Environmental Scientist, NRDA Consulting Group

Andrew McFadden, Environmental Scientist

Andrew McFadden, M.S.

Environmental Scientist, NRDA Consulting Group
andrew.mcfadden@briwildlife.org

Andrew is an environmental scientist and physical geographer with over ten years of experience in interdisciplinary natural science research and in associated field and laboratory data collection. He has expertise in a wide variety of technical disciplines including natural resource damage assessment (NRDA), ecological restoration, terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecology, toxicology including environmental injury from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), water resources management, natural hazards assessment, and climate related research.

He joined BRI in 2025 as an Environmental Scientist with the NRDA Consulting Group. He provides technical and litigation support for various federal, state, local and tribal clients.

Education & Certifications

Education

  • Oregon State University, 2010 – M.S., Geography
  • University of Colorado Boulder, 2006 – B.A., Environmental Studies

Certifications 

  • 40-Hour Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER)

Research Interests

  • Natural Resource Damage Assessment
  • Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology
  • Environmental Toxicology
  • Water Resources
  • Avian Research

Journal Articles

  • Morris, J.M., S.F. Brinkman, R. Takeshita, A.K. McFadden, M.W. Carney, and J. Lipton. (2019). Copper toxicity in Bristol Bay headwaters: Part 2 – Olfactory inhibition in low‐hardness water. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 38(1):198–209. Available: https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.4295.
  • Dean, K.M., D. Cacela, M.W. Carney, F.L. Cunningham, C. Ellis, A.R. Gerson, C.G. Guglielmo, K.C. Hanson-Dorr, K.E. Harr, K.A. Healy, K.E. Horak, J.P. Isanhart, L.V. Kennedy, J.E. Link, I. Lipton, A.K. McFadden, J.K. Moye, C.R. Perez, C.A. Pritsos, K.L. Pritsos, T. Muthumalage, S.A. Shriner, and S.J. Bursian. (2017). Testing of an oral dosing technique for double-crested cormorants, Phalacocorax auritus, laughing gulls, Leucophaeus atricilla, homing pigeons, Columba livia, and western sandpipers, Calidris mauri, with artificially weather MC252 oil. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 146:11–18. ISSN 0147-6513. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2017.07.003.
  • Dean, K.M., S.J. Bursian, D. Cacela, M.W. Carney, F.L. Cunningham, B. Dorr, K.C. Hanson-Dorr, K.A. Healy, K.E. Horak, J.E. Link, I. Lipton, A.K. McFadden, M.A. McKernan, and K.E. Harr. (2017). Changes in white cell estimates and plasma chemistry measurements following oral or external dosing of double-crested cormorants, Phalacocorax auritus, with artificially weathered MC252 oil. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 146:40–51. ISSN 0147-6513. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2017.08.007.
  • Harr, K.E., F.L. Cunningham, C.A. Pritsos, K.L. Pritsos, T. Muthumalage, B.S. Dorr, K.E. Horak, K.C. Hanson-Dorr, K.M. Dean, D. Cacela, A.K. McFadden, J.E. Link, K.A. Healy, P. Tuttle, and S.J. Bursian. (2017). Weathered MC252 crude oil-induced anemia and abnormal erythroid morphology in double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) with light microscopic and ultrastructural description of Heinz bodies. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 146:29–39. ISSN 0147-6513. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2017.07.030.

Research Reports

  • Thompson, R.S., K.H. Anderson, R.T. Pelltier, L.E. Strickland, S.L. Shafer, P.J. Bartlein, and A.K. McFadden. (2015). Atlas of Relations between Climatic Parameters and Distributions of Important Trees and Shrubs in North America – Revisions for All Taxa from the United States and Canada and New Taxa from the Western United States. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1650–G. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/pp1650G.