Mark O Barnett, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE Expert Witness
Curriculum Vitae

Environmental Engineer - Expert Witness/Consultant

Contact this Expert Witness

  • Company: M. Oldham Barnett, LLC
  • Phone: (334) 844-6291

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

General Specialties:

Environmental Engineering

Keywords/Search Terms:

water and wastewater treatment, site assessment and remediation, soil and groundwater contamination, human-health risk assessment, metals and radionuclides, contaminant bioavailability, environmental forensics, environmental chemistry, radioactive and hazardous waste management, nuclear environmental engineering

Education:

Ph.D. Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina; M.S. Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee; B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Tennessee

Years in Practice:

35+

Additional Information

Mark Barnett is a Professor of Environmental Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Auburn University, where he has been on the faculty for twenty-six years. Dr. Barnett has over thirty-five years of national and international environmental engineering and science experience in industry, government, and academia ranging from water supply and sanitation in rural communities to nuclear waste disposal. He has been a principal or co-principal investigator on twenty grants totaling well over $20 million, and he has published over fifty peer-reviewed journal articles, several book chapters, and a book that collectively have received well over three-thousand citations (h-index=30). He is a licensed professional engineer and a board certified member of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists. Dr. Barnett has served as an environmental expert witness-expert consultant on cases in administrative, federal, and state courts ranging from permit applications to toxic tort lawsuits. Dr. Barnett has written expert reports, filed affidavits, been deposed, and given testimony. He also has significant litigation experience from his service as an administrative judge with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Writing samples, transcripts, rate sheet, and references are available upon request.