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MCLinc's technical staff includes sixteen degreed
professionals, three Ph.D.’s, with experience in
chemistry, chemical engineering, and materials
science. The laboratory's technical team has a
total of over 250 years of combined industrial
experience. Ten employees have either L or Q DOE
security clearance. Four employees have DOD secret
clearances.
Barry A. Stephenson (President and
Chief Executive Officer)
Mr. Stephenson is president and chief executive
officer of MCLinc. He is a chemist with over 32
years of experience, including 25 years in senior
management positions in environmental analytical
laboratories. His experience includes all aspects
of laboratory operations, administration, project
management, program development, and business
development. Mr. Stephenson has extensive
experience in building and start-up of fixed
based, mobile and on-site laboratories and
management of field analytical and sampling
services. Mr. Stephenson received a B.S. in
chemistry from the University of Tennessee and a
M.S. in science education from the University of
Tennessee.
William D. Bostick (Chairman of the Board and
Technical Director)
Dr. Bostick is the technical director for MCLinc.
He received a B.A. degree from Vanderbilt
University (chemistry) and a Ph.D. degree from the
University of Georgia (analytical chemistry). He
has over 30 years of experience in technical areas
that include instrumentation development,
separation science, spectroscopy, bioanalytical
chemistry, hazardous and radiological waste
treatment and waste stabilization, thermal
treatment technologies, and regulatory and
compliance issues. In 1990, he received a Martin
Marietta technical achievement award for
"outstanding insight and initiative in individual
and leadership contributions in the waste
management program," and in 1991, staff members
received an R&D100 award for development of a
process to recycle electrode-less nickel plating
baths. Dr. Bostick has authored or co-authored
over 130 publications and formal technical
reports, and has three U.S. patents and five
government-owned patent applications. He is
a recognized expert in uranium chemistry, in-situ
stabilization, and nuclear waste treatment.
Gregory J. Wagner (Chief Operating Officer and Manager)
Dr.
Wagner is the chief operating officer and operations
manager for MCLinc. He is an analytical chemist
with over 12 years experience in laboratory
and project management. His expertise consists of a
broad blend of analytical chemistry & instrumentation,
industrial forensics, chemical engineering, catalyst
engineering & testing, and pollution
abatement and testing. His experience also includes
electron microscopy, x-ray fluorescence & diffraction, photoelectron spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy,
and liquid plus gas chromatography. He has directed
laboratory-to-bench-to-pilot scale studies in support
of technology development and has four U.S patents on
pollution abatement processes currently installed on
natural gas-fired power generating turbines. He
previously served as vice president of research and
development and laboratory manager at both Advanced
Catalyst Systems and EmeraChem. Dr. Wagner received
his B.S. in chemistry from the University of South
Florida in 1992 and a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry
from the University of Tennessee in 1996.
Jack
R. Hall (Quality
Assurance Manager)
Mr. Hall is a
professional chemist with 42 years of experience
in all areas associated with the collection,
chemical analysis, and data interpretation of
environmental samples. He received a B.S. degree
in chemistry from Pennsylvania State University.
His experience includes the design of mobile
laboratories, personnel management, project
management, laboratory management and coordinating
the analytical analyses and monitoring needs for
the startup of waste treatment and chemical pilot
plants. He has significant expertise with ASTM
standards. His project experience includes method
development for organic pollutants, compliance
testing for specific U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), Contract Laboratory Program (CLP)
organics and inorganic contracts, determination of
dioxins/furans by low/high resolution gas
chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS), testing
of emissions from waste treatment and
manufacturing processes, analysis of hazardous
pollutants in waste materials and environmental
media. Experience includes testing of specific
emissions from incinerator trial burns for a
variety of wastes and developing and implementing
the associated QA programs. Knowledgeable in
Clean Water Act, CERCLA, and Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA) methods and analyses,
selection and implementation of laboratory
information management systems, and the
development / implementation of QA programs. Mr.
Hall was most recently responsible for Quanterra’s
corporate quality assurance group charged with
total quality oversight and maintaining quality
leadership of the Quanterra network of 12
laboratories. Mr. Hall was responsible for the
annual internal audit of the 12 laboratories and
other outside laboratories used by the parent
company, IT Corporation. He is knowledgeable in
the implementation of EPA, DOD, DOE, NELAC, and
ISO 17025 quality assurance programs.
Robert J. Stevenson (Manager, Microscopy and
Asbestos Laboratory)
Dr. Stevenson
is a senior project manager and is nationally
known for his work in the fields of microscopy.
Dr. Stevenson
has a B.S. in geology from the University of
Wisconsin-Oshkosh, a M.S. in geology from the
University of Minnesota-Duluth, and a Ph.D. in
geology from the University of Minnesota. His
former affiliations include principle instructor
of electron microscopy courses at McCrone Research
Institute, manager of the Natural Materials
Analytical Laboratory of the University of North
Dakota, and microparticulate analyst for the
Minnesota Department of Health. Dr. Stevenson has
technical expertise in materials characterization
and analysis using scanning electron microscopy,
transmission electron microscopy, optical
microscopy, x-ray diffraction, and x-ray
fluorescence. He has over 50 technical reports,
publications, and presentations in these areas.
Currently, he is affiliated with ASTM Committee
D22.07.
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Jack Collins
Mr. Collins retired from ORNL with 43 years service.
He was a senior research and development staff chemist
in the Process Chemistry Group of the Nuclear Science
and Technology Division at ORNL. He obtained a B.S.
in Chemistry from the University of Tennessee
(Knoxville) in 1963.
His career covered a broad spectrum of topics at ORNL:
1) fission product release testing of LWR1,
MHTGR, and NPR fuels, 2) identification and chemical
behavior of released fission products, 3) source-term
modeling, 4) fast breeder reactor fuel development,
fabrication, and characterization of the Pu/U fuel
prepared as microspheres by the internal gelation
process, 5) determining ideal process parameters for
making Advanced Gas‑Cooled Reactor fuel kernels by the
internal gelatin process, 6) development, production,
and characterization of inorganic ion exchangers as
microspheres for removing radioactive cations and
anions from liquid waste streams and process
effluents, 7) sludge and supernatant treatment studies
of DOE tank waste, 8) large-scale uranium leaching
studies of different Y‑12 waste types, 9) actinide
chemistry, 10) demonstrations and verification of
several chemical processes, 11) glove box and hot cell
operations, and 12) isotopes separations and recovery
chemistry.
Larry
A. Harris
Mr. Harris has an extensive background in geology,
x-ray diffraction, and x-ray photoelectron
spectroscopy. He has applied these technologies to
the identification of metal complexes related to
environmental remediation studies as well as
industrial and chemical process investigations. He is
widely recognized for his work on x-ray photoelectron
spectroscopy and its application to metals speciation
and is nationally known for his work in the fields of
crystal structure analysis and crystal synthesis,
phase equilibria studies, and electron microscopy of
coals. He authored a section on Near Infrared
Microscopy for the “Encyclopedia of Microscopy” and
developed a x-ray fluorescence process for the
detection of trace elements. Mr. Harris has a B.A. and
M.S. in geochemistry and has over 42 years of applied
and basic research and development experience.
Jeffrey L. Holt
Mr. Holt is a graduate of Centre College of Kentucky
with a B.S. in Biology and has post-graduate work in
Microbiology from the University of Tennessee.
He has over 20 years experience in laboratory
management and analytical testing including 17 years
in the industrial process water treatment industry.
Mr. Holt joined MCLinc as a Senior Chemist with
experience in chemical and biological corrosion
control, ion chromatography, and softener resin,
mineral deposit, and water quality analysis.
Robert
J. Jarabek
Mr. Jarabek has two associate degrees in science from
Roane State Community College. Mr. Jarabek has a broad
background which includes metallurgy, wet chemistry,
analytical instrumentation, radiological measurements,
asbestos analysis and counting, high vacuum systems,
and laboratory safety. He developed a modified
Davies-Gray titration which is currently offered by
MCLinc for uranium 4+ and 6+ speciation. Mr. Jarabek
currently serves as MCLinc’s chemical hygiene
officer.
Earl
B. Munday
Mr. Munday has over 30 years of technical experience
and has a masters degree in chemical engineering from Clemson
University and a bachelors degree in physics from Clemson
University. Mr. Munday’s experience includes planning
and conducting pilot plant evaluations from the
laboratory phase to field demonstration. He has
developed decontamination methods for radioactive
materials and has designed systems for use with highly
toxic, corrosive, and potentially explosive
chemicals. Mr. Munday has received several awards for
his accomplishments including the Martin Marietta
Energy Systems technical
achievement team award for the Gas Phase
Decontamination Project. He has extensive experience in project
management and technical expertise in the sampling of
hazardous gasses. His experience includes
full-scale decontamination of radioactive waste water
and lab-scale vapor-liquid equilibrium experiments. Mr. Munday currently serves as MCLInc’s security officer.
Arvid Pasto
Dr.
Arvid Pasto, former Director of the Oak Ridge National
Laboratory (ORNL) High Temperature Materials
Laboratory (HTML), has joined the MCLinc staff as a
Senior Analytical Consultant. Dr. Pasto retired from
ORNL this year after thirty-five years of national
laboratory and industrial experience in conducting,
managing and directing advanced materials research.
His ceramic materials expertise is in development of
the processing-microstructure-properties correlation.
Previously, as Manager of GTE Laboratories’ Heat
Engine Structural Ceramics Department, Dr. Pasto
conducted and managed programs to develop silicon
nitride ceramics for turbine and diesel engine use, as
well as military applications. Most recently, as
Director of the HTML, he was responsible for directing
industry-laboratory research and providing world-class
material user facilities for use by researchers from
industry, academia, and federal laboratories. Dr.
Pasto has been a member of the American Ceramic
Society for over forty years, and is a Fellow of that
organization.
Thomas W. Pickel III
Mr. Pickel has an associate
degree in environmental science from Roane State
Community College. He has over twelve years experience
in sample collection and field testing of various
media. At MCL, he serves as an assistant lab technician
and provides oversight for facility health and safety.
Misti
D. Reagan
Ms.
Reagan has a B.A. in chemistry from Maryville
College. She is the acting Radiation Safety
Officer. Her expertise includes sample preparation
for environmental and radioactive samples. Ms.
Reagan’s experience includes technical/chemical work
at BWXT/Y-12 and research and development at James
Madison University and Maryville College. She
currently runs gamma spectroscopy, ion chromatography,
and asbestos fiber analyses at MCLinc.
Michele W. Sanders
Ms.
Sanders has a B.S. in chemistry from Nicholls State
University.
Her expertise consists of a broad blend of analytical
testing, laboratory management, catalyst development,
and air pollution abatement and testing.
Her background includes 10 years in petroleum product,
pharmaceutical and water quality analyses, and 10
years in catalyst research and development for
pollution control and consumer products. Ms. Sanders
has multiple publications and seven patents in the
area of environmental pollution control. She is also
trained in statistical analysis which is instrumental
for industrial forensics and
analytical technologies and procedures.
Ms. Sanders joined MCLinc as a senior chemist and
currently conducts environmental analyses
including PCB’s, metals, and manages special projects.
James L. Shoemaker
Mr. Shoemaker has a B.S. in chemistry and mathematics
from Austin Peay State University. Mr. Shoemaker is a
technical advisor and process specialist. He has
thorough knowledge of gaseous diffusion plant
operations, systems, processes, and facilities at ETTP.
Mr. Shoemaker is a chemist with experience in process
material development, wet chemistry, waste treatment
technologies, and treatability studies.
Samuel M.
Travaglini
Mr.
Travaglini received a B.S. in math and physics from
Harding University in 2005, and a M.S. in physics from
the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2007.
He served as a student intern for two summers at Oak
Ridge National Lab assisting research in electron
microscopy, leading to a co-author credit in a paper
published in 2006 in the Journal of Electron
Microscopy. For his thesis work, Mr. Travaglini
studied the angular dependence of currents in
high-temperature superconductors to further research
in the field. He started with MCLinc in 2008,
and currently conducts SEM sample preparation and
analysis, TEM sample preparation, XRD sample
preparation and analysis, mercury cold vapor analysis,
and bulk asbestos analysis.
Administrative Staff
Gina Bell (Officer Manager)
Ms.
Bell is an administrative professional with more than
20 years experience in the corporate environment. She
received a bachelor’s degree in business
administration in 1996. Ms. Bell joined the staff of
McLinc in 2005 and is the manager of administrative
services. She also assists the president and chief
operating officer and directs the administrative
support group for MCLinc.
Linda Maines
Mrs. Maines is an administrative professional with 30
years of varied office experience. Mrs. Maines
provides administrative support to the technical team
and is responsible for administration of controlled
documents and training.
Kristal Tate
Ms.
Tate received a B.S. from
the
University of Tennessee
in Environmental and Soil Science and an A.A.S. in
Chemical Engineering from Pellissippi State Technical
Community College. Her
experience includes over three years of Gas
Chromatography and over three years as a quality
assurance inspector. Ms. Tate is responsible for
sample management and client reports publication.
