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Appendix B: Biographical Information on the Committee on Ecological Risk Assessment under FIFRA and ESA
Appendix B: Biographical Information on the Committee on Ecological Risk Assessment under FIFRA and ESA
Pages 171-176
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His research focuses on methods and approaches for assessing the vulnerability of species to extinction, evaluating the effects of landscape dynamics on species persistence, projecting human land use on the basis of human population trends, and predicting the vulnerability of species to global climate change. He worked as a senior scientist at Applied Biomathematics, where he was one of the principal architects of the RAMAS library of software and developed models for risk assessment and modeling of metapopulations, for integrating metapopulation dynamics with geographic information systems, and for incorporating uncertainty into International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
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Dr. Durkin has conducted numerous risk assessments and risk assessment method development tasks for the US Department of Agriculture, the US Environmental Protection Agency, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
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In addition, Dr. Graf has chaired and been a member of many National Research Council committees, including those focused on the Klamath River, the Platte River, the Everglades, the Missouri River, and watershed management.
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Science Advisory Board committees, including that on Ecological Risk Assessment -- An Evaluation of the State-of-the-Practice and EPA's Regulatory Environmental Modeling Guidance Advisory Panel. In addition, he was a member of the National Research Council Committee on Improving Risk Analysis Approaches Used by the U.S.
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Dr. Reed has been a member of several National Research Council Committees, including the Committee on Risk Analysis and Reviews, and is a current member of the Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels.
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