Kaylene Ritter

Kaylene Ritter, PhD, is an environmental chemist with 20 years of experience in environmental science and research. She has worked at Superfund and other contaminated sites across the country, including mine-impacted sites contaminated with metals and radionuclides, industrial sites contaminated with dioxins, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and other organo-chlorine compounds, and oil spill sites contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). At these sites she assesses contaminant pathways, fate, and impacts to biota, surface water, sediments, and groundwater. Her areas of expertise encompass Natural Resource Damage Assessment and (NRDA), including injury assessment, damages determination and restoration planning; Tribal Risk Assessment (TRA), including incorporating traditional lifeways into risk assessment; and climate change impacts and adaptation planning. She has experience providing technical support on litigation, cooperative, and settlement cases, working for federal, state and tribal government agencies.