, Ms. Haugh worked for the Colorado Tri-County Health Department in the Environmental Health Division.

Cassidy D. Strode

Mr. Strode is a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Specialist and Industrial Hygienist at C&IH. He graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder with a Bachelor of Arts in Physics. Mr. Strode specializes in the application of CFD in support of retrospective exposure assessment activities performed by C&IH. He also provides CFD-related project support for the design and validation of exposure mitigation systems. Prior to joining C&IH, Mr. Strode worked as a geoscientist performing geophysics surveys for environmental and mining exploration.

David J. Ostrowski, MEd, DPhil

Dr. Ostrowski has held the position of Director of Corporate Research at C&IH for over 15 years. He assists C&IH's team of certified industrial hygienists in state-of-the-art industrial hygiene legal consulting activities and directs a support staff of legal researchers. On becoming the director of corporate research, Dr. Ostrowski established a document database that formed the basis of the extensive document repository utilized by C&IH today. He has extensive experience providing field support for industrial hygiene projects and has held certifications for AHERA State of Colorado building inspector and management planner and lead-based paint inspector. Dr. Ostrowski earned his Doctorate in Human Resources Management from Oxford Graduate School and was inducted as a Fellow into the OGS Society of Scholars in October of 1999. Prior to joining C&IH, Dr. Ostrowski retired from the U.S. Air Force where, in addition to other assignments, he was the Director of Safety for the Space Communications Division (DCS, Communications/Space Command).

Linda K. McDaniel

Ms. McDaniel has worked at C&IH since 2001 and presently holds the position of Director of Legal Research. She provides case management for all of C&IH's industrial hygiene legal consulting activities and ensures the critical time-driven aspect of cases is efficiently managed. Ms. McDaniel manages communication and retention requests from clients, directs the processing of case-related documents, and supervises the work flow of C&IH's legal research team who research, compile, and summarize case-related materials. She has over 25 years of management experience and has held certification as an AHERA State of Colorado Building Inspector.

 

 

Associate Scientists:

Jeffrey S. Birkner, PhD, CIH

Dr. Birkner has worked for 20 years as a certified industrial hygienist (CIH) and is an associate scientist at C&IH. where he provides state-of-the-art knowledge and technical expertise of industrial hygiene. He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Health Science from UCLA and has a broad base of experience performing air sampling, noise exposure evaluations, indoor air quality evaluations, hazardous material assessments, and OSHA compliance evaluations. He has conducted hazard assessments encompassing the recognition, evaluation, and control of asbestos, lead, and organic chemicals. Mr. Birkner is a member of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), past President of the Southern California AIHA, past President of the International Society for Respiratory Protection, Voting member of the American National Standards Institute Z88.12 Committee to develop a standard for Respiratory Protection for Infectious Aerosols and Z88.2 Committee to develop a standard for Practices for Respiratory Protection, Chair of the Respiratory Protection Committee for the International Safety Equipment Association, Chair of the Hearing Protection Committee for the International Safety Equipment Association, and is appointed to the Environmental Impact Committee for the Ronald Reagan Library.

Leonard C. Slosky, BA

Mr. Leonard Slosky is an environmental scientist with over 30 years of experience and is an associate scientist at C&IH. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Technology Assessment at the University of Colorado. Mr. Slosky is a Professional Environmental Scientist (Colorado) and a Registered Environmental Assessor (California). He is an active member of the ASTM committee that developed the 2005 ASTM Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process. His professional history includes working as Assistant to the Governor of Colorado for Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy. He also worked as a Staff Director in the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President (White House) and served on an interagency committee of the National Security Council. Mr. Slosky has lectured at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Advanced Study Institute on Environmental Impact and Risk Analysis in Les Arc, France and he has testified before committees of the U.S. Congress eight times concerning environmental and waste management issues. Additionally, he has provided leadership and expertise in low-level radioactive waste management on a committee of the National Academy of Sciences and acted as the co-chair of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce's Environment Committee. In recognition of his policy contributions, the U.S. Secretary of Energy appointed Mr. Slosky to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Blue Ribbon Panel.