The Science of Ocean Pollution

Frank R. Spellman is a retired assistant professor of Environmental Health at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, and author of over 155 books. Spellman has been cited in more than 400 publications, serves as a professional expert witness; incident/accident investigator for the US Department of Justice and a private law firm, and consults on homeland security vulnerability assessments (VAs) for critical infrastructure including water/wastewater facilities nationwide. Dr. Spellman lectures on sewage treatment, water treatment and homeland security and health and safety topics throughout the country and teaches water/wastewater operator short courses at Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA). He holds a BA in public administration; BS in business management; MBA; Master of Science, MS, in environmental engineering and PhD in environmental engineering.