Alan Samel Email & Phone Number

Newark, Delaware, United States

Newark, Delaware, United States

• Product management & strategy, study management, development strategy, institutional priorities• US Endangered Species and Biodiversity, PBT, Pollinators, Endocrine, Mechanistic Ecotoxicology & NAMs• Study Monitor – Technical oversight and internal; based on global regulatory guidelines. • Project Coordination – coordination of ecotoxicology component of developmental and re- registration compounds. Participating in product registration strategy meetings, ensuring ecotoxicology project timelines were met, providing technical review of all ecotoxicology studies, and providing technical support for project(s).• Ecotoxicology Product Technical Expert (PTE). Responsible for preparation and defense of the ecotoxicology component of the global registration strategy and ecological risk assessments/position papers preparation to maintain or gain registration status of crop protection products in global markets. • Technical expert - aquatic toxicology. Responsibilities include training and consulting with internal and external sources in aquatic toxicology and ecology. o CLA – member of Environmental Sciences Effects Work Group - Chair of chronic mysid test guideline review – presented work at EU and NA SETAC; manuscript in preparation - Co-chair of non-target arthropod (NTA) Project team – early stages of working with EPA to determine if non-apis data can be used for NTA endangered species assessment. - Member of the Environmental Science Committee, Exposure and Endangered Species teamso CLE – member of aquatic toxicology committeeo FESTF – member of the Conservation Measures subgroupo SETAC – member of Interest Groups for sediment, aquatic toxicology, endocrine, bioaccumulation, risk assessment, etc.o Member of HESI committees – Bioaccumulation, in vitro bird advisory team, NAMs

Newark, De

Newark, Delaware, United States

• Study Director – Technical oversight Daphnia magna acute and chronic studies; acute fish studies & early life stage studies and fish bioconcentration studies – EPA FIFRA & TSCA, OECD, EU, and BBA guidelines. Prepare protocols, reports, and discuss results with sponsors.• Study Monitor – Technical oversight and internal; accountability for freshwater and marine invertebrate and fish acute and chronic studies; freshwater and marine algae - based on EPA FIFRA & TSCA, OECD, EU, and BBA guidelines. Review of study records, study progress, and review final reports.• Ecotoxicology Product Technical Expert (PTE). Responsible for preparation and defense of the ecotoxicology component of the global registration strategy and ecological risk assessments/position papers • Technical expert in aquatic toxicology. Responsibilities include training aquatics associates and consulting with internal and external sources. • Regulatory agency interactions. Have met with U.S. EPA and Australian.• Fish bioaccumulation research project - development of an abbreviated fish bioaccumulation test as a part of the suite of screening tests. Results were presented at 2005 SETAC meeting.• Daphnia magna research project -determine behavior of a chemical, such as a synthetic pyrethroid (known to adhere to glassware or to particulates) would behave differently in a conditioned laboratory grade water, unconditioned laboratory grade water or in a synthetic dilution water, such as Elendt M7. Results were presented at 1997 SETAC meeting and published in 1999.

Master’S Degree, Entomology And Applied Ecology

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Animal Sciences

Activities and Societies: Wrestling team - 1977-1980