Rachel Allen

Rachel Allen
Environmental Analyst
rachel sfei.org
510-746-7393
Rachel graduated from Williams College in Massachusetts in 2008 with a BA in mathematics and chemistry. She then spent a summer at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, studying trace metals in glacial meltwater and upwellings from deep ocean springs. During the 2008-2009 school year, Rachel taught English to middle school and high school students on Réunion Island, a French department in the Indian Ocean. When not out in the field studying it, she enjoys the environment as much as possible, hiking, climbing, and exploring. Rachel joined SFEI in 2009, working primarily on the RMP.

News and Notables:

2010 RMP Annual Monitoring Results
Mar-19-12 | Publications and Reports

This report details the 2010 water, sediment and bivalve monitoring effort for the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in the San Francisco Estuary.

SWAMP/RMP/Bight Program Report on Contaminants in Fish from the California Coast
May-26-11 | Publications and Reports

SFEI has authored a report for the State Water Resources Control Board's Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP) and the RMP that presents findings from California's largest-ever survey of contaminants in sport fish from the coast.

Regional Board Requests RMP Report to Support Reconsideration of Triclosan Uses
Feb-03-11 | Publications and Reports

A report prepared by the RMP was recently submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) by the San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board (SFRWQCB) to inform their consideration of a petition for the regulation of triclosan.

2010 NorCal SETAC Annual Meeting
May-13-10 | Events and Appearances

20th Annual Meeting of the Northern California Chapter of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry