CHARLES J. NEWELL, PH.D., P.E., B.C.E.E.:

Dr. Newell is a Vice President of GSI Environmental Inc. He is a member of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers, a NGWA Certified Ground Water Professional, and an Adjunct Professor at Rice University. He has co-authored three EPA publications, five environmental decision support software systems, numerous technical articles, and two books: Natural Attenuation of Fuels and Chlorinated Solvents and Ground Water Contamination: Transport and Remediation. His professional expertise includes site characterization, groundwater modeling, non-aqueous phase liquids, risk assessment, natural attenuation, bioremediation, non-point source studies, software development, and long-term monitoring projects.

He was an invited participant at the U.S. EPA DNAPL Workshop in 1991, one of four speakers who presented the EPA's Seminar on Characterizing and Remediating DNAPL at Hazardous Waste Sites in 10 cities in 1993, and served on the 2003 U.S. EPA Expert Panel regarding source depletion at DNAPL sites. He has also served as a nationwide Risk-Based Corrective Action (RCBA) trainer for the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). He has taught graduate level groundwater courses at both the University of Houston and Rice University.