David T. Adamson, PH.D., P.E.

Dr. Adamson has more than ten years of environmental project experience in academic research and environmental consulting. He has worked as a post-doctoral research associate at Cornell University, and he has held lecturer and research scientist positions at Rice University.  He currently serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Rice University.  He has conducted and published research on a variety of areas related to subsurface contamination and biological remediation.  Since joining GSI in 2004, Dr. Adamson’s professional experience includes site investigation, characterization, and remediation, with projects in the U.S., Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East, including the design, implementation, and management of full-scale remediation projects.  He has extensive expertise in projects dealing with natural attenuation, biological and chemical treatability studies, DNAPL partitioning modeling and treatment technologies, and the development of decision support tools for source treatment technologies.  He is currently a co-Principal Investigator on several DoD-sponsored research projects, including those focused on innovative long-term monitoring strategies and improved amendment delivery systems for low permeability matrices.