Ronald J. Scrudato, Ph.D.
Scientist and Director of Environmental Research
Dr. Ronald J. Scrudato has been the director of New York University’s Environmental Research Center at Oswego, New York since 1977 and for the past 10years has devoted much of his time to dealing with Native American issues.
Working closely with the Mohawks at Akwesasne, the Siberian Yupiks of St. Lawrence Island, and the Aleuts of Adak on the Aleutians, he has developed practical techniques to degrade contaminants in groundwater and soils.
A graduate of Nutley High School, Dr. Scrudato holds a bachelor’s degree in geology from Clemson University, a master’s degree in geology from Tulane University, and a doctorate from the University of North Carolina. He has taught courses in marine sciences, geology, and the environmental impacts of coal mining, the later at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia.
Internationally, Dr. Scrudato has served as an environmental and research advisor to the Kingdom of Jordan and its Yarmouk University. He has worked in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay on the development of regional and national environmental programs, and in 2000 completed an assessment of issues for Uganda after studying the impact of landfill operations and pesticide disposal on drinking water supplies.
Dr. Scrudato serves on New York State’s Superfund Management Board and holds a number of patents dealing with the control toxic releases into the environment.
In Nutley, Dr. Scrudato attended St. Mary’s elementary school and was graduated from Nutley High School in 1958. He held the school javelin record for about ten years, ran varsity track, and played football for two seasons. At Clemson University, he was a starting fullback and the leading 1961 scorer in the Atlantic Coast Conference. He was voted most valuable player by his Clemson teammates the same year