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Consulting Associate Dr. Linkov has extensive experience in performing state-of-the-art ecological and human health risk assessments and environmental investigations for contaminated sites in the U.S. and worldwide. Dr. Linkov's areas of expertise include risk communication, litigation support, policy analysis, environmental risk assessment, risk assessment for emerging threats, study of contaminated sites, probabilistic modeling, toxicology, and biostatistics. He also develops software for environmental modeling, decision analysis, and risk assessment. Prior to joining Intertox, Dr. Linkov was a Senior Scientist at Cambridge Environmental where he conducted environmental risk assessments in support of government and commercial clients. He has also been employed at ICF Consulting, Arthur D. Little, and Menzie-Cura & Associates. At Harvard University, Dr. Linkov researched carcinogenic potencies of chemicals for risk-based regulatory policies and applied Bayesian updating methodology to environmental modeling. Dr. Linkov chairs the Ecological Risk Assessment Specialty Group for the Society for Risk Analysis and is a past president of its New England Chapter. He serves as a scientific advisor to the Toxic Use Reduction Institute, a position that requires nomination by the Governor of Massachusetts. Dr. Linkov holds an M.S. in Physics and Mathematics from St. Petersburg Technical University (Russia), an M.S. equivalent in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University, and a Ph.D. in Environmental and Occupational Health from the University of Pittsburgh. View Dr. Linkov's curriculum vitae [ PDF ]
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