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Biography:
Dr. David Wright, PhD DSc, President, Environmental Research Services
Cell: 443-250-8746
E-mail: david.wright105@comcast.net
Mailing Address: Environmental Research Services P.O. Box 38349 Baltimore, MD 21231
Niche Expertise: Testing of ballast water discharge for compliance with the ballast water convention, type approval requirements for Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS), the U.S. Shipboard Technology Evaluation Program (STEP) and 2012 U.S. federal regulations.
Networking Contact Interest: Ship owners and suppliers of treatment products and services such as the following: Former ERS Clients U.S. Army Corps of Engineers U.S. EPA T3I Inc., CT Nutech O3, VA NK Shipping, Busan, Korea Princess Cruise Lines, CA Degussa AG, Dusseldorf, Germany Ecosystem Management & Associates, DE Hyde Marine Inc., OH Calgon Carbon Inc., PA PACT, Shanghai, China
Present work, business and personal history: Click here for Dr. Wright's full resume Environmental Toxicology; Physiological effects of trace metals and petroleum hydrocarbons; toxicity bioassays; environmental risk assessments; effects of UV light on aquatic organisms; physical/chemical anti-fouling strategies; control of non-indigenous aquatic species; natural product biocides; water treatment technologies. Effect of salinity and temperature on survival and development of zebra mussel. The Development and Type Approval Testing of a Ballast Water Treatment Technology. Presentation. Harmful Aquatic Organisms in Ballast Water. Logistics of Compliance Assessment and Enforcement of Ballast Water Convention. monitoring the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Three patents on water treatment technology.
Environmental Research Services (ERS) is primarily involved with providing information and biological and chemical analytical services related to the IMO Ballast Water Management Convention. ERS conducts tests of ballast water discharge designed to test the efficacy of Ballast Water Treatment Systems (BWTS) according to IMO D-2 standards and 2012 U.S. federal Ballast Water Standards using ETV protocols. Information from these tests has been formed the basis for BWTS type approval and IMO Final Approval.
ERS has also conducted shipboard testing of BWTS under the auspices of the U.S. Coast Guard Shipboard Technology Evaluation Program (STEP) leading to vessel certification under this program. ERS President, Professor David Wright is co-Chair of the Institute for Marine Engineering Science and Technology Ballast Water Experts Group and a delegate at the IMO Marine Environmental Protection Committee. Trained as a physiologist, Dr. Wright is an experienced marine scientist, and holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Environmental Toxicology from the University of Maryland, with PhD and Doctor of Science degrees from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K. In 2010 he was Senior Scientist aboard two vessels monitoring the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. In a career spanning more than forty years he has published over 120 peer-reviewed papers and books on aspects of environmental physiology and toxicology involving trace metals, petroleum hydrocarbons and non-indigenous species control. He holds three patents in water treatment technologies.
Dr. Wright is an acknowledged expert on the Ballast Water Management Convention and has conducted research on the control of non-indigenous species for over twenty years. Over the past ten years his primary focus has been helping clients with the development and design of ballast water treatment systems and assisting with the numerous hurdles involved with the approval process.
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