
Mr. Mark Warman
Community Outreach Consultant, Emerging Contaminants, Ohio Sea Grant College Program
Mark works on ecology and emerging contaminants including marine debris/plastics, pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and PFAS to inform sound decision making across the Ohio shoreline on Lake Erie.
HERE IS HOW TO GET IN TOUCH
- Phone: 614-247-0256
- Email: warman.27@osu.edu
EXPERTISE / SPECIALIZATIONS
- Emerging Contaminants
- PFAS
- Marine Debris and Microplastics
- Pharmaceuticals in the Great Lakes
- Aquatic Invasive Species
Mark has been an active natural resources professional for the past 12 years. His professional pathway includes work as a program manager on the Cuyahoga River Area of Concern, as a Naturalist at the Watershed Stewardship Center at Cleveland Metroparks, and on a grant-funded project to survey and manage aquatic invasive plants in Ohio’s Lake Erie Basin.
With grant funds from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, he developed an Early Detection and Rapid Response project to aquatic invasive plants in cooperation with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
Mark joined Ohio Sea Grant in December of 2024 and now works on Lake Erie ecology and emerging contaminants such as marine debris/microplastics, PFAS, pharmaceuticals, and personal care products. He offers presentations and outreach on Lake Erie’s emerging contaminants and concerns. Please reach out to Mark to collaborate and discuss options.