brianne duncan

managing scientist

About

Specialties: domestic and international environmental regulations, permitting, cost assessment and allocation, oil and gas sites, Superfund sites, metals exposures, data mining, database management, data analysis, litigation support, historic site research, coordinated document analysis, GIS, R

Country

united states

City

seattle

Industry

environmental services

Skill

environmental compliance, environmental science, water quality, rcra, analytical chemistry, remediation, chemistry, water, groundwater, cwa, wastewater, environmental permitting, hazardous waste management, sediment contamination, data analytics, data management, environmental consulting, environmental impact assessment, environmental management systems, environmental awareness, international environmental law, hydraulic fracturing, principal component analysis, npdes, ctd, data analysis, statistics, report writing

Experience

managing scientist

exponent

2007-11 - Present · 18 yrs 11 mos

Currently working as a consultant in the Environmental Practice within Exponent. Experience with domestic environmental regulations (CERCLA, RCRA, CWA, etc.), international environmental regulations (Australia, Europe, Middle East, South America), permitting (NPDES, RCRA), Superfund sites, cost assessment and allocation, environmental chemistry, and historic site timeline development.

graduate teaching assistant

university of washington

2015-12 - 2016-3 · 4 mos

Acted as the wet lab coordinator and teaching assistant for the environmental and occupational sampling and analysis course. Utilized laboratory safety protocols as well as verified field sampling techniques. Included use of liquid-liquid extraction, gas chromatography, acid digestion, atomic absorption, and x-ray fluorescence. Performed analysis of lead in paint and disinfection byproducts in treated water. Established updated course materials including lab guidance documents.

graduate research assistant

university of washington

2015-6 - 2015-12 · 7 mos

Supported data needs for climate and air quality data streams. Also, provided data management and QA for groundwater chemistry data. Performed literature review, document management, and data abstraction for groundwater quality as it relates to unconventional oil and gas extraction.

graduate student

university of washington

2014-1 - Present · 12 yrs 9 mos

While pursuing a Master's degree in Environmental Health, conducted research on groundwater quality in relation to unconventional gas well density in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Currently researching the use of laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) as a biomonitoring analytical technique for metals exposure as a Ph.D. candidate for the Environmental and Occupational Hygiene program.