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 licensed professional engineers, Pest Control Advisers (PCAs), DPR Qualified Applicators (QALs), Certified Crop Advisers (CCAs), API 653 and STI SP001 Certified Inspectors, 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). 

Mike Blankinship, President

We are members of:

• Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA)
• California Association of Pest Control Advisors (CAPCA)
• California Invasive Plant Council (Cal-IPC)
• California Farm Bureau Federation
• California Weed Science Society (CWSS)
• Golf Course Superintendents Association of Northern California (GCSANC)
• North American Lake Management Society (NALMS)
• Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)
• The Wildlife Society (TWS)
• Yolo County Farm Bureau

​​Blankinship & Associates, Inc. is certified by the State of California as a small business and by the Small Business Administration (SBA) as a HUBZone 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.

Stephen Burkholder 
Senior Biologist, CCA​, PCA
​
Environmental Biology, B.S. 
​UC Davis (2005)

Steve Metzger 
Project Scientist

Environmental Studies, B.S.
​ CU Boulder (2008)

Nikki Slade 
Staff Scientist 
​
Forensic Science, M.S.
UC Davis (2014)
Environmental Toxicology, B.S.
UC Davis (2011) ​

Alyssa Nagai 
​Staff Scientist, QAL
​
Environmental Toxicology, B.S.
UC Davis (2015)

Kelly Trunnelle
Staff Scientist

Ag & Environmental Chemistry, PhD
UC Davis (2012)​
​Chemistry, B.S.
San Francisco State University (2005)
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Michelle Clauzel 
Staff Engineer, EIT

Environmental Engineer, M.S.
UC Davis (2021) 
Civil and Environmental Engine, B.S.
CSU, Sacramento (2018)

Casey Walker
Assistant Environmental Scientist

Environmental Science & Management, B.S.
UC Davis (2019) ​

Michael Zadeh
​Assistant Environmental Scientist
​
Applied Forensic Chemistry, B.S.
English, B.A.
UC Davis (2020)

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