Nicholas P. Skoulis, Ph.D. ^˘

Dr. Nicholas Skoulis is an assistant director who focuses on regulatory matters involving chemicals, pesticides, and other products. He represents clients before agencies such as the EPA, Health Canada, and European Union authorities on registration, authorization, and compliance issues. Nick has over 35 years of experience in toxicology testing and evaluation for pesticide and chemical registrations under the EPA and EU regulatory programs, including the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), and the EU Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR) and Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH).

Nick advises on risk assessment, toxicology, ecotoxicology and environmental fate testing programs, and environmental assessments. He has worked on matters related to many pesticides and antimicrobial products, including wood preservatives, antifouling coatings, household and institutional antimicrobials, skin sanitizers regulated by the FDA, and space and aeronautics products. He has designed and evaluated human clinical studies involving potential chemical exposures; designed, supervised, and reviewed toxicology test programs; and investigated a number of effects and endpoints on mammalian, aquatic, and plant species. Nick has been working with the FDA in designing a Maximal Usage study Trial (MUsT) in support of the Antimicrobial Consumer Monograph. He has also been working on improving the approach to environmental assessments by the EPA for antifouling paints in fresh and saltwater marinas.