George A. Allen
Mr. George Allen is a Senior Scientist at NESCAUM (Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management), an interagency association of eight Northeastern states. He received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Tufts University in 1974. At NESCAUM, Mr. Allen is responsible for monitoring and exposure assessment activities across a range of wide range of air topics, including regional haze, air toxics, on and off-road diesel, and continuous aerosol measurement technologies. Mr. Allen is the author or co-author of more than 30 peer-reviewed journal papers on development and evaluation of measurement methods, exposure assessment, and air pollution health effects. Before joining NESCAUM in 2002, he was on the professional staff at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) in Boston for more than 20 years, working on a wide range of EPA and NIH funded air pollution studies. While at HSPH, Mr. Allen developed several new techniques for real-time aerosol measurements. Currently, Mr. Allen is serving as a member representing states interests to EPA in the STAPPA-ALAPCO Air Monitoring Working Group (SAMWG), and on the EPA AIRNow Steering Committee.