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Dr. Daniel Fisher, Senior Research Scientist
For 16 years, I directed the Maryland Department of the Environment's Bioassay Laboratory located at the Wye Research and Education Center (WREC) where I conducted acute and chronic whole effluent toxicity testing for NPDES compliance monitoring with freshwater and estuarine fish and invertebrates. In addition, I established freshwater and estuarine sediment toxicity testing capabilities at WREC that allow for sediment quality assessments.
As Principal Investigator or Co-PI for research grants and contracts I have conducted research in the following areas: aquatic toxicological studies in both the laboratory and field involving sediments, single compounds, mixtures, effluents and storm water runoff; ecological risk assessments involving the development of water quality criteria for numerous compounds; and continuous versus intermittent toxicity of chemicals. I have written more than 100 refereed journal and technical publications on a wide variety of environmental issues.
Education
- B.S. in Biology from the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1972.
- M.S. in Marine Science (Specialty: Aquatic Toxicology) from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, Virginia, 1980.
- Ph.D. in Marine Science (Specialty: Aquatic Toxicology) from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, Virginia, 1986.
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