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<br /> <br /> <br />Conducted toxicological evaluations of impacts from water quality <br />on fish populations in 30 trout streams for U.S. Forest Service <br />in Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee. <br />• Graduate Research Assistant (Ph.D.), University Center for <br />Environmental and Hazardous Materials Studies, Virginia <br />Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, <br />Virginia. 1975-1979 <br />Managed artificial stream research evaluating effects of toxics <br />in the effluent of coal-fired powerplants on periphyton <br />productivity. <br />Prepared floodwater management document for U.S. Soil <br />Conservation Service on streams in the James River basin . <br />Determined physiological importance of digestive enzymes on <br />uptake of contaminants during doctoral research program on the <br />energetic value for predator-prey interactions in streams. <br />Research Associate, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge <br />National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. 1974-1975 <br />Managed NEPA environmental compliance monitoring and evaluation <br />project for the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Facilities; <br />determined quantities in environment and assessed the effects on <br />public health and the environment of sites contaminated by <br />organic, heavy metal and nuclear wastes. <br />Conducted physiological research for modeling uptake rates and <br />bioaccumulation sites in animals from ingestion of plutonium-242. <br />Conducted bioaccumulation and uptake studies on aquatic organisms <br />living in habitats contaminated by mercury, lead, PCBs, and other <br />toxic compounds. <br />Environmental impact statement prepared to assess health of <br />aquatic ecosystem at the Oak Ridge Department of Energy <br />facilities and for development of alternative energy sources with <br />the synfuel program. <br /> <br />University, Cookeville, Tennessee. 1972-1974 <br />Evaluated hydrologic and ecological impacts produced by <br />intermittent discharge schedules from a large-storage <br />hydroelectric dam on stream environments. <br />Conducted ecological research on intraspecific competition during <br />invasion by the asiatic clam in a thermally stratified reservoir. <br />Conducted modeling for an environmental assessment of thermal <br />wastewater impacts from Cities Services ore refinery facility. <br />5 <br />