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A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff
Pages 203-210

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From page 203...
... He is a national associate of The National Academies and has chaired several National Academies studies, including the Committee on Hardrock Mining on Federal Lands, the Subcommittee on Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations, the Committee on Abandoned Mine Lands, and the Committee on Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing. He has also served as a member on the Committee on Surface Mining and Reclamation, the Committee on Earth Resources, the Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, the Committee on Environmental Issues in Pacific Northwest Forest Management, and the Committee on Noneconomic and Economic Value of Biodiversity.
From page 204...
... Dr. Hallberg has served on the National Academies Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources and on several committees, including as chair of the Committee on Opportunities to Improve the USGS National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA)
From page 205...
... She has conducted research on a variety of topics in contaminant hydrogeology and geochemistry, including studies on mechanisms controlling the fate and transport of metals, nutrients, pathogens, organic solvents and petroleum products in groundwater, and the development of passive methods for remediating contaminated groundwater. Her current research focuses on passive groundwater remediation technologies, the release and transport of metals at northern mine sites, and the fate of wastewater contaminants in shallow sand aquifers.
From page 206...
... 206 MANAGING COAL COMBUSTION RESIDUES IN MINES ment. While at ORNL he served on the National Laboratory Diversity Council and was president of the Oak Ridge Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
From page 207...
... Dr. Sweigard's research falls under the category of environmental impacts of mining including the alleviation of excessive compaction of reconstructed soil, post-mining land use, slope stabilization on abandoned mine lands, and disposal of coal combustion by-products.
From page 208...
... 208 MANAGING COAL COMBUSTION RESIDUES IN MINES tional and environmental medicine from the University of Minnesota and his M.P.H from the University of Michigan.
From page 209...
... APPENDIX A 209 STAFF BIOGRAPHIES TAMARA L DICKINSON, study director, is associate director for the National Academies Space Studies Board.
From page 210...
... 210 MANAGING COAL COMBUSTION RESIDUES IN MINES ture and Natural Resources and a proposal specialist and contract assistant in the Office of Contracts and Grants.


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