Douglas Gee, Manager - Asbestos Laboratory Services

Professional Background:

Mr. Gee has been performing laboratory analytical services for approximately 35 years.  He has extensive experience in the analysis of asbestos air and bulk samples.  Mr. Gee also has expertise in fungal spore identification for air and surface samples.  As a leader, he has managed HSE laboratories for 15 years.  His past professional history includes five laboratories in the central New York area. 

Technical Experience Summary:

The services Mr. Gee is responsible for include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Asbestos Laboratory Management
• Asbestos Air Samples Analysis by Phase Contrast Microscopy (PCM)
• Asbestos Friable and Non-Friable Bulk Sample Analysis by Polarized Light Microscopy (PLM)
• Asbestos Bulk Sample Analysis including Non-Friable Organically Bound samples by Transmission Electron Microscopy(TEM)
• Fungal Spore Identification for Air and Surface Samples by Optical Light Microscopy 
• Laboratory Analysis Report Review and Approval
• Quality Control Documentation
• Asbestos Field Operations Supervisor
• Asbestos Abatement Project Monitoring
• Standard Operating Procedures Development

Professional Certifications:

• NYSDOH Laboratory Director Approval–Authorized to Operate & Oversee Asbestos Laboratory
• Permit Required Confined Space Attendant/Entrant Supervisor
• Analytical Electron Microscopy of Asbestos, T. A. Emma Instructional Group, 5-26-2000
• TEM Asbestos Analysis, Millette Technical Consulting, 4-2-2020
• Indoor Air Quality: Fungal Spore Identification, McCrone Research Institute, 10-25-2013
• NYDOH Laboratory QA/QC Officer Approval
• PLM Analysis of Asbestos Samples, Galson Laboratories
• PCM Analysis of Air Samples for Asbestos by NIOSH 582, Professional Service Industries

Education:

Bachelor of Science in Geology– SUNY at Cortland College, Cortland, NY

Professional Affiliations:

• CNY American Industrial Hygiene Association
• Professional Abatement Contractors Association of Central New York
• Environmental Information Association