A valued member of the EnviroScience team since 2006, Jeff Niehaus is a field biologist with over twenty years of experience specializing in aquatic ecology and stream restoration. His expertise in fish biology, ecology, and habitat requirements is applied to stream and wetland design. He is an integral figure in the development and construction of EnviroScience’s stream and wetland restoration projects.

Jeff’s duties include stream characterization and geomorphology assessments, data analysis, design implementation, and construction oversight. He is a commercial Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) pilot who uses drone technology in mapping and terrain evaluations and large, agricultural drones for invasive vegetation management. He is also an experienced fisheries sampling specialist and a fish, ichthyoplankton, and plankton taxonomist. He has worked as a consultant on numerous fisheries management projects throughout the country, implementing sampling designs and techniques.

Contact Jeff at:  JNiehaus @ EnviroScienceinc.com

Few environmental firms in the country retain EnviroScience’s degree of scientific know-how, talent, and capability under one roof. The diverse backgrounds of our biologists, environmental engineers, scientists, and divers enable us to provide comprehensive in-house services and an integrated approach to solving environmental challenges—saving clients time, reducing costs, and ensuring high-quality results.

Our client guarantee is to provide “Excellence in Any Environment,” meaning no matter what we do, we will deliver on our Core Values of respect, client advocacy, quality work, accountability, teamwork, and safety. EnviroScience was created with the concept that we could solve complex problems by empowering great people. This concept still holds true today as our scientists explore the latest environmental legislation and regulations and incorporate the most up-to-date technology to gather and report data.

EnviroScience expertise includes but is not limited to aquatic surveys (including macroinvertebrate surveys and biological assessments); ecological restoration; ecological services (including impact assessments, invasive species control, and water quality monitoring);  emergency response; engineering and compliance services; endangered mussel surveys; laboratory and analysis; stormwater management; threatened and endangered species; and wetlands and streams (including delineation and mitigation). Further, EnviroScience is one of the few biological firms in the country that is a general member of the Association of Diving Contractors International (ADCI) and offers full-service commercial diving services.

A valued member of EnviroScience’s leadership team, Dave Czayka has been with the company since 2005.  He currently serves as Director Regional Operations—including EnviroScience’s regional offices in Brentwood, TN, Richmond, VA, and Morgantown, WV—and Senior Aquatic Biologist.

Dave brings a wide breadth of knowledge to the team.  His experience includes freshwater and coastal fisheries, mussel, and vegetation surveys. Additionally, he is well-versed in stream assessment, wetland delineation, invasive species management, terrestrial mammal surveys, ichthyoplankton identification, environmental sampling, and emergency response. 

Dave plays a key role in the efficient implementation of the firm’s field-based services with each of the practice areas. In addition to his formal scientific training and consulting experience, he is a PADI-certified open water diver and has completed OSHA construction 10-hour training, HAZWOPER 40-hour training, and 8-hour Stormwater Management training.

Contact Dave at:  DCzayka @ EnviroScienceinc.com

Few environmental firms in the country retain EnviroScience’s degree of scientific know-how, talent, and capability under one roof. The diverse backgrounds of our biologists, environmental engineers, scientists, and divers enable us to provide comprehensive in-house services and an integrated approach to solving environmental challenges—saving clients time, reducing costs, and ensuring high-quality results.

Our client guarantee is to provide “Excellence in Any Environment,” meaning no matter what we do, we will deliver on our Core Values of respect, client advocacy, quality work, accountability, teamwork, and safety. EnviroScience was created with the concept that we could solve complex problems by empowering great people. This concept still holds true today as our scientists explore the latest environmental legislation and regulations and incorporate the most up-to-date technology to gather and report data.

EnviroScience expertise includes but is not limited to aquatic surveys (including macroinvertebrate surveys and biological assessments); ecological restoration; ecological services (including impact assessments, invasive species control, and water quality monitoring);  emergency response; engineering and compliance services; endangered mussel surveys; laboratory and analysis; stormwater management; threatened and endangered species; and wetlands and streams (including delineation and mitigation). Further, EnviroScience is one of the few biological firms in the country that is a general member of the Association of Diving Contractors International (ADCI) and offers full-service commercial diving services.

A dedicated member of the EnviroScience team since 2005, Tim Willaman currently serves as Health and Safety Officer. 

As a recipient of a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Kent State University, Tim has a well-rounded education focusing on health and safety issues. He is an Associate Safety Professional (ASP) with the Board of Certified Safety Professionals, an American Red Cross Adult CPR/First-Aid/AED Instructor, and has completed the OSHA 40-hour HAZWOPER and 30-hour Construction / General Industry training.

Throughout the years, Tim has also served as a valued member of the ecological survey team, where he specializes in wetlands delineation, terrestrial and aquatic wildlife surveys, invasive species management, and emergency response. 

A certified U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) wetland delineator with OEPA wetland quality training, Tim provides full delineation services for wetlands, streams, and aquatic/terrestrial habitats in accordance with USACE and EPA/DEP requirements.

Additionally, as an ADCI-certified member of EnviroScience’s commercial dive team, Tim provides support as a diver/tender on underwater surveys and construction projects. 

Tim is a pivotal component of the company’s field-based services with his extensive field experience in all realms of scientific research and proficiency with global positioning systems (GPS).

Contact Tim at: TWillaman @ EnviroScienceInc.com

Few environmental firms in the country retain EnviroScience’s degree of scientific know-how, talent, and capability under one roof. The diverse backgrounds of our biologists, environmental engineers, scientists, and divers enable us to provide comprehensive in-house services and an integrated approach to solving environmental challenges—saving clients time, reducing costs, and ensuring high-quality results.

Our client guarantee is to provide “Excellence in Any Environment,” meaning no matter what we do, we will deliver on our Core Values of respect, client advocacy, quality work, accountability, teamwork, and safety. EnviroScience was created with the concept that we could solve complex problems by empowering great people. This concept still holds true today as our scientists explore the latest environmental legislation and regulations and incorporate the most up-to-date technology to gather and report data.

EnviroScience expertise includes but is not limited to aquatic surveys (including macroinvertebrate surveys and biological assessments); ecological restoration; ecological services (including impact assessments, invasive species control, and water quality monitoring);  emergency response; engineering and compliance services; endangered mussel surveys; laboratory and analysis; stormwater management; threatened and endangered species; and wetlands and streams (including delineation and mitigation). Further, EnviroScience is one of the few biological firms in the country that is a general member of the Association of Diving Contractors International (ADCI) and offers full-service commercial diving services.

Jamie Willaman is the Senior Director of Organizational Development for EnviroScience and is part of the senior leadership team. She has been with EnviroScience since 2004 and held many positions over the years.

Jamie’s current accountability includes employee development, recognition, and retention; recruiting and on-board training; internal procedures, processes, and information presentation; and management of the Ohio resources employee group.

In addition, Jamie is a senior member of the Natural Resources team specializing in the Federally Endangered Indiana Bat and Wetland/Stream delineation and permitting. As an endangered bat biologist, she has in-depth USFWS Section 7 consulting experience, knowledge of northeastern bats and their habitat, and years of field survey practice, including habitat tree identification, mist-net surveys, acoustic monitoring surveys, and radio telemetry.

As a wetland biologist, Jamie has over 20 years of experience delineating wetlands and performing consultation with federal, state, and local regulatory agencies regarding jurisdictional determinations, Clean Water Act 401, 404, and Nationwide permitting, mitigation planning, and monitoring.

Contact Jamie at:  JWillaman @ EnviroScienceinc.com

Few environmental firms in the country retain EnviroScience’s degree of scientific know-how, talent, and capability under one roof. The diverse backgrounds of our biologists, environmental engineers, scientists, and divers enable us to provide comprehensive in-house services and an integrated approach to solving environmental challenges—saving clients time, reducing costs, and ensuring high-quality results.

Our client guarantee is to provide “Excellence in Any Environment,” meaning no matter what we do, we will deliver on our Core Values of respect, client advocacy, quality work, accountability, teamwork, and safety. EnviroScience was created with the concept that we could solve complex problems by empowering great people. This concept still holds true today as our scientists explore the latest environmental legislation and regulations and incorporate the most up-to-date technology to gather and report data.

EnviroScience expertise includes but is not limited to aquatic surveys (including macroinvertebrate surveys and biological assessments); ecological restoration; ecological services (including impact assessments, invasive species control, and water quality monitoring);  emergency response; engineering and compliance services; endangered mussel surveys; laboratory and analysis; stormwater management; threatened and endangered species; and wetlands and streams (including delineation and mitigation). Further, EnviroScience is one of the few biological firms in the country that is a general member of the Association of Diving Contractors International (ADCI) and offers full-service commercial diving services.

A key member of the ecological survey team at EnviroScience since 2004, Michael Liptak specializes in rare plant surveys, wetlands ecology, wetland restoration, and mitigation wetland design.

Dr. Liptak earned his Ph.D. at Ohio State University under the noted wetland ecologist Dr. William Mitsch and completed his graduate research on the created wetlands at the Olentangy River Wetland Research Park in Columbus. He has decades of experience in wetlands research and ecological consulting and is a Certified Senior Ecologist (Ecological Society of America). 

Michael’s main responsibilities at EnviroScience include rare plant surveys, wetland restoration planning, wetland assessments and delineations, technical report preparation, and permitting. His experience includes preparing mitigation plans for many different projects, including wetland creation, restoration, and enhancement, as well as upland restoration and prairie planting plans. 

Dr. Liptak has extensive experience with terrestrial, aquatic, and wetland surveys for projects of all sizes. He is a pre-qualified consultant certified to complete aquatic and terrestrial ecological surveys, wetland delineations, waterways permitting, and wetland mitigation design for Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) projects. Michael is a member of the Society of Wetlands Scientists and the Ecological Society of America, and he regularly gives seminars on ecological issues and regulations within the state of Ohio.

Contact Dr. Liptak at:  MLiptak @ EnviroScienceinc.com

Few environmental firms in the country retain EnviroScience’s degree of scientific know-how, talent, and capability under one roof. The diverse backgrounds of our biologists, environmental engineers, scientists, and divers enable us to provide comprehensive in-house services and an integrated approach to solving environmental challenges—saving clients time, reducing costs, and ensuring high-quality results.

Our client guarantee is to provide “Excellence in Any Environment,” meaning no matter what we do, we will deliver on our Core Values of respect, client advocacy, quality work, accountability, teamwork, and safety. EnviroScience was created with the concept that we could solve complex problems by empowering great people. This concept still holds true today as our scientists explore the latest environmental legislation and regulations and incorporate the most up-to-date technology to gather and report data.

EnviroScience expertise includes but is not limited to aquatic surveys (including macroinvertebrate surveys and biological assessments); ecological restoration; ecological services (including impact assessments, invasive species control, and water quality monitoring);  emergency response; engineering and compliance services; endangered mussel surveys; laboratory and analysis; stormwater management; threatened and endangered species; and wetlands and streams (including delineation and mitigation). Further, EnviroScience is one of the few biological firms in the country that is a general member of the Association of Diving Contractors International (ADCI) and offers full-service commercial diving services.

A valued member of our Laboratory Services team, Brad Bartelme is an aquatic biologist with extensive experience in algal taxonomy and aquatic ecology. He graduated from John Carroll University with two degrees—a B.S. degree in Biology and Environmental Science with a concentration in Chemistry and an M.S. degree in Biology.

Brad’s expertise extends to long-term water quality monitoring, encompassing a wide range of skills and knowledge, including experience in fish and aquatic macroinvertebrate surveys, identification and enumeration of fish, macroinvertebrates, periphyton, and phytoplankton, chlorophyll-a analysis, Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) and toxin analyses, microscopy and microbiology techniques, as well as field sampling methods and techniques.

Additionally, Brad is a certified Ohio EPA Level 3 Fish expert with proficiency in all methods related to fish sampling, data collection, and research.

Since he started at EnviroScience in 2014, Brad has helped with a multitude of projects—including all five U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) National Aquatic Resource Surveys (NARS), the National Rivers and Streams Assessment (NRSA), the National Coastal Conditions Assessment (NCCA), the National Wetland Conditions Assessment (NWCA), and the National Lakes Assessment (NLA).

Contact Brad at: BBartelme @ EnviroScienceinc.com

Few environmental firms in the country retain EnviroScience’s degree of scientific know-how, talent, and capability under one roof. The diverse backgrounds of our biologists, environmental engineers, scientists, and divers enable us to provide comprehensive in-house services and an integrated approach to solving environmental challenges—saving clients time, reducing costs, and ensuring high-quality results.

Our client guarantee is to provide “Excellence in Any Environment,” meaning no matter what we do, we will deliver on our Core Values of respect, client advocacy, quality work, accountability, teamwork, and safety. EnviroScience was created with the concept that we could solve complex problems by empowering great people. This concept still holds true today as our scientists explore the latest environmental legislation and regulations and incorporate the most up-to-date technology to gather and report data.

EnviroScience expertise includes but is not limited to aquatic surveys (including macroinvertebrate surveys and biological assessments); ecological restoration; ecological services (including impact assessments, invasive species control, and water quality monitoring); emergency response; engineering and compliance services; endangered mussel surveys; laboratory and analysis; stormwater management; sustainability services; threatened and endangered species; and wetlands and streams (including delineation and mitigation). Further, EnviroScience is one of the few biological firms in the country that is a general member of the Association of Diving Contractors International (ADCI) and offers full-service commercial diving services.

EnviroScience Senior Herpetologist and Project Manager Stan Boder

EnviroScience was thrilled to welcome Senior Herpetologist and Project Manager Stan Boder to the team in 2022.

Stan is a well-known expert in the field of herpetology and brings over 23 years of experience in the field of herpetology. He qualified to survey and monitor for a variety of species including the Timber Rattlesnake, Northern Copperhead, Queen Snake, Bog turtle, Blanding’s Turtle, Wood Turtle, and Eastern Box Turtle.

Stan has worked extensively in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast regions of the United States. He has performed and managed ecological and herpetological activities on a wide variety of projects including long corridor projects; specifically, oil and gas transmission rights-of-ways, DOT projects, and private development. 

Contact Stan at: SBoder @ EnviroScienceinc.com

Few environmental firms in the country retain EnviroScience’s degree of scientific know-how, talent, and capability under one roof. The diverse backgrounds of our biologists, environmental engineers, scientists, and divers enable us to provide comprehensive in-house services and an integrated approach to solving environmental challenges—saving clients time, reducing costs, and ensuring high-quality results.

Our client guarantee is to provide “Excellence in Any Environment” meaning no matter what we do, we will deliver on our Core Values of respect, client advocacy, quality work, accountability, teamwork, and safety. EnviroScience was created with the concept that we could solve complex problems by empowering great people. This concept still holds true today, as our scientists explore the latest in environmental legislation and regulations and incorporate the most up-to-date technology to gather and report data.

EnviroScience expertise includes but is not limited to: aquatic survey (including macroinvertebrate surveys and biological assessments); ecological restoration; ecological services (including impact assessments, invasive species control, and water quality monitoring);  emergency response; engineering and compliance services; endangered mussel surveys; laboratory and analysis; stormwater management; threatened and endangered species; and wetlands and streams (including delineation and mitigation). Further, EnviroScience is one of the few biological firms in the country that is a general member of the Association of Diving Contractors International (ADCI) and offers full-service commercial diving services.

Maddie Genco, MS, joined EnviroScience in 2021 and serves as our Macroinvertebrate Team Lead. She is passionate about field and lab work, specializing in freshwater macroinvertebrate collection, identification, and bioassessment.

Previously, Maddie worked with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) for three years, where she performed aquatic insect surveys to monitor streams throughout the state in support of the Clean Water Act.

Maddie earned her Bachelor of Science in Biology in 2014 from SUNY Oneonta and a Master of Science in Entomology from Clemson University in 2018. Her research centered on aquatic insect taxonomy with a strong focus on caddisflies.

Prior to graduate school, Maddie held internships with the Cape Cod National Park Service (NPS) and Center for Coastal Studies, where she was responsible for water quality monitoring and identification of freshwater macroinvertebrates and saltwater invertebrates along the Atlantic Coast from Cape Cod to the Bay of Fundy.

Maddie has the Society of Freshwater Science certifications for Eastern Mayflies, Stoneflies, Caddisflies (EPT), and Midges (Chironomidae) and is working toward her Other Eastern Arthropod certification. She has OEPA certification for QHEI and HHEI and is working toward Ohio EPA Level 3 Macroinvertebrate certification.

Contact Maddie at: MGenco @ EnviroScienceInc.com

Few environmental firms in the country retain EnviroScience’s degree of scientific know-how, talent, and capability under one roof. The diverse backgrounds of our biologists, environmental engineers, scientists, and divers enable us to provide comprehensive in-house services and an integrated approach to solving environmental challenges—saving clients time, reducing costs, and ensuring high-quality results.

Our client guarantee is to provide “Excellence in Any Environment,” meaning no matter what we do, we will deliver on our Core Values of respect, client advocacy, quality work, accountability, teamwork, and safety. EnviroScience was created with the concept that we could solve complex problems by empowering great people. This concept still holds true today as our scientists explore the latest environmental legislation and regulations and incorporate the most up-to-date technology to gather and report data.

EnviroScience expertise includes but is not limited to aquatic surveys (including macroinvertebrate surveys and biological assessments); ecological restoration; ecological services (including impact assessments, invasive species control, and water quality monitoring);  emergency response; engineering and compliance services; endangered mussel surveys; laboratory and analysis; stormwater management; threatened and endangered species; and wetlands and streams (including delineation and mitigation). Further, EnviroScience is one of the few biological firms in the country that is a general member of the Association of Diving Contractors International (ADCI) and offers full-service commercial diving services.

A valued member of the EnviroScience team since 1998, Julie Bingham has a diverse experience and background in biological assessment, project development, and restoration. Julie serves as Director of Ecological Restoration in our Restoration Services practice area, where she manages and coordinates stream and wetland restoration through a team of scientists, engineers, and biologists—both internally and partnering firms. 

Julie’s background in biology, morphological assessment, restoration design, and implementation experience makes her a unique team leader. She has completed Rosgen Applied Fluvial Morphology through Level IV and is certified by OEPA as a Level III Qualified Data Collector for fish sampling and QHEI. 

Julie is intimately involved with each stage of our restoration projects, including the actual construction implementation, when her experience in heavy equipment operation and oversight makes the restoration design a reality. Her ability to apply Clean Water Act goals and biocriteria data to restoration projects allows her to analyze existing conditions and develop predictive habitat and biological performance criteria for restoration designs.

Julie earned an M.S. in Biology from the University of Akron, where she performed research on predicting biological performance and recovery based on stream/habitat restoration.

Contact Julie at:  JBingham @ EnviroScienceinc.com

Few environmental firms in the country retain EnviroScience’s degree of scientific know-how, talent, and capability under one roof. The diverse backgrounds of our biologists, environmental engineers, scientists, and divers enable us to provide comprehensive in-house services and an integrated approach to solving environmental challenges—saving clients time, reducing costs, and ensuring high-quality results.

Our client guarantee is to provide “Excellence in Any Environment,” meaning no matter what we do, we will deliver on our Core Values of respect, client advocacy, quality work, accountability, teamwork, and safety. EnviroScience was created with the concept that we could solve complex problems by empowering great people. This concept still holds true today as our scientists explore the latest environmental legislation and regulations and incorporate the most up-to-date technology to gather and report data.

EnviroScience expertise includes but is not limited to aquatic surveys (including macroinvertebrate surveys and biological assessments); ecological restoration; ecological services (including impact assessments, invasive species control, and water quality monitoring); emergency response; engineering and compliance services; endangered mussel surveys; laboratory and analysis; stormwater management; threatened and endangered species; and wetlands and streams (including delineation and mitigation). Further, EnviroScience is one of the few biological firms in the country that is a general member of the Association of Diving Contractors International (ADCI) and offers full-service commercial diving services.

Nicole Stolic is an experienced biologist with 15 years of field and project management experience. She graduated from Kent State University with a B.S. in Biology and an Executive Master of Business Administration. Nicole has extensive experience managing and coordinating large-scale, multi-state sampling projects.

For the past nine years, she has been a project manager for contractor field support on aquatic resource surveys, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) National Rivers and Streams Assessment (NRSA), the National Coastal Conditions Assessment (NCCA), and the National Lakes Assessment (NLA).

Additionally, Nicole has been a field team lead for numerous fish and macroinvertebrate stream surveys, a crew member for 316(b) impingement and entrainment fish studies, and has performed taxonomic identification of ichthyoplankton and aquatic macroinvertebrates. She is also experienced in technical writing, data analysis, and budget management. 

Nicole is a USFWS-approved surveyor for the federally threatened Big Sandy and federally endangered Guyandotte River Crayfish. Furthermore, she holds Ohio EPA Level 3 certifications in Macroinvertebrates (Collection and Data Evaluation) as well as Chemical Water Quality Assessment, demonstrating her expertise in both the collection and evaluation of macroinvertebrate data and chemical water quality assessment methods.

Contact Nicole at: NStolic @ EnviroScienceInc.com

Few environmental firms in the country retain EnviroScience’s degree of scientific know-how, talent, and capability under one roof. The diverse backgrounds of our biologists, environmental engineers, scientists, and divers enable us to provide comprehensive in-house services and an integrated approach to solving environmental challenges—saving clients time, reducing costs, and ensuring high-quality results.

Our client guarantee is to provide “Excellence in Any Environment,” meaning no matter what we do, we will deliver on our Core Values of respect, client advocacy, quality work, accountability, teamwork, and safety. EnviroScience was created with the concept that we could solve complex problems by empowering great people. This concept still holds true today as our scientists explore the latest environmental legislation and regulations and incorporate the most up-to-date technology to gather and report data.

EnviroScience expertise includes but is not limited to aquatic surveys (including macroinvertebrate surveys and biological assessments); ecological restoration; ecological services (including impact assessments, invasive species control, and water quality monitoring);  emergency response; engineering and compliance services; endangered mussel surveys; laboratory and analysis; stormwater management; threatened and endangered species; and wetlands and streams (including delineation and mitigation). Further, EnviroScience is one of the few biological firms in the country that is a general member of the Association of Diving Contractors International (ADCI) and offers full-service commercial diving services.