Meet the Team
Our staff has training and expertise in human and ecological risk assessment, pesticides and fertilizers, civil/environmental engineering, environmental toxicology, chemistry, biology, and planning. Our staff includes a licensed professional engineer, an Engineer-In-Training (EIT), Pest Control Advisers (PCAs), DPR Qualified Applicators (QALs), a Certified Crop Adviser (CCA), an Industrial General Permit (IGP) Trainer of Record (ToR) and Qualified Industrial Stormwater Practitioner (QISP), and an SWRCB Stormwater Qualified SWPPP Developer (QSD)/Practitioner (QSP).
Blankinship & Associates, Inc. is certified by the State of California as a small business. Learn more about our State and Federal contracting capabilities.
The firm was founded in 2000 by Michael Blankinship. Mike has an MS in Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry from UC Davis in the Departments of Environmental Toxicology and Environmental Engineering and a BA in Chemistry from Saint Michael's College, located in Colchester Park, Vermont. He is a California registered professional engineer (Civil) and is a California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR)-licensed Pest Control Adviser (PCA), IGP QISP, ToR, and QSD/QSP.
The firm was founded in 2000 by Michael Blankinship. Mike has an MS in Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry from UC Davis in the Departments of Environmental Toxicology and Environmental Engineering and a BA in Chemistry from Saint Michael's College, located in Colchester Park, Vermont. He is a California registered professional engineer (Civil) and is a California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR)-licensed Pest Control Adviser (PCA), IGP QISP, ToR, and QSD/QSP.
John Roncoroni
Senior Weed Scientist, PCA Horticulture, M.S. UC Davis (1999) Environmental Policy Analysis & Planning, B.S. UC Davis (1982) |
Nikki Slade
Project Scientist, QAL Forensic Science, M.S. UC Davis (2014) Environmental Toxicology, B.S. UC Davis (2011) |
Kelly Trunnelle
Staff Scientist Ag & Environmental Chemistry, PhD UC Davis (2012) Chemistry, B.S. San Francisco State University (2005) |
Michelle Clauzel
Staff Engineer, EIT, QISP Environmental Engineering, M.S. UC Davis (2021) Civil and Environmental Engineering, B.S. CSU, Sacramento (2018) |
Michael Zadeh
Assistant Environmental Scientist Applied Forensic Chemistry, B.S. English, B.A. UC Davis (2020) |
Susanna Keilig
Assistant Environmental Scientist Biology, B.S. Roger Williams University (2016) |