Joseph H. Highland, PhD, CEO

More than 25 years of experience assessing the effects on humans and the environment of exposure to toxic chemicals and hazardous waste.

• Conducted many environmental audits at industrial facilities on behalf of law firms and private clients, including the evaluation of potential environmental liabilities and compliance costs prior to the purchase or refinancing of commercial properties.
• Provided expert testimony and strategic support to litigants on a variety of toxic tort and environmental issues.
• Has overseen numerous internal audit programs.
• Conducted ECRA/ISRA investigations at over 50 industrial sites in New Jersey.
• Served as co-director of the Hazardous Waste Research Program at Princeton University.
• Chairman of the Toxic Chemicals Program for the Environmental Defense Fund.

Post-doctoral Scholar, Friedrich Miescher Institute in Basel, Switzerland, and Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin, Germany

PhD, Biochemistry, University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

BA, Chemistry and Biology, Hofstra University

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