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Deputy Assistant Administrator for Science
Dr. Kevin Teichman is the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Science in the Office of Research and Development (ORD); he is also the Acting Science Advisor for the Agency. He previously served as the Director of the Office of Science Policy (OSP) within ORD. In this capacity, he coordinated ORD participation in EPA's policymaking in all media (air, water, waste, pesticides and toxic substances) to ensure these policies reflected sound science. In addition, he helped lead the planning of EPA's research program, striving to ensure the research program responded to the needs of EPA's Program and Regional Offices and maintained its leadership role in the environmental research community.
During the enactment of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, Dr. Teichman served as the Associate Director of Science in OSP, and OSP Staff Director of the Air Staff prior to that, with similar responsibilities to those above but limited to air pollution. In addition, he managed EPA's indoor air quality research program, including research devoted to characterizing indoor pollutants sources, assessing indoor exposures, studying associated health effects, assessing potential risks, and developing prevention / mitigation approaches to indoor air pollution.
Dr. Teichman has B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. degree from the University of California at Berkeley, all in Mechanical Engineering. He lives in Derwood, Maryland where he and his wife Marsha are proud “empty nesters.”