Experts Guide

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Mary Picel

Mary Picel developed and managed environmental compliance programs in the areas of polluted site remediation and waste management to support the U.S. Department of Energy and other federal agencies. Her current focus includes assisting DOE in developing a permanent waste disposal capability for low-level radioactive waste.

February 22, 2012
Margaret MacDonell

Margaret MacDonell has over 25 years experience in integrated health risk analyses for federal programs including at Department of Energy (DOE) cold war legacy waste sites. She has led Argonne’s collaborative efforts with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop national screening approaches for cumulative risk assessments to protect and promote human health and welfare; assess dioxin toxicity and health-based exposure advisories for chemicals, radionuclides and biological agents released to air or drinking water; and enhance science and mobile technology applications for citizen sensing of the environment.

February 22, 2012
Michael Kaminski, Principal Materials Engineer Michael Kaminski

Michael Kaminski’s research has involved three primary areas. He has been involved in nuclear waste minimization and stabilization technology since his undergraduate studies where he developed magnetic polymeric microspheres for selective radionuclide separations.

February 22, 2012
David Streets

David Streets specializes in the impact of human activities, including generation and use of energy and toxic chemicals like mercury, on the atmospheric environment.

February 22, 2012
Jack A. Gilbert, Environmental Microbiologist, Institute of Genomic and Systems Biology, Computing and Environmental Life Sciences Jack A. Gilbert

Jack A. Gilbert is a microbial ecologist at Argonne whose ongoing research is focused on exploring how microbial communities assemble themselves in natural and man-made environments.

July 24, 2012
Ken Kemner Ken Kemner

Kemner is an expert in the application of synchrotron x-ray radiation to address questions in biogeochemistry and environmental science, with an emphasis on coupled biotic-abiotic interactions and the role of the microbe-mineral microenvironment in effecting the transformations of contaminant metals and radionuclides.

August 23, 2012
Ed O'Loughlin

Ed O’Loughlin is an environmental chemist/microbiologist specializing in the cycling of elements and contaminants in natural systems.

September 28, 2012
Andrzej Joachimiak

Andrzej Joachimiak is an expert in synchrotron-based X-ray crystallography and structural biology.

October 31, 2012
Roser Matamala

Roser Matamala is a terrestrial ecologist specializing in biogeochemistry and global change research.

November 26, 2012
Dan Schabacker in the lab Daniel Schabacker

Daniel Schabacker develops biochips that use proteins and nucleic acids to track bioweapons and diagnose illnesses.

February 18, 2013