Dr. Richelle M. Allen-King was appointed to the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board by President Joseph Biden on September 16, 2024.
Dr. Allen-King is Professor of Geological Sciences at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. She is a hydrogeochemist with more than 35 years of experience studying the fate and transport of contaminants in groundwater with particular focus on the importance of geologic context. She is also interested in groundwater impacts on lake geochemistry in a changing climate. Dr. Allen-King has served as a member of the National Research Council’s Water Science and Technology Board and on several NRC technical committees on groundwater use, contamination, and remediation. Particularly relevant were the National Research Council’s Committee on Development and Implementation of a Cleanup Technology Roadmap, Committee on the Bioavailability of Contaminants in Soils and Sediments, and Committee on Innovations in Ground Water and Soil Clean-up. Dr. Allen-King has also served on committees and advisory panels for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, such as Ecological Processes and Effects Committee. She has also contributed to multiple other science review committees and boards.
She was selected as a Henry Darcy Distinguished Lecturer, sponsored by the National Ground Water Association, and is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.
Dr. Allen-King earned a B.A in Chemistry with Specialization in Earth Sciences from the University of California, San Diego, and a Ph.D. in Earth Sciences from the University of Waterloo. She resides in Buffalo, New York.