Qualifications

Dr. Margaret Y. Brooks, Ph.D.
Keith Brooks, B.A.,C.S.P.
Dr. Robert D. Celmer, P.E.
Kalonji F. Diyoka, B.S.

Dr. Mark Granville, Ph.D.
Theodore J. Stevens, PE, LEP
Michael Zubarev, B.S.

Margaret Y. Brooks, Ph.D.

Margaret Brooks holds a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from the University of Connecticut, and an M.S. from the University of Bridgeport and a B.A. from Western Connecticut Sate College. After a career in cancer research at Sloan Kettering Institute, Walker Laboratory, in 1976, she joined the
company as a consultant in industrial hygiene and analytical methods.In 1984, she organized the company's analytical chemistry laboratory. The laboratory offered analytical support to consulting activities in indoor air quality, asbestos management, environmental site assessment and remediation, OSHA and EPA monitoring requirements, and real estate transfers.
Dr. Brooks serves as a Member and Treasurer of Brooks Environmental Consulting, LLC.

Keith Brooks, B.A.,C.S.P.
Keith Brooks’ career spans more than five decades of dedication to accident and disease prevention. His first job, after serving in World War II, was with United States Steel Corporation. Dan Farrell was Corporation Safety Supervisor, and Irving Pascal was Director of Safety at the Homestead District Works which at that time employed approximately 13,000 steel workers. Under Irv Pascal’s supervision, Mr. Brooks participated in the original U.S. Steel “Single Objective” and “Three C’s of Safety” programs which resulted in spectacular improvements in both the frequency and severity of injuries and diseases at Homestead Works. In the fifties, he was corporate manager of employee relations and safety for a synthetic fiber manufacturer when one of the corporation’s plants established a world record for employee work hours without a disabling injury. The plant received recognition from the National Safety Council for its achievement. In the sixties he installed a safety incentive program for a major employer in the baking industry featuring merchandize awards to employees for no injuries. He had learned the technique from Sharp Queener, Supervisor of Safety for the Dupont Corporation. This safety incentive program resulted in that company establishing the best record for injury prevention in its history. In the seventies, Mr. Brooks founded what is now known as Brooks Environmental Consulting, LLC. The new enterprise met with immediate success aided by the fact that President Nixon signed into law the William Steiger Act, known as OSHA, to be effective in January 1971. Mr. Brooks already had experience with much in the body of standards incorporated in the Act, and employers were eager to have his help to come into compliance. In 1976, he married Dr. Margaret Brooks, electro-analytical chemist, and she established a chemistry laboratory to supplement the consulting business. Early in Brooks Environmental Consulting’s history, Mr. Brooks decided to focus the company’s efforts in personal protection consulting, and wrote the company’s mission statement which remains in effect today to “Protect People” . Mr. Brooks still serves the LLC as a Member and consultant.

Dr. Robert D. Celmer, P.E.

Robert Celmer holds a Ph.D. and an M.S. in acoustics from Pennsylvania State University. His undergraduate work was in mechanical engineering at the University of Hartford where he is now an Associate Professor, and head of the Acoustics Vibrations Laboratory, College of Engineering. Dr. Celmer consults with Brooks Environmental Consulting clients in problems of noise and vibration control, machine diagnostics and materials testing.

Kalonji F. Diyoka, B.S.

Kalonji Diyoka, Vice President, and Asbestos Laboratory Director holds a Bachelor's Degree in Science, Chemical/Material Engineering, from the University of Connecticut. His pre-engineering course work was at Housatonic Community College. During the time he was enrolled in the chemical engineering curriculum at Storrs, Connecticut, he was also employed as a Research Specialist. The work consisted of extraction and analysis of soil samples by computer and automated analyzer. He also tutored students in Calculus and Physics. His computer skills include Lotus 123, Quattro Pro, Macintosh and Programming in FORTRAN.At Brooks Environmental Consulting, he works both as a Chemical Engineer and as an administrator. In the Laboratory, he is proficient in atomic absorption, microscopy and gas chromatography. In administration he is involved in financial matters and pricing.He is licensed by the State of Connecticut as an Asbestos Building Inspector. He is also certified as a Project Monitor, Hazardous Waste Operator and has completed the requirements of the USEPA Radon Management Proficiency Program. In 2010 he was appointed Managing Member of the LLC and became a Principal of the firm.

Mark Granville, Ph.D. Mark Granville, Vice President, holds a Ph.D. in physical chemistry, and an M.A. in physical science from Harvard University and a B.S. in chemistry from Stanford University. He was a National Institute of Health Post-doctoral fellow, Department of Chemistry, Wesleyan University, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.Dr. Granville also has extensive experience dealing with indoor air quality problems. He has developed a systematic approach involving occupant questionnaires and interviews, building surveys, ventilation evaluation, and environmental testing. The type of testing is determined by the information gathered during the occupant and building surveys and can include mold and fungus, bacteria, volatile organics, nuisance dust, mold spores, and a host of other substances.After seven years as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of Connecticut, Dr. Granville joined Brooks Environmental Consulting as a Senior Consultant where he has distinguished himself by becoming an authority on asbestos management. He has consulted with many employers, including schools, and has supervised turn-key projects from building inspection, project design, contractor selection, abatement monitoring, and re-occupancy testing.Dr. Granville is training director of Brooks Environmental Education Center, and is a popular lecturer on a wide variety of subjects such as asbestos, lead, indoor air quality, hazard communication program, blood borne pathogens, real estate environmental considerations, and hazardous material handling. He is OSHA certified in the 10 hour and 30 hour Outreach Programs.Dr. Granville is an EPA and State of Connecticut AHERA accredited and licensed asbestos inspector, management planner, project designer, and project monitor. He is active in all phases of site assessments under the Connecticut Transfer Act governing real estate transactions. In 2008 he became a Member of the LLC, and a Principal of the firm.

Theodore J. Stevens, PE, LEP

Theodore Stevens holds a B. A. degree in geology from Wesleyan University, and an M. S. degree in environmental engineering from the University of New Haven. He studied civil engineering, also, at the University of New Haven. Prior to forming his own consulting company in 1998, he worked in the capacities of geologist, hydrogeologist, engineer, environmental analyst and construction manager for several companies and the government, including the Connecticut DEP and a regional water authority.He became a Licensed Environmental Professional (LEP) in the State of Connecticut in 1986, and a Licensed Professional Engineer (LPE), in Connecticut, in 1987.He was appointed to the Connecticut State Board of Examiners of Environmental Professionals in 1986.Mr. Stevens serves Brooks Environmental Consulting on those projects requiring a Licensed Environmental Professional, and, as a Licensed Professional Engineer. He brings to our clients the benefits of over twenty years experience in environmental consulting specializing in site assessment and remediation.
Michael Zubarev, B.S.

Michael Zubarev holds a Bachelor's degree in chemistry from Latvian University. He took courses, also, at the University of Organic Syntheses in applied instrumental chromatography. Before coming to the United States, he worked as a Laboratory Technician at Riga Chemical College and at a military hospital in Estonia for five years.His experience included work on potable and waste water analysis, determination of VOCs, SVOCs, metals, pesticides and oil products in water, soil and air. His skills include IR Spectrophotometry, UV Spectrometry, GC/IC/HPLC and XRF. He is fluent in Russian and Czech languages.Mr. Zubarev began as a Laboratory Chemist with Brooks Environmental Consulting specializing in atomic absorption analysis, working, also, as a consultant in lead detection, indoor air quality and water quality.Mr. Zubarev is consulting clients in oil and chemical spills, remediation, indoor air quality, industrial hygiene, mold remediation and personal safety.Mr. Zubarev continues his education and training on a regular basis and holds several professional licenses. He is a full member of the American Chemical Society (ACS), American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) and Environmental Professionals Organization of Connecticut (EPOC).In 1995, Mr. Zubarev was promoted to the position of Laboratory Director. In 1999, he became a Member of the LLC and in 2001, a Principal of the firm.