TOM E. MC HUGH, PH.D. D.A.B.T.:

Dr. McHugh is a Vice President with GSI Environmental Inc., in Houston, Texas. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology and has over 17 years of experience in the environmental industry with academic research and private consulting organizations. He received a B.A. in Biochemistry and Environmental Science from Rice University (1990), an M.S. in Environmental Engineering from Stanford University (1993), and a Ph.D. in Toxicology from the University of Washington (1997). Dr. McHugh has extensive project experience in human health and ecological risk assessment. He has developed training classes on a number of topics including the Texas Risk Reduction Program (TRRP) and was a member of the government/industry workgroup that developed the Ecological Risk Assessment Guidance for Remediation Sites in Texas.

Recently, Dr. McHugh has worked on a number of projects related to vapor intrusion including field investigations and model development. He is the principal investigator (PI) for two vapor intrusion research projects funded by the Department of Defense through their Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) research program. Through these projects, he has developed improved methods for building-specific vapor intrusion investigations based on control and measurement of pressure gradients. He is the lead author on several peer-reviewed journal articles, peer-reviewed conference proceedings, and technical documents on vapor intrusion.