•  Services Overview
•  NRDA
•  Response Technology
•  Technical Training
•  Project Experience
•  About Polaris
•  Key Personnel

Kirkland Office:
12525 131st Court NE
Kirkland, WA 98034
tel (425) 823-4841
fax (425) 823-3805

Bainbridge
Island Office:
755 Winslow Way E
Suite #302
Bainbridge Isl, WA 98110
tel (206) 842-5667
fax (206) 842-2861

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KEY PERSONNEL

Gary S. Mauseth, M.S.
Principal/President
Mr. Mauseth has over 30 years of experience in the management and technical aspects of a wide variety of projects in the marine and freshwater environments. He has provided scientific support to vessel interest in over ninety spills, groundings, and natural resource damage assessment cases in the United States and its territories, as well as in Canada, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Micronesia, Chile, and the Bahamas. Mr. Mauseth has authored numerous publications and presentations on oil spill, NRDA and restoration. He has also represented industry regarding the development of federal and state rules relative to NRDA and OPA 90. Click here for full bio.
E-mail:  GMauseth@PolarisAppliedSciences.com

Dr. Edward Owens
Principal
Dr. Owens has been involved in oil spill cleanup and countermeasures, operations, and studies related to the environmental impact of oil spills worldwide since 1970. Dr. Owens has responded to spills in North and South America, Russia, Australia, and the Arabian Gulf. He has conducted foreign missions for the International Maritime Organization (IMO) as an Expert Consultant on the impact and persistence of stranded oil and on shoreline treatment. Dr. Owens has been closely involved with shoreline and nearshore oceanography research and has published more than 150 scientific papers and reports. Click here for full bio.
E-mail:  EHOwens@PolarisAppliedSciences.com

Dr. Elliott Taylor
Principal
Dr. Taylor has 20 years of worldwide experience as a marine scientist. His areas of expertise include oil spill response, planning, and regulatory compliance, spill exercises and response evaluation, technical support in environmental assessment, sediment quality and transport, coastal processes, and marine geology. Dr. Taylor’s experience encompasses river, lake, harbor, coastal and deep-sea environments. He has provided leadership to numerous multi-disciplinary research programs for both industry and international scientific programs. Click here for full bio.
E-mail:  ETaylor@PolarisAppliedSciences.com

Greg E. Challenger, M.S.
Principal
Mr. Challenger has over 20 years of experience in environmental regulation, marine resource management, habitat restoration and creation, oil spill response and natural resource damage assessment. He provides technical support throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico, Mexico, the Indo-Pacific, and the Caribbean Sea for oil spill and coral reef grounding response, third party claims, fisheries closures, and natural resource damage assessments. Mr. Challenger has also participated in the design and construction of many habitat restoration and creation projects in a wide variety of aquatic and wetland sites such as coral reef, seagrass, estuarine, and freshwater systems. Click here for full bio.
E-mail:  GChallenger@PolarisAppliedSciences.com

Andrew W. Graham, M.S.
Marine Scientist
Mr. Graham provides scientific and technical support in the field, including but not limited to chemical, water and sediment sampling, coral reef assessment, Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Team (SCAT) surveys, bathymetry work, and data analysis. He has responded to a variety of oil and chemical spills and ship groundings throughout the United States and the world. In addition to field support, Mr. Graham is the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and computer specialist for Polaris, utilizing GIS software to generate maps to aid emergency response operations and for natural resource damage assessment studies. He is also familiar with the installation and maintenance of networks, computer hardware and software. Click here for full bio.
E-mail:  AGraham@PolarisAppliedSciences.com

Gerald M. Erickson, M.S.
Marine Scientist
Mr. Erickson has over 20 years of technical and academic experience in marine science and ecology with particular expertise on the effects of oil spills, wastewater effluents, and other environmental impacts on marine organisms. Mr. Erickson is experienced in mathematical simulations of oil and hazardous substance spills, and natural resource injuries and damages. He has also served as supervisor of marine taxonomy laboratories on numerous epibenthic and benthic invertebrate taxonomy projects. Click here for full bio.
E-mail:  JErickson@PolarisAppliedSciences.com

Alison Craig, M.S., M.P.A.
Environmental Scientist
Ms. Craig provides 15 years of experience in oceanography, environmental monitoring, ecological risk assessment, and natural resource management. She has worked on studies analyzing impacts of contaminants to aquatic biota and programs providing support to NOAA’s Natural Resource Damage Assessment Program. Ms. Craig has also designed and developed databases in support of regional, national, and international spill response planning.
E-mail:  ACraig@PolarisAppliedSciences.com

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