| Academic degree: | Ph.D. | | Last name: | Erickson | | First name: | Mitchell | | Responsible for: | ESPR-Subject Area 6 - Environmental Analyses, Monitoring, Health Issues - in particular: PCBs, POPs, dioxin-like compounds, radiation | | Organization/Institute: | US Department of Homeland Security | | Department: | Science and Technology | | Position: | Director | | Street, Number, POB: | Central Ave 77 | | Postal code, City: | 07974 New Providence | | State: | New Jersey | | Country: | USA | | Phone: | 202-254-6367 | | Fax: | | | E-mail address: | mitchell.erickson@dhs.gov | | Url: | | | Curriculum vitae: | Mitchell D. Erickson is the Director of the Environmental Measurements Laboratory (EML) of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), a key component of the country’s radiological preparedness efforts.
He is on detail to the Science &Technology Directorate in the DHS Washington, DC headquarters to manage science and technology programs for protection of our nation’s sectors of critical infrastructure sectors, focusing on transportation, the chemical industry, dams, bridges, and tunnels.
Dr. Erickson’s prior research in environmental science and analytical chemistry has developed novel technologies, identified sources and fates of pollutants, investigated chemical reaction conditions, and produced improved analytical methods, particularly with respect to PCBs, chlorinated dioxins and furans, and radionuclides.
Dr. Erickson graduated from Grinnell College and earned a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Iowa in 1976. He has published two books:
- Analytical Chemistry of PCBs (now in its 2nd Edition) - Remediation of PCB Spills
Dr. Erickson holds one patent, is the author of about 140 technical publications, and has given over 150 technical presentations. | | Areas of interest: | | radiation | | persistent organic pollutants (POPs) | | PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) | | fate and behaviour of organic contaminants | | environmental chemistry | | Agent Orange | | dioxin-like compounds | | chemical monitoring | | chemical analysis | | |
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