Susan Kane Driscoll

Dr. Susan Kane Driscoll is a Managing Scientist in Exponent Inc’s EcoSciences practice.

Academic Credentials and Professional Honors:

Ph.D., Environmental Sciences, University of Massachusetts, 1994
B.S., Natural Resources, University of Rhode Island, 1981

Integrated Risk Assessment Paper of the Year for 2002 for “A Comparative Screening-Level Ecological and Human Risk Assessment for Dredged Material Management Alternatives in New York/New Jersey Harbor,” Human and Ecological Risk Assessment 8:603–626

She is an aquatic toxicologist, with 27 years experience in toxicology, specializing in ecological risk assessment, environmental chemistry, sediment toxicity testing, and the toxicity and bioavailability of sediment-associated contaminants to aquatic organisms and wildlife. Dr. Driscoll has directed or participated in numerous ecological risk assessments for RCRA, Superfund, and hazardous waste sites, serving a variety of industrial, utility, and governmental clients. She has extensive experience in designing and conducting laboratory and field aquatic toxicity and environmental fate studies in accordance with rigorous quality assurance practices. She has designed and contributed to numerous environmental programs that were used to develop technically defensible solutions to environmental problems and has negotiated their acceptance with state and federal authorities.

Dr. Driscoll is a specialist in the field of sediment toxicology and her original research and publications in the areas of bioavailability and toxicity of sediment-associated contaminants are widely cited. She has extensive knowledge of sediment toxicity testing, the technical basis and predictive ability of various sediment quality benchmarks, and has served as a reviewer for the development of emerging benchmarks.

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