Stephen J. Souza, Ph.D.

Dr. Stephen J. Souza is the President of Princeton Hydro, LLC. He has worked as a professional lake manager since 1981. Over that time he has had the opportunity to study and manage well over 300 ponds, lakes and reservoirs throughout the northeast and mid-Atlantic region. His lake restoration experience includes dredging, aeration, weed and algae control, biomanipulation and nutrient inactivation using alum. He is also proficient in the modeling of non-point source pollutant loading and the design and implementation of stormwater quality Best Management Practices (BMPs).

Dr. Souza received his B.S. from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, his M.S. from Rutgers University and his Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut. He is an instructor with Rutgers University Office of Continuing Professional Education and is a guest lecturer for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection as well as other environmental and watershed management organizations in the NY/NJ/PA area. Dr. Souza serves as an alternate on the New Jersey Lakes Task Force, is a past president of the Pennsylvania Lake Management Society and is the current President of the North American Lake Management Society.

Mark Gallagher

Mr. Gallagher is Vice President and in charge of all wetland and terrestrial ecologically oriented projects and Phase I Environmental Assessments. He is responsible for the supervision of a broad variety of environmental assessment activities, primarily those involving wetlands and wildlife habitat elements. He is experienced in the preparation of state and federal permit applications, the preparation of environmental impact statements and the design and implementation of wetland mitigation plans. Mr. Gallagher has provided expert testimony before numerous local and regional planning authorities.

His areas of expertise include: investigation and analysis of terrestrial and wetland ecosystems; vegetation community mapping; wetland delineation; development of plans for restoration, enhancement and creation of estuarine and freshwater wetlands; threatened and endangered species inventories and habitat assessment.

Mr. Gallagher received his B.S. from Moravian College, PA and his M.S. from Rutgers University. He is a member of the Society of Wetland Scientists, the Society for Ecological Restoration and the International Association of Landscape Ecology. Mr. Gallagher has won numerous awards including the Firman E. Bear Chapter, Soil and Water Conservation Society/Pinelands Nursery Environmental Excellence for SV Farming, a Wetland Restoration Project.

Geoffrey M. Goll, P.E.

Mr. Geoffrey M. Goll is Vice President and Principal Engineer of Princeton Hydro, LLC. He has worked in environmental and engineering consulting since 1990. During the course of his career, Mr. Goll has had the opportunity to work in the areas of structural and geotechnical engineering, water resources and environmental consulting. Mr. Goll has extensive experience in hydrologic and hydraulic modeling and has been instrumental in the development of Princeton Hydro’s water resource engineering group. As manager and principal, Mr. Goll has led the successful completion of projects that entail floodplain modeling, dam restoration and removal, dredging, freshwater and tidal wetland mitigation design, shoreline stabilization, coastal protection and construction administration. He has been working with clients to develop effective strategies in the development of projects that meet the criteria of wetland and floodplain permitting. Mr. Goll also provides the geotechnical direction and consulting that is integral to the majority of projects that Princeton Hydro designs.

Mr. Goll received his B.S. in Civil Engineering from Rutgers University, College of Engineering. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of New Jersey and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He is an instructor with the Rutgers University Office of Continuing Professional Education and has lectured and presented for professional associations such as the Association of State Dam Safety Officials, the New Jersey Association of Golf Course Superintendents and the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Fred Lubnow, Ph.D.

Dr. Fred Lubnow is the Director of Aquatic Programs. Dr. Lubnow manages the majority of the company’s lake restoration and management projects. His area of expertise is plankton ecology, with a particular emphasis on algal-bacterial-grazer interactions, nutrient bioassays, community and ecosystem ecology, benthic macroinvertebrate ecology and the environmental effects of alternative de-icing compounds. Additional areas of expertise include: lake and watershed management, the management of large, long-term water quality data sets, microbial interactions in aquatic ecosystems and plankton ecology. His responsibilities also include the preparation of TMDLs and nutrient management initiatives, the application of a variety of rapid bioassessment protocol procedures and trophic state and water quality modeling.

Dr. Lubnow received his B.S. in Biology from Susquehanna University, his M.S. and Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of California, Davis. He is the Treasurer of the Pennsylvania Lake Management Society, the Region III Director of the North American Lake Management Society and a frequent lecturer for Rutgers University Office of Continuing Professional Education.

Christopher Borek

Mr. Borek is Princeton Hydro’s Director of Environmental Services. In this capacity, he is directly responsible for the oversight and management of all of Princeton Hydro’s service-related projects. These projects are primarily associated with the enhancement of water and wetland resources, involving the application of a variety biological, mechanical and physical restoration and management techniques.

Specifically, Mr. Borek has designed and directed the installation of large-scale, in-lake alum-injection, aeration and ozone systems, implemented programs for controlling nuisance and invasive species through the application of aquatic herbicides and algaecides, and has contributed to the restoration of aquatic/wetland habitats through the use of bio-stabilization and native planting techniques. The client base for which these project’s have been conducted encompass municipalities, golf courses, industrial facilities, property owner associations, regulatory and conservation agencies and lake and watershed associations.

Mr. Borek also has significant project experiencing in the sampling and in-situ analyses of water, sediment, and biota in marine, estuarine and freshwater environments. The focus of these efforts has primarily been to determine levels of nutrients, bacteria, metals, and other potential pollutants in projects involving lake management, development of TMDL criteria, dredging feasibility and waterfront development. Mr. Borek is particularly skilled in the sampling and analysis of fish and benthic communities. This includes the implementation of State and Federal agency protocols relative to the evaluation of waterfront development impacts and disturbance of shellfish habitat. Mr. Borek also has a considerable amount of experience in executing stream sampling programs and is familiar with the ESEPA Rapid Bioassessment Protocol.

Mr. Borek holds a number of licenses and certificates including, NJDEP Pesticide Applicator Aquatic/Mosquito - No. 27355A, PADEP Pesticide Applicator Aquatic - No. 901902, and NJEA Teacher of Science.