About Boston Environmental & Engineering

Below is listed the credentials of all of the Boston Environmental Associates who consult and conduct testing when you engage the services of our company. Each of these Associates is a multi degreed engineer or scientist, has more than 20 years experience and is professionally competent, assuring that your receive the highest level and quality of professional service.

Gene Marckini ChE, PE, MBA, CMC, CMR

GENE MARCKINI, president and founder of Boston Environmental & Engineering Associates, Inc., has been a practicing Chemical, Mechanical and Environmental Engineer for more than 30 years. He is a Registered Professional Chemical Engineer in the State of Massachusetts. His professional affiliations include the past offices of President and Vice President of the Engineering Societies of New England; member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and American Institute of Mechanical Engineers and Board of Directors of the American Fiber Optics Association;

Mr. Marckini graduated Northeastern University and holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, and a Masters of Business Administration, Executive Program at Columbia University’s, Graduate School of Business. Mr. Marckini subsequently was certificated in Environmental Engineering by Northeastern University in 1997, after completing a 4-year, “State of the Art,” Environmental and Regulatory Management Program for Environmental Technologies. Mr. Marckini has also completed numerous state of the art, technical programs sponsored by leading industry technical companies including among others, the Mold Testing and Remediation training programs sponsored by EMSL Analytical, Inc., New York, Environmental Microbiology Laboratories, Inc., San Bruno CA, ProLabs, Inc. Weston FL and the Anabec Inc., Mold Remediation Training Program. Mr. Marckini is a certificated Mold Consultant and Remediator and a certificated Mold Remediation Trainer who conducts mold remediation training throughout the Northeast.

During his professional career, he has worked for three Fortune 500 companies in the chemical, photographic, fiber optic and environmental industries in various capacities including engineering, engineering management, manufacturing, sales and marketing, and international business. His engineering positions have included environmental engineer, development engineer, production engineer, plant/site engineer, process engineer, and quality control engineer. His management positions have included management, senior management, and executive level positions in research, engineering, program management, and environmental project management sales and marketing. Prior to founding Boston Environmental & Engineering Associates Inc., he was Vice President of Environmental Engineering, for a leading Massachusetts environmental engineering firm.

Mr. Marckini's impressive credentials additionally include a BS ChE (BS Chemical Engineering), PE (Registered Professional Engineer), MBA, CMC (Certificated Mold Consultant), CMR (Certificated Mold Remediator), and a CMRT (Certificated Mold Remediation Trainer).

Dr. Herschel Clopper, PhD, ChE, CQE, PMC, CMC

Herschel Clopper, vice-president and senior associate of Boston Environmental & Engineering Associates, Inc., has been a practicing Chemical Engineer, Quality Engineer, and Environmental Engineer, and Professional Consultant for more than 35 years. His professional affiliations include the past offices of Historian and Staff Instructor for the Boston Section of the American Society for Quality, and memberships have included the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Society for Quality, and the Society of Professional Consultants. Dr. Clopper presently conducts and directs environmental investigations for the surveying of sites for contamination of indoor air quality, for contamination of soil and groundwater; and proposing and overseeing the execution of remediation plans, and the conducts and directs the assessment activity for verification of successful remediation.

Dr. Clopper graduated from Rice University in Houston Texas with a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and from MIT, in Cambridge, MA with
a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, and a Masters of Science in Chemical Engineering. He holds a Program Managers Certificate awarded by Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA. Dr. Clopper has also completed numerous state of the art, technical programs sponsored by leading industry technical companies including among others, the Mold Testing and Remediation training programs sponsored by EMSL Analytical, Inc., New York.

During his professional career, he has worked at five Fortune 500 companies in the chemical, photographic, fiber optic, electronic equipment development, and environmental industries in various capacities including research, engineering, manufacturing, management, and plant design and construction. His engineering positions have included environmental engineer, development engineer, production engineer, process engineer, and quality assurance engineer. His management positions have included quality management in manufacturing, contract procurement, senior management, and corporate director level positions in research, engineering, project management, program management, and new product development and introduction. Prior to joining Boston Environmental & Engineering Associates Inc., he was Corporate Director of Quality for Hybricon, and a Principal of CLOPPER CONSULTING, assisting small and moderate sized companies in the improvement of their internal processes and educational programs for their employees.

Dr. Clopper’s impressive credentials additionally have included teaching positions as Assistant Professor at Catholic University, Washington, D.C., and Adjunct Professor in the School of Industrial Management and in the School of Management at WPI. He is presently an Adjunct Professor at the National Graduate School instructing students across the US.

Arthur Coates, BS M-C; MRI-Microcsopy
Chief Microscopist, Senior Associate

Mr. Coates, a Senior Associate, joined Boston Environmental in 2008. He attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute from 1952 to 1954 where he majored in electrical engineering. He served in the US Military in the Korean Conflict from 1954-to 1956 after which he completed his undergraduate work at Boston University in 1961 with a BS in Minerology-Chrystalography. He later continued his studies at the MacCrone Research Institute where he studied Microscopy, and presented several papers which were published in “The Microscope,” a professional journal related to the technology. Mr. Coates is a voting member of the Eastern Analytical Symposium (EAS), Inc. Board. This professional organization provides professional scientists and students continuing education in the analytical sciences and allied sciences. In addition, the EAS presents a scientific exposition annually, which includes papers workshops, short courses, and displays of scientific instruments.

Employed after graduation by Sylvania Corporation, as a Development Engineer, Mr. Coates participated in the study of diffusion silicon surface stabilization and in the successful development of silicon epitaxial layer production process. From 1963-1966 he was employed by IBM where he worked in the evaluation of Semiconductor devices. In 1966 he joined Polaroid Corporation, where he spent the next thirty years. His assignments included among others, Photon Microscopic and Microchemistry analysis of defects contamination in materials and products; Thermal Mechanical Analysis Differential Scanning Calorimetry, Thermal Gravimetric Analysis, Hi-Pressure Differential Scanning Calorimetry and Dynamic Mechanical Analysis; Bulk analysis of Asbestos

Mr. Coates’ primary role at Boston Environmental is to conduct microscopic particle identification studies.

Gary Graves, ChE, BS, MS; CMC

Mr. Graves has been a Senior Associate with Boston Environmental & Engineering Associates, since 2006. Gary has a Master Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Iowa State University and more than 25 years experience in R&D and Chemical Operations with a Fortune 500 Company. He has significant experience in experimental design and problem solving and certification in Six Sigma Quality Control. He has extensive background in process sampling and is very familiar with the rigorous experimental methods required to deliver reliable data, sound interpretation, and corrective actions. After joining Boston Environmental, he continued his studies, and attended certification programs in Indoor Air Quality Testing & Evaluation and Mold Testing and Evaluation.

During his professional career, he has worked for and consulted to a variety of industries, ranging from food and beverage, life sciences, semiconductor and chemical. He has delivered a wide range of training and project consultation in Lean and Six Sigma deployments. His specialty areas are in root cause analysis and experimental methods and as such, he is exceptionally well prepared to apply this methodology, to the complex problems associated environmental contamination of the indoor air, drinking water, ground water wastewater, surface water, and soil.



Karen Olsen Levy, BS, MS Civil Engineering, MS Engineering Public Policy, CMC

Ms. Levy has been a Senior Associate with Boston Environmental & Engineering Associates since 2005. Her extensive career in air quality and building science includes stints as a consulting engineer (Energy and Environmental Analysis, Arlington, Virginia), in research (Center for Engineering and Environmental Studies, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Princeton University) and in government (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Programs). Her professional memberships have included the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Society of Women Engineers.

Ms. Levy graduated Swarthmore College with a bachelors degree in engineering and Carnegie Mellon University with a masters degree in civil engineering and a masters degree in engineering and public policy. Ms. Levy has also completed state of the art technical programs sponsored by leading industry technical companies including programs on radon, mold, allergens, sampling and report interpretation and programs on indoor air quality and testing.

Ms. Levy played a key role in the implementation of the 1990 Clean Air Act. She has published technical papers on indoor air quality, building energy consumption and on radon. In 1994, Ms. Levy testified to Canadian Parliament on the American approach to regulation of air toxics as a representative of the American government.

David Tagg, BS CE, PE NY, PA, NJ, OH, IN; CMC

David Tagg is a graduate engineer and Senior Associate with more than 35 years engineering experience. He is a multi-disciplined design, construction and testing engineer, with extensive experience in all phases of building construction, mechanical systems, plumbing & piping design, water & waste water design, structural systems, real time process control, environmental testing, green building systems, and remediation.

A graduate of Syracuse University, and the US Army Engineering School, David is a Registered Professional Engineer in five (5) states; New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Indiana and Ohio. He has managed and directed environmental projects; waste site cleanups, construction of major water treatment facilities, incineration systems for hospital waste, concepts for reuse of sewage effluent, indoor air environmental testing, remediation and others. His structural project experience include among others, green building programs, bridge design and reinforcement, and airport environmentally friendly construction programs,

Dave’s professional affiliation include the National Society of Professional Engineers (past president of CNY Chapter), Water Environmental Federation, American Public Works Association, Association of Energy Engineers, American Gas Association, Society of American Military Engineers, Civil Affair Associations, Reserve Officers Association.

Dave served in the US Armed Forces, in the US Army Corps of Engineers and Medical Service Corps including participation in the US, Desert Storm expedition. Lt Colonel David Tagg is now retired from the US Army.

John F. Tweedie, CH, BS, MS

Mr. Tweedie has been a practicing Chemist for more than 30 years. He is a graduate of Boston College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry. He received a Master of Science degree from the University of Pennsylvania with a specialty in Organic Chemistry.

For 17 years he was the Corporate Environmental, Health, and Safety Officer for Albany International Corp, the largest manufacturer of fabrics for paper machine. He regularly conducted audits at plants throughout the Americas, which included extensive air testing.

Mr. Tweedie also taught in high school and was an Organic Research Chemist for Wyeth Laboratories in Philadelphia and Arthur D. Little in Cambridge.

He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Safety Council, a chapter of the National Safety Council. He is a member of the American Industrial Hygiene Association and the American Chemical Society. Mr. Tweedie has co-authored seven publications in the Organic Chemistry field and holds one patent on producing a wound dressing foam.

Helen VanBenschoten ChE, MS, PhD, DIC, CMC

Dr. Helen VanBenschoten, Senior Associate, a Chemical Engineer with more than 10 years experience, conducts field studies for Boston Environmental’s Indoor Air Quality clients. These include testing for mold and mildew, bacteria, dust mites, animal and rodent allergens, combustion gases, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), semi-volatile organic compounds, pesticides, herbacides, formaldehyde, metals and heavy metals, nuisance and respirable dust particles.

From 1990 to 1999 Dr Van Benschoten was employed by a Fortune 500 producer of automotive and industrial pollution control catalysts as an engineer in the production area. As a process engineer, she worked on process improvements, process scale ups, waste-treatment processes, and managed the company’s technology transfer team. Later, as a process development engineer she designed and developed new processes.

She received her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering in 2005 from Imperial College London, UK. Dr. VanBenschoten received an MS in Material Science from the University of Pennsylvania (2000) and an MS in Material Engineering from Drexel University (1998). Her BS in Ceramic Science and Engineering is from the Pennsylvania State University (1990).

Boston Environmental & Engineering offers:

Bacteria testing
Drinking Water
Indoor Air Quality
Legionella testing
Mold and Mildew 
MRSA Testing
RADON
Swimming pool water analysis
Surface Water  
Waste Water Discharge

Boston Environmental has provided services throughout Massachusetts, in Agawam, Amesbury, Barnstable, Easthampton, Franklin, Greenfield, Methuen, Southbridge, Watertown, West Springfield and Weymouth Counties; as well as in every city in Massachusetts: Abington, Acton, Acushnet, Adams, Agawam, Alford, Amesbury, Amherst, Andover, Aquinnah (Gay Head), Arlington, Ashburnham, Ashby, Ashfield, Ashland, Athol, Attleboro, Auburn, Avon, Ayer, Barnstable, Barre, Becket, Bedford, Belchertown, Bellingham, Belmont, Berkley, Berlin, Bernardston, Beverly, Billerica, Blackstone, Blandford, Bolton, Boston, Bourne, Boxborough, Boxford, Boylston, Braintree, Brewster, Bridgewater, Brimfield, Brockton, Brookfield, Brookline, Buckland, Burlington, Cambridge, Canton, Carlisle, Carver, Charlemont, Charlton, Chatham, Chelmsford, Chelsea, Cheshire, Chester, Chesterfield, Chicopee, Chilmark, Clarksburg, Clinton, Cohasset, Colrain, Concord, Conway, Cummington, Dalton, Danvers, Dartmouth, Dedham, Deerfield, Dennis, Dighton, Douglas, Dover, Dracut, Dudley, Dunstable, Duxbury, East Bridgewater, East Brookfield, East Longmeadow, Eastham, Easthampton, Easton, Edgartown, Egremont, Erving, Essex, Everett, Fairhaven, Fall River, Falmouth, Fitchburg, Florida, Foxborough, Framingham, Franklin, Freetown, Gardner, Gay Head (Aquinnah), Georgetown, Gill, Gloucester, Goshen, Gosnold, Grafton, Granby, Granville, Great Barrington, Greenfield, Groton, Groveland, Hadley, Halifax, Hamilton, Hampden, Hancock, Hanover, Hanson, Hardwick, Harvard, Harwich, Hatfield, Haverhill, Hawley, Heath, Hingham, Hinsdale, Holbrook, Holden, Holland, Holliston, Holyoke, Hopedale, Hopkinton, Hubbardston, Hudson, Hull, Huntington, Ipswich, Kingston, Lakeville, Lancaster, Lanesborough, Lawrence, Lee, Leicester, Lenox, Leominster, Leverett, Lexington, Leyden, Lincoln, Littleton, Longmeadow, Lowell, Ludlow, Lunenburg, Lynn, Lynnfield, Malden, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mansfield, Marblehead, Marion, Marlborough, Marshfield, Mashpee, Mattapoisett, Maynard, Medfield, Medford, Medway, Melrose, Mendon, Merrimac, Methuen, Middleborough, Middlefield, Middleton, Milford, Millbury, Millis, Millville, Milton, Monroe, Monson, Montague, Monterey, Montgomery, Mount Washington, Nahant, Nantucket, Natick, Needham, New Ashford, New Bedford, New Braintree, New Marlborough, New Salem, Newbury, Newburyport, Newton, Norfolk, North Adams, North Andover, North Attleborough, North Brookfield, North Reading, Northampton, Northborough, Northbridge, Northfield, Norton, Norwell, Norwood, Oak Bluffs, Oakham, Orange, Orleans, Otis, Oxford, Palmer, Paxton, Peabody, Pelham, Pembroke, Pepperell, Peru, Petersham, Phillipston, Pittsfield, Plainfield, Plainville, Plymouth, Plympton, Princeton, Provincetown, Quincy, Randolph, Raynham, Reading, Rehoboth, Revere, Richmond, Rochester, Rockland, Rockport, Rowe, Rowley, Royalston, Russell, Rutland, Salem, Salisbury, Sandisfield, Sandwich, Saugus, Savoy, Scituate, Seekonk, Sharon, Sheffield, Shelburne, Sherborn, Shirley, Shrewsbury, Shutesbury, Somerset, Somerville, South Hadley, Southampton, Southborough, Southbridge, Southwick, Spencer, Springfield, Sterling, Stockbridge, Stoneham, Stoughton, Stow, Sturbridge, Sudbury, Sunderland, Sutton, Swampscott, Swansea, Taunton, Templeton, Tewksbury, Tisbury, Tolland, Topsfield, Townsend, Truro, Tyngsborough, Tyringham, Upton, Uxbridge, Wakefield, Wales, Walpole, Waltham, Ware, Wareham, Warren, Warwick, Washington, Watertown, Wayland, Webster, Wellesley, Wellfleet, Wendell, Wenham, West Boylston, West Bridgewater, West Brookfield, West Newbury, West Springfield, West Stockbridge, West Tisbury, Westborough, Westfield, Westford, Westhampton, Westminster, Weston, Westport, Westwood, Weymouth, Whately, Whitman, Wilbraham, Williamsburg, Williamstown, Wilmington, Winchendon, Winchester, Windsor, Winthrop, Woburn, Worcester, Worthington, Wrentham, Yarmouth

Feel free to contact a Boston Environmental & Engineering Consultant:

Boston Environmental & Engineering
184 Riverview Avenue
Waltham, Massachusetts 02453
T: 781-891-0801
E: interest@BostonEnvironmental.com