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The Trace Element Research Laboratory (TERL) is dedicated to providing students with a high quality education in environmental chemistry and sponsors with high quality trace element data. (TERL) offers an uncommon combination of academic research expertise and extensive experience in the environmental monitoring and regulation arenas. TERL has an international reputation, earned through numerous blind intercalibration exercises, for consistently producing high quality, low detection limit trace element data for environmental samples (including water, wastewater, sediment and biota). All work is conducted under a comprehensive quality assurance/ quality control (QA/QC) program. TERL is experienced in the use of clean (1 part per billion level) and ultra-clean (< 0.1ppb level) sampling and preconcentration procedures required to make accurate measurements of trace metals at ambient levels in both freshwater and seawater. TERL has participated in most major US environmental monitoring programs over the past decade (e.g. NOAA Mussel Watch, EPA EMAP, USFWS Contaminants Program, etc.) and has an established reputation for accurately measuring trace metal levels in samples from even the most pristine environments.TERL facilities for low level analyses include a clean room, three modern graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometers, a PSA hydride generation atomic fluorescence analyzer, a Hewlett-Packard model 4500 ICP/MS, a Perkin-Elmer Optima 3000 dual-view ICP, and complete neutron activation analysis facilities.TERL has successfully completed over 300 projects for government agencies (e.g. U.S. Navy, NOAA, FWS, EPA, NSF, ONR) and private sector corporations (e.g. Science Applications Inc., CH2M-Hill, Phillips Petroleum, Exxon). Selected recent projects are described below. A complete list of projects including intercalibration (QA/QC) exercise results and detailed project summaries are available upon request.