Christian Bako

Affiliation

U.S. EPA Great Lakes National Program Office

Track

Biography

Dr. Christian Bako is an environmental engineer and Great Lakes Legacy Act sediment remediation project manager in the Remediation & Restoration Section of the USEPA's Great Lakes National Program Office. As a project manager, he coordinates and oversees the technical and programmatic contributions of federal, state, local and industry representatives to GLLA remediation projects within Great Lakes Areas of Concern. He also assists with administering the GLLA Quality Assurance program. Christian has a B.S.E., M.S., and Ph.D. in Civil & Environmental Engineering all from the University of Iowa. He was a National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Trainee as part of the Iowa Superfund Research Program. His research focused on plant-assisted bioremediation of aquatic sediments contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).