email: mfriedel@usgs.gov; telephone: 303.236.7790
Editorial board member, The Open Civil Engineering Journal, Bentham Science publishers, 2007-present. http://www.bentham.org/open/tociej/EBM.htm
Editorial board member, Global Security Analysis and Affairs, Science publishers, 2007-present. http://www.gsaaj.org/jou.php?journal-review
Executive technical committee member for Unsaturated zone hydrology, American Geophysical Union, Hydrology Section: 2004, 2005, 2006 (Dr. Bob Holt, Chair: 2004-2006), 2007. (Dr. Dorthe Wildenschild, Chair, <dorthe@engr.orst.edu>)
Member, National Hazards Panel, Expert on Flood Prediction, 2nd U.S. Geological Survey Modeling Conference, February, 2008, Perdido Beach, AL.
Co-Chairman, Improved Estimation and Prediction in Earth Science Through Integration of Multiple Data Sets and Model Types, Near Surface geophysics oral session NS43A, American Geophysical Union, December 13,2007.
Chairman, Flood predictions in ungauged basins, Oral session, International Symposium – Methods in Hydrology,
Co-Chairman, Preferential Flow and Transport in Variably Saturated Porous Media I, II, Hydrology oral session H11H/H13I, American Geophysical Union, December 13,2005.
Co-Chairman, Spatial relations between plants, soil, and water in the vadose zone, Hydrology oral session H11H/H13I, American Geophysical Union, December 13,2005.
Co-Chairman, Preferential Flow and Transport in Variably Saturated Porous Media, Hydrology oral session, H33B, American Geophysical Union, December 13,2004.
Co-Chairman, Model Calibration, Parameter Nonuniqueness, and Predictive Uncertainty Associated With Flow and Transport in Variably Saturated Media, Hydrology poster session H12A, American Geophysical Union, December 13,2003.
Member, research grade evaluation panel for Crustal Imaging and Characterization Team, Geologic Discipline, U.S. Geological Survey March 2005, Lakewood, CO.
Member, research grade evaluation panel for Ground Water Hydrology, Water Resource Discipline, U.S. Geological Survey Water Discipline, April 2004, Reston, VA.
Member, Agricultural Flow and Transport program committee: direction and planning, U.S. Geological Survey, National Water Quality Assessment, 2002 and 2003.
Member, Reactive Unsaturated zone Transport Model Development program committee: direction and planning, U.S. Geological Survey, National Research Program, 2001.
Chairman, Liaison committee: Upper Illinois River Basin, National Water Quality Assessment, U.S. Geological Survey, program direction, planning, and technical reviews: 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000.
Member, senior staff
U.S. Bureau of Mines Environmental Technology long-range planning committee for Characterization of hazardous waste sites using geophysical technology, 1995.
Member, ranking committee for Ground control proposal selection and funding, Health and Safety program, U.S. Bureau of Mines 1993-1995.
