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Carys Mitchelmore

Biography
Dr. Carys L. Mitchelmore is a Professor and Interim Director at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory in Solomons, Maryland. Her expertise is in environmental health and toxicology spanning both fundamental and applied questions concerning the exposure, fate and effects of biological, physical and, chemical pollutants. Research is directed towards the detection of chemical contaminants in various environmental matrices and understanding their toxicity and implications to organism and ecosystem health. Her research includes toxicity testing and contaminant monitoring for application to risk assessment, regulation and management activities to provide solutions to environmental problems. Her expertise in the impacts of oil and oil spill dispersants was called upon to provide research and expert advice regarding the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil incident. She was involved in many advisory groups for the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA).
Dr. Mitchelmore is heavily invested in integrating scientific research for the management and regulatory communities serving on numerous International and National science advisory groups and as an environmental toxicologist including five National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine committees, including the 2022 “Oil in the Sea IV” and “Review of Fate, Exposure, and Effects of Sunscreens in Aquatic Environments and Implications for Sunscreen Usage and Human Health” reports. She has also provided testimony at Federal, State and local hearings and served as an expert witness with respect to aquatic toxicity, hazard assessment and environmental regulations and management.
Dr. Mitchelmore is heavily invested in integrating scientific research for the management and regulatory communities serving on numerous International and National science advisory groups and as an environmental toxicologist including five National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine committees, including the 2022 “Oil in the Sea IV” and “Review of Fate, Exposure, and Effects of Sunscreens in Aquatic Environments and Implications for Sunscreen Usage and Human Health” reports. She has also provided testimony at Federal, State and local hearings and served as an expert witness with respect to aquatic toxicity, hazard assessment and environmental regulations and management.
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