David Thal

Principal Chemist, Environmental Standards / Director of Vitale Scientific Associates. He has been with the firm for 5 years.

He is an ASQ Certified Quality Auditor and a National Registry of Certified Chemists Certified Environmental Analytical Chemist. He holds BS degrees from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in Psychology and Chemistry. He has completed graduate work in Research Design, Research Statistics and Analytical and Polymer Chemistry. He held technical and management positions for 19 years with TestAmerica, STL, Quanterra and IT Corp. Prior to that engagement he served as an Analytical Chemist and Polymer Chemist with BASF and Technical Laboratories in Chattanooga Tennessee. He is known as an expert in high performance analytical technique and bioavailability testing dissolved PAHs and PCBs in both benthic and mamalian gastric systems.

Contact Information: dthal@envstd.com; 865-376-7590