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About Dan
Dr. Dan Tormey is President of Catalyst Environmental Solutions Corporation, an environmental science and policy consultancy in the USA. He has a Ph.D. in Geology and Geochemistry from MIT and a B.S. in Civil Engineering and Geology from Stanford. Dr Tormey has on environmental issues related to natural resource management and decision making for more than 25 years around the world. He is currently leading enhanced outreach efforts and National Environmental Policy Act review of Gifford Pinchot National Forest’s decision for long-term improvement of Spirit Lake outflow at Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument. He has co-authored two guiding works for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature: World Heritage Volcanoes: Classification, gap analysis, and recommendations for future listings, published in 2019, and Guidelines For Geoconservation in Protected and Conserved Areas published in 2020. Dr. Tormey also actively pursues volcanology research around the world, spanning geology and geochemistry; interactions between geophysical variables that affect risk assessment, risk preparedness and contingency planning; community outreach, education and communication; relations between geodiversity and biodiversity; and geoheritage. He was named by the National Academy of Sciences to the Science Advisory Board for Giant Sequoia National Monument.