MAD Scientist Associates, LLC

Join us in welcoming Glenn Friedman to the MAD team!  He is a Miami University graduate and is passionate about conserving and restoring natural areas (and we plan to keep him busy!). To learn more about Glenn and other MAD staff, visit our Team Page. #MADScientistAssociates #MakingADifference #Conservation #TeamWork

The Team at MAD Scientist Associates is celebrating five great years with this amazing human. With her can do attitude, professionalism, and sense of humor, Lindsay Hanna has helped propel us forward into new territory. We are fortunate to have her as a MAD Scientist and we look forward to many more productive years of collaboration and growth.

MAD Scientist Associates can now offer full engineering services for wetland and stream restoration, FEMA floodplain analysis, Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans, and other related tasks. Our PE, Julius Duncan, has completed his Stream Restoration Professional certification and is gaining more field and design experience every day. With Julius serving in a lead role, we look forward to designing and installing more bank stabilization and stream restoration projects. #madscientistassociates #makingadifference #dreamteam #engineering #PE #environmentalengineering #wetlands #streams #restoration

Jenna and Corbin have been leading biological stream assessments throughout the summer. This data helped organizations develop baselines for future comparison and secure grant funding for habitat preservation and restoration. Notable/fun finds have included: P1- Team using electrofisher in headwater stream. P2- Sorting haul from seine on the stream bank. P3- Grass Pickerel. A common, but cryptic predator of slow-moving waters. P4- Trout-Perch. A less-common, insect predator of deep pools in streams. P5- Least Brook Lamprey. The smallest, most common (and non-parasitic) of Ohio’s lampreys. P6- Male Blacknose Dace (in breeding colors). A common minnow of coldwater, rocky streams. P7- Mottled Sculpin. A scaleless, bottom-dwelling ambush hunter. P8- Larval Salamander. P9- Team seining in backwaters near Killbuck Creek. P10- Green Frog. #MADScientistAssociates #MakingADifference #Streams #FieldWork […]

Thank you Alex, Jon, and Megan, for spending your summer with us! We can’t do what we do without you! #madscientistassociates #makingadifference #interns #internship #fieldwork

Our botany team headed to Northeast Ohio over the summer to complete a VIBI (Vegetative Index of Biological Integrity). This intense survey helps determine a wetland’s quality by considering multiple metrics based on species’ habitat fidelity, diversity, non-native cover, etc. This site was a stunning example of a riverine headwater wetland, but it wasn’t easy to traverse, as you can see from the thigh-high muck. We logged about 80 plant species in our plot and were delighted by the number of animals that tolerated our presence. In this quarter-acre plot, we saw wood frogs, water snakes, innumerable dragons and damselflies, phantom midges, green frogs, many types of spiders, alder sawfly caterpillars, warblers and blackbirds, and some wild leafhopper nymphs (?). While traversing the wetland was […]

25 YEARS!  We’ve been in business 25 years this month.  It would not be possible without the support of our amazing team!  They truly help us Make A Difference for our clients and the communities in which we serve.  Additionally, because of the trust our clients have put in us through the years , we have been able to flourish and expand the ways in which are able to support them and their project goals.  It has truly been a journey – from the company’s start in our home for the first 10 years to our office in Uptown Westerville that required an expansion five years ago to accommodate our growing team.  We could not have done it without the support of our family, friends, […]

In February, Mark was honored to speak to the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Legislative Caucus (GLLC) about the value of wetlands.  He was invited to present by a former student from his Wetland Ecology & Restoration course who now works for the Natural Resources Conservation Service and serves on the planning committee for the caucus.  The GLLC’s mission is to strengthen the role of state and provincial legislators in the regional, national, and binational policymaking process by providing a forum to exchange good practices, ideas, and opportunities, and by advancing legislation to promote the restoration, protection, economy, and sustainable use of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River for current residents and future generations. About 30 legislators from Great Lakes states and Canadian provinces were […]

Thank you Mayor Ginther & Columbus City Councilmember Remy for honoring us with a 2022 Columbus GreenSpotLight Award during the Friday afternoon, March 25 virtual ceremony. CEO Chris Dilley was happy to participate in the FB Live panel discussion with fellow winner reps Darla King/King Interiors and Allison Spicer/Hikma Pharmaceuticals.  Jenna Roller-Knapp on our team represents MAD in participating in the Columbus GreenSpot program.  We appreciate the recognition of sustainability practices that make our community a better place to live and work.