Edward Garvey, Ph.D.

Ed Garvey is a lecturer with the Earth Institute’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University. He is an environmental geochemist, a licensed professional geologist (PA, NY), and the owner and principal of Garvey Geochemical Consulting, LLC. He was a technical vice president (retired) with WSP USA, Inc. in Morristown, NJ. His research interests include the integration of geochemical and geophysical data to establish sediment and contaminant transport, the geochemical study of persistent organic pollutants (e.g., PAHs, PCBs, dioxins), and the geochemical study of heavy metals, (e.g., lead, mercury). He has co-authored numerous presentations, government reports, and articles on the application of environmental forensics, sediment core dating, and high-resolution analytical techniques to investigate and remediate major Superfund sites across the US.