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October 4, 2024

Lindsay – 5 years with MAD!

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.
October 4, 2024

MAD Scientist Associates Expands Services with Full Engineering Capabilities for Stream and Wetland Restoration

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
October 4, 2024

Exploring Ohio’s Streams: Summer Biological Assessments and Fascinating Finds

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 […]
October 4, 2024

Botanizing in Northeast Ohio

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 […]
October 26, 2023

Prescribed Burns with MAD Scientist Associates

We are pleased to announce the addition of a new (to us) land management service – Prescribed Fire! Our Prescribed Fire Managers and trained line crew have gained valuable experience over hundreds of acres while volunteering on prescribed burns in Ohio and Michigan, and we are dedicated to providing this service in the safest manner possible. If you’d like to talk about burning opportunities, please contact Cody Wright or call us at 614-818-9156.
April 4, 2023

MAD Scientist Associates celebrates 25 years in business!

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, […]
February 17, 2023

Women in Science Panel Discussion

As a woman-owned business, and a science-driven organization, it is important to us to celebrate the accomplishments of our staff, as well as the accomplishments of other women. This year, in honor of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (February 11), we hosted our first panel discussion at the Westerville Community Center. The event was organized and run by the “Women of MAD,”  and featured 11 AMAZING women from across the state in the fields of environmental and sustainability sciences. The event was held in-person and broadcast on Zoom. Recordings and transcripts will be made available to schools and educators across the state that want to share career options and help expose kids to the fact that there are women and minorities […]
December 27, 2022

Staff Appreciation & Bragging Rights

Each year, we are amazed and grateful for our amazing staff. Not only do they come to each other’s aid, put the hours in, problem solve, and challenge themselves- they keep each other laughing while doing it. We are truly lucky to have such a great team and we wanted to share some of their accomplishments from the year with you. Julius Duncan, Water Resources Engineer and EIT, joined our team in 2021 and recently earned his Level 2 Stream Restoration certificate. His background in environmental engineering and water resource management suits him well on the restoration team at MAD. He and Robert Keast, Restoration Designer, hit the ground running this year and have been instrumental in tackling our wetland and stream restoration projects across […]