Johanna Szillery

Senior Project Scientist at CES, Inc.
Ms. Szillery has 20 years of experience in the natural resource and regulatory permitting field, which includes positions in academic research, Federal government, and as an environmental consultant. She is a wetland scientist and a Maine certified soil scientist (ME CSS 494). Ms. Szillery has a master’s degree in Plant, Soil, and Environmental Science from the University of Maine, and completed research on the watershed-scale of climate change and acid rain on biogeochemistry in eastern Maine. As a consulting soil scientist, she has performed soil surveys throughout Maine, from general planning level soil surveys for USDA county soil surveys to high-intensity soil surveys specific to proposed development. Ms. Szillery has completed soil suitability assessments for a variety of uses, including spray irrigation, composting, and land application of wastes. She is a member of the State of Maine Board of Certification for Soil Scientists and Geologists. Ms. Szillery also serves as a wetland and natural resource scientist, completing project strategy and planning at the inception of a project, agency consultation and negotiation, natural resource delineation, and site permitting.