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Sabine E. Apitz is an oceanographer and environmental marine geochemist with 40 years of environmental experience in the academic, government, and business sectors. She specializes in developing various conceptual tools, including Ecosystem Services, Sustainability, and other ecosystems-based framings that link what we can measure as scientists to what we want to achieve in society to support environmental management, policy, and decision-making. With a BS in Chemistry (CSUF, 1983) and a PhD in Oceanography/Marine Geochemistry (UCSD/SIO, 1991), she worked for 10 years as a senior marine environmental scientist for the US Navy, advising and representing the US Government on dredged material assessment and management issues. For over 20 years, she was Director of SEA Environmental Decisions, a UK consultancy providing advice on ecosystems-based sediment, dredged material, catchment, and coastal environmental management and policy to international clients. She is the current Editor-In-Chief of the peer-reviewed journal Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. Richard J. Wenning is an ecotoxicologist with 40 years of experience conducting environmental damage and risk assessments, evaluating ecosystem injuries, and restoring aquatic environments. He has been involved in the many facets of contaminated sediment management, including investigation, toxicity testing, remediation, beneficial reuse, and ecological recovery of freshwater and marine environments worldwide. Holding a BS in environmental science (DU, 1985) and an MS in ecotoxicology (Duke, 1987), he worked for three decades at two of the world's leading international environmental risk consultancies, ChemRisk and ENVIRON, assessing injuries to natural resources caused by chemical contamination, industrial accidents, resource development projects, and natural disasters. He is a Principal Scientist at Wenning Environmental LLC, where he continues to advise clients on environmental damage, impact, and risk analysis related to climate change, pollution, and natural resource injuries. He served 20 years as founding Editor-In-Chief of the peer-reviewed journal Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. |
