Bjorn A. Bjorkman

Senior Ecotoxicologist

Risk Assessment, Toxicology, Due Diligence, Remedial Investigation

Education

    M.S., Aquatic Ecology and Limnology, University of Minnesota
  • B.A., Environmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara

Training and Certifications

    Certificate in Environmental Inspection and Enforcement, Stockholm, Sweden
  • HAZWOPER 40-Hour Training
  • HAZWOPER 8-Hour Supervisor Training
  • Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) Awareness
  • Railroad Safety Training
  • Shell Hazard and Effect Management Process (HEMP)
  • Chevron CSOC / EPDEP

Mr. Bjorkman has over 25 years of experience in environmental risk assessment and management; environmental due diligence; environmental site investigations, sampling program design, and expert reporting; and natural resource evaluations.

Mr. Bjorkman has led or participated in site investigations, risk assessments, and risk based corrective actions in over 30 states under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA); Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA); and state programs. He is fluent in Spanish and Swedish and has extensive international experience. His focus has been in upstream and downstream oil and gas facilities, railroads, mines, Manufactured Gas Plant (MGP) facilities, brownfield sites, active and inactive military sites, and contaminated waterways.

Mr. Bjorkman provides technical expert support for risk assessment and risk management, due diligence, evaluation of environmental liabilities, and natural resource damages at sites with media affected by PCBs, hydrocarbons, metals, and emerging contaminants such as PFOS/PFOA.

Mr. Bjorkman also has extensive experience in due diligence evaluations, litigation support, natural resources damages, environmental impact, biodiversity, and aquatic toxicology, with particular focus on the oil and gas industry.