Speaker profile
Harvey Clewell
Harvey Joseph Clewell III, PhD, DABT, ATS, is a Principal Consultant with Ramboll US Corporation, located in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. He has more than 45 years of experience in environmental quality research, toxicology research, chemical risk assessment, and hazardous materials management, and has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed scientific publications and book chapters. Dr. Clewell has gained an international reputation for his work on the incorporation of mechanistic data and mode of action information into chemical risk assessments. He is also an expert in the use of New and Alternative Methods (NAMs) to inform the mode of action for chemical toxicity and to determine points of departure for risk assessments in lieu of animal studies. Dr. Clewell served as a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee for the European Center for Validation of Alternative Methods from 2012 to 2016. In 2007 the Society of Toxicology recognized Clewell with the Arnold J. Lehman Award for his major contributions to chemical safety and risk assessment.