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Michael Machler, Project Scientist

Mr. Machler has a B.S. degree in Meteorology from the University of Utah, and is a project scientist in our Billings field office.

Mike started his career at the Montana Air Quality Bureau where he was an air quality monitoring station operator, an air quality analyst, and the supervisor of air monitoring.  From 1981-1999, he worked for a consulting firm, first as the Director of Air Quality Services, and later as the Director of Environmental Services.

Mike has experience in conducting dispersion modeling studies, providing expert testimony on dispersion modeling issues, and developing alternate modeling strategies.  He has developed air quality permit applications, researched and written portions of environmental impact statements, and participated in a regional scale acid deposition study for the Campania region of Italy.  Mike also managed the operation of air monitoring systems for numerous clients which included supervision and coordination of activities of staff engineers, technicians and data analysts.  Mike designed and programmed his former company’s in-house environmental data management software system which allows users to analyze, validate, and report air quality and meteorological data.

In his current position, Mike's responsibilities include dispersion modeling studies, development of alternate modeling strategies, and ambient air and meteorological data collection, analysis, quality assurance, processing and reporting.

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