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Appendix E: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff
Pages 239-246

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... Department of Energy Projects and the Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress (since 2010)
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... Dr. Boggess served as a member of the National Research Council Committee on the Use of Treated Municipal Wastewater Effluents and Sludge in the Produc tion of Crops for Human Consumption, and on the Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress (since 2008)
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... M Siobhan Fennessy is the Jordan Professor of Biology and Environmental Science at Kenyon College, where she studies wetland ecosystems, particularly how wetland plant communities and biogeochemical cycles respond to human disturbances such as altered land use and factors associated with climate change.
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... His research interests are principally in the areas of urban hydrology and stormwater management, nonpoint source pollution, and transport processes related to water quality. He is one of the original authors of the Environmental Protection Agency's Storm Water Management Model (SWMM)
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From page 243...
... Environmental Protection Agency and on boards of such environmental organizations as the World Wildlife Fund and the Nature Conservancy. He has also served on many National Academies committees, including the first Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress, the Committee on Cumulative Environmental Effects of Alaskan North Slope Oil and Gas Activities, and the Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology.
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... Dr. Saiers was a member of the NRC's Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress and chaired the Committee to Review the Florida Aquifer Storage and Recovery Regional Study Technical Data Report.
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... He managed large-scale constructed wetlands and contributed to projects that included aspects of ecological engineering, restoration ecology, limnology, and watershed management. Prior to that, he was an assistant research scientist and postdoctoral research associate in the Soil and Water Science Department at the University of Florida, where he undertook research and managed projects on wetland restoration and biogeochemistry.
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... Mr. McGovern has contributed to a number of studies and projects on municipal water, aquifer storage and recovery, community-based flood insurance, and coastal risk reduction.
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