Staff

Michael V. Ruby

Principal Scientist

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Mr. Michael Ruby is an environmental chemist with 20 years of experience in site investigation and remediation, human health exposure analysis, and litigation support. He specializes in designing and managing site investigations and studies to establish the transport and fate of organic and inorganic compounds in the environment. Mr. Ruby has directed multidisciplinary projects pertaining to soil, sediment, solid waste, surface water, and groundwater quality and on developing remedial strategies for such sites. These projects have been conducted under CERCLA, RCRA, and state-led programs.

Mr. Ruby’s litigation support work has focused on both metals and organic contaminants in the environment and has included cases for cost allocation and toxic tort suits. He has provided litigation support and expert witness services at mining and mineral processing sites, manufacturing sites, wood-treating sites, and salvage and supply yards. He has been called on to evaluate the timing, responsibility, causation, and human exposures resulting from releases of contaminants at these sites.

Mr. Ruby is recognized internationally for his work on quantifying human exposures to metals (arsenic, beryllium, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury, and nickel) and organic compounds (dioxins/furans and PAHs) from soil. He has conducted extensive research on oral bioavailability and dermal absorption issues and is widely published in peer-reviewed journals on these topics. Mr. Ruby served on the National Research Council’s Committee on Bioavailability of Contaminants in Soils and Sediments, which published a state-of-the-science review on bioavailability.

Mr. Ruby leads Integral’s alternative dispute resolution practice. In this capacity, he provides mediation and facilitation services to parties engaged in environmentally related conflict.

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