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Biography Nancy C. Rothman, Ph.D.
Expertise Dr. Rothman is CEO and a Principal Scientist of New Environmental Horizons, Inc. (NEH). With over 20 years of experience in the development of methods, analysis, and data evaluation for semivolatile organic compounds (SVOC), including dioxins/furans and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and volatile organic compounds (VOC), she provides expert technical consulting for data usability and quality assurance of environmental measurements. Dr. Rothman has provided expert testimony, consulting, and litigation support for complex environmental data issues involving analyses of Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), VOCs, and PCBs. She also provides technical and regulatory assistance in historical data evaluation and in the development and review of project-specific Work Plans and Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPP) for environmental investigations in support of USEPA Superfund, MA-MCP, Brownfields, and RCRA programs. Dr. Rothman has previously held corporate positions for Corning Laboratory Services, Inc. as Chief Organic Scientist and Director of Productivity and Process Redesign and was the Division Director for two environmental analytical laboratories (Enseco – Erco Laboratory and Enseco – East). She has over 20 publications and presentations in the fields of analytical chemistry, data usability assessment, and method development. Education Ph.D., 1984 Physical-Organic Chemistry, Brandeis University
M.A. 1980 Physical-Organic Chemistry, Brandeis University
B.S. 1978 Chemistry,ACS Accreditation, Union College Recent Presentations and Publications Rothman, N.C. and S.D. Chapnick. 2005. Demystifying Dioxin Data for the Environmental Decision-Maker. Presentation at the 21st Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments and Water, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA, October 19, 2005.
Rothman, N.C. and S.D. Chapnick. 2003. Planning the Collection and Analysis of Environmental Data to Support Risk Assessment, Presentation at the National Environmental Monitoring Conference (NEMC), Washington, D.C., July 22, 2003.
Rothman, N.C. 2000. Effective Tools for Explaining Environmental Chemistry. Presentation at the Boston Bar Association, Boston, MA, February 29, 2000.
Kane, P. and N.C. Rothman. 1993. Testing GC Method Ruggedness and Improving Injection Technique by Design - Not Chance. LC-GC, Vol. 11, No. 11: 813-820. |
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