CURTIS NICKERSON
M.S., Water Science
(206) 267-1405

Curtis Nickerson is a senior scientist and project manager at Taylor Associates, Inc. He brings over 16 years of experience in surface water hydrology, water quality, and aquatic sciences to this position. Mr. Nickerson has extensive experience managing, designing, and implementing water monitoring programs in both the built and natural environment. Throughout his professional career, he has prepared a variety of environmental documents, including water monitoring program plans, environmental impact statements, wetland and stream studies and environmental sampling and remediation studies. As a manager on water monitoring projects, he has developed close working relationships with clients in both the public and private sectors and has coordinated regularly with staff from state and local agencies to ensure monitoring program objectives are fulfilled. As a senior scientist with the firm, Mr. Nickerson manages a number of water monitoring projects and also provides guidance and oversight to project staff and managers on other projects. He is often involved upfront with monitoring program development, which includes preparation of Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPP). The QAPP process provides explicit project objectives and ensures that data collection and analysis efforts are designed to meet those objectives.