How to Use CREED

Irene Bramke

Senior Environmental Risk Assessor, AstraZeneca

Irene Bramke is an environmental fate expert with 15 years of professional experience in environmental fate. Previous to joining AstraZeneca in 2020 as an environmental risk assessor, Irene worked as a project manager at Environmental Resources Management (ERM) and Syngenta as an environmental safety and soil molecular microbiology expert. Irene conducted her PhD research in the area of Plant Molecular Biology at Imperial College, University of London, and holds a degree in Biology from Humboldt-University Berlin. Irene is based in the Netherlands.

Carolina Di Paolo

Senior Risk Assessor and Ecotoxicologist, The Dow Chemical Company

Carolina Di Paolo is a senior risk assessor and ecotoxicologist at Dow. Previously, she worked as an ecotoxicologist at Shell, as a scientist at the Ecotox Centre in Switzerland, and at RWTH Aachen University in Germany, where she obtained her PhD. Her thesis research advanced the use of mechanism-specific bioassays to guide and complement analytical chemistry approaches in effect-directed analysis of surface waters and in water quality monitoring of European river basins. She has an MSc in Environmental Sciences from Wageningen University, and degrees in Veterinary Medicine and Biological Oceanography (MSc) from the University of São Paulo in Brazil, where she is originally from. Carolina is currently based in The Hague, the Netherlands.

Graham Merrington

Director, wca environmental

Graham Merrington is a director of wca. He has more than 25 years experience of chemicals risk assessment, waste regulation, and the fate, behavior and effects of chemicals in the environment. After receiving a BSc in environmental science and a PhD in the environmental behaviour of metals at historic mine sites from the University of London, Graham took up a post-doctoral research position at the Department of Soil Science, University of Reading, UK. From the University of Reading, Graham moved to Bournemouth in 1994, where he was a lecturer in environmental chemistry and teamed up with colleagues to look at the transfer of metals through terrestrial food chains, specifically the soil-plant-insect linkage. In 1998, Graham took up a position at Adelaide University in Australia as a lecturer in soil chemistry, where he continued his research on metal behavior with colleagues at CSIRO. Graham joined wca from the Environment Agency of England and Wales, where for five years he led a research and development program focused on Environmental Quality Standards (EQS) in soils, waters and sediments. He has represented the UK at Expert Groups for the Water Framework Directive and was a regular attendee as an expert for metals related issues at the European Commission. Graham has written or co-authored more than 80 scientific publications focusing on the behavior and fate of chemicals in environmental systems. More recently he has been part of groups who have written EU technical guidance on the regulatory implementation of EQS.

Adam Ryan

Senior Manager of Environment, International Zinc Association

Adam is a Senior Manager of Environment for the International Zinc Association (IZA). In his role, Adam manages international environmental research and application efforts, focusing on developing and understanding environmental quality standards. Prior to joining IZA, he spent 16 years developing and applying biotic ligand models for a variety of metals in various environmental media while working at Windward Environmental and HydroQual. Adam is a Board-Certified Toxicologist (DABT) with extensive water quality standards and environmental data analysis experience. He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Toxicology from Clemson University while investigating the effects of water chemistry on metals bioavailability. Prior to graduate school, Adam earned a degree in biology from SUNY Fredonia. He is currently based in Syracuse, NY.