Dr. Mitchell Small

Biography

Mitchell Small is a professor emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University, specializing in Civil and Environmental Engineering as well as Public Policy. His research primarily focuses on mathematical modeling of environmental systems, environmental statistics, risk assessment, and decision support. Small has served as a member of the Environmental Protection Agency's Science Advisory Board and has held leadership roles on various National Research Council committees, including chairing the committee on Risk Management and Governance Issues in Shale Gas Extraction. He is a Fellow of the Society for Risk Analysis and has contributed as an associate editor for the journal Environmental Science & Technology from 1995 to 2011. Through his work, Small aims to characterize uncertainty and assess its regulatory implications, utilizing Bayesian statistical methods to enhance decision-making in environmental assessments.

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