Chris Watts, PhD, FRSC, CChem is an environmental chemist with over 30 years of experience in environmental research and consultancy. He is a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry and is currently chairman of the RSC’s Water Science Forum Committee. He is also a member of the RSC’s Energy, Sustainability and Environment Forum and has served on BSi and ISO environmental standards committees and on Defra’s Shadow Health Advisory Group for Chemical Contamination Incidents.

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Chris has particular expertise in:

• Applying existing approaches and models for environmental risk assessment (ERA) of chemicals, and prioritisation of chemicals for ERA.
• Developing and applying novel ERA strategies, approaches and environmental models.
• OSPAR and EU TGD marine risk assessment.
• Environmental behaviour, fate and effects of chemicals.
• Environmental monitoring programme design, implementation and assessment.

Mark Crane, PhD, CEnv is an environmental toxicologist with over 17 years of experience in environmental consultancy and academia. He is a member of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management, and the Institute of Leadership and Management, and is an Honorary Research Fellow of the University of London. He has served on the Veterinary Products Committee, the Environmental Panel of the Advisory Committee on Pesticides and SETAC Europe Council.

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Mark has particular expertise in:

• Setting Environmental Quality Standards for freshwaters, marine waters, sediments and soils
• Direct Toxicity Assessment of discharges to surface waters, groundwater and soils, and interpretation of ecotoxicity data.
• Development of environmental management frameworks.
• Deterministic and probabilistic modelling of risks to wildlife
• Workshop organisation and facilitation

John Fawell, BSc, MBE is a toxicologist with over 35 years of experience in environmental and human health research and consultancy. He is a member of the British Toxicology Society, the Institute of Biology, the Institute of Water and Environmental Management, and the American Water Works Association, and is a Scientific Fellow of the Zoological Society of London. He has served on WHO Drinking Water Guidelines committees, IPCS working groups, and UKWIR steering committees. FULL CV

John has particular expertise in:

• Human health implications of chemical and microbial contaminants.
• Development of standards to protect human health and the environment.
• Interpretation of mammalian toxicology and human health data.
• Public perception and communication of risks.
• Chairing of expert groups and management of multidisciplinary teams

Dawn Maycock, PhD is an environmental toxicologist with 20 years of business and financial expertise in industry. She is a member of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry and the Institute of Biology. FULL CV

Dawn has particular expertise in:

• Setting Environmental Quality Standards for freshwaters, marine waters, sediments and soils
• Sediment ecotoxicology
• Project management
• Financial and business planning

Graham Merrington, PhD is an environmental scientist with over 14 years of experience in environmental consultancy, environmental regulation and academia. He is a member of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, has represented the UK at Expert Groups for the Water Framework Directive, and was a regular attendee as an expert for metals-related issues at European Commission TCNES. Graham has recently worked with regulatory colleagues on REACH Implementation Project Expert Working Groups to define appropriate ecotoxicity testing approaches under the REACH regulations. FULL CV

Graham has particular expertise in:

• Environmental fate and behaviour of chemicals
• Soil chemistry and chemical bioavailability
• Bioaccumulation and biomagnification through food chains
• Environmental management frameworks
• Project management

Adam Peters, PhD, is an environmental chemist with over 9 years of experience in environmental consultancy, environmental regulation and academia. He is a member of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, has been responsible for management of environmental aspects of the Notification Of New Substances scheme and the Existing Substances Regulations in the UK, and has recently been a regular attendee as an expert for metals-related issues at European Commission TCNES.

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Adam has particular expertise in:

• Environmental fate, behaviour, bioavailability and effects of trace metals
• Environmental risk assessment of industrial chemicals
• Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic substances
• Hazard assessment of waste materials and their recovery
• Development and validation of environmental quality standards

Albania Grosso is an environmental scientist with over 14 years experience in environmental consultancy and environmental regulation. She has represented the UK at Expert Groups for the implementation of contaminated land risk assessment and legislation. Albania has extensive expertise in human health exposure assessment and has provided advice to UK regulators and EU committees.

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Her main areas of expertise are:

• Assessment of Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic Substances under REACH
• Environmental Fate and Behaviour of Chemicals
• Exposure Assessment and Modelling
• Human Health Risk Assessment
• Site Investigation Design and Implementation
• Site Investigation Data Evaluation
• Project Management

Melanie Gross, PhD is an environmental toxicologist with over 7 years of experience in environmental regulation and research. She is a member of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 

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Melanie has particular expertise in:

• Endocrine disruption
• Environmental fate and effects of chemicals
• Environmental risk assessment
• Derivation of environmental standards
• Project management