About: Dr. Neil S. Shifrin
Neil Shifrin was an environmental engineer for 45 years and is now retired. With a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and a PhD in Civil/Environmental Engineering from MIT, Dr. Shifrin has worked on essentially every type of environmental problem in the United States. He founded a consulting firm, Gradient Corporation, and specialized in water quality, hazardous wastes, and environmental management history. During his career, Dr. Shifrin testified in court over 25 times on many Superfund topics, such as cost allocation, cleanup approaches, and insurance recovery. Dr. Shifrin conceptualized and published on several significant topics in the environmental field including environmental analytical chemistry (analyzing for Tentatively Identified Compounds), cleanup goals (a statistical approach to setting risk-based cleanup levels), and waste management in the 20th century, among others. His recent book, Environmental Perspectives, provides insights he gained on fundamental environmental topics of interest today.
