John Cassels Principal Scientist

Thirty six years of experience conducting environmental investigations in  aquatic, marine, and terrestrial ecosystem.  Experienced in all aspects  of environmental investigations from project planning/design to field  surveys, wetlands assessments, data collection, management and  presentation, technical report writing, Geographic Information Systems  (GIS) application development, geo-integration, database analysis and  cartographic presentation. 

A strong ecological  foundation, along with an appetite for ever-expanding technologies  allows him to provide effective spatial information management resources  to engineers, scientists, risk assessors and other technically-oriented  clients, including sophisticated spatial analysis tools, real-time data  acquisition, database design, automation, and access, as well as the  highest quality cartographic presentation available.

Career  began as a research assistant at the Academy of Natural Sciences of  Philadelphia studying natural lakes in northeastern Pennsylvania.  Later  began to concentrate on water resource investigations, primarily storm  water management/planning and risk assessment projects where digital  information management skills were acquired.

Currently  working as an independent contractor bringing spatial analysis to  community planning documents including storm water MS4/TMDL plans, Act  537 Sewage Facility Plans, Comprehensive Plans, and Conservation Easement Plans.  Provides GIS support to environmental consulting firms conducting RI/FS  activities at Superfund sites, environmental, ecological and human  health risk assessments.  Will continue to offered extensive field  experience to future national disaster response efforts like the  Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, and Gold King Mine Release.