Mark D. Tucker, Ph.D, P.E.

Civil Engineer
Artemis AG-Solutions, LLC

Dr. Mark D. Tucker is a Civil Engineer with Artemis AG_SOLUTIONS, LLC specializing in disinfection of biological pathogens, decontamination of toxic chemicals, environmental remediation, water and wastewater treatment, and energy production technologies. Dr. Tucker recently retired from a 35-year career at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM where he was a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff. While at Sandia, his research was focused on the development of innovative technologies for the decontamination of chemical and biological warfare agents and other highly toxic chemical and biological materials and innovative methods for remediation of toxic materials in the environment. He is a co-inventor of the Sandia Decontamination Foam (DF-100) and the inventor of the modified and enhanced DF-200 formulation which is now marketed by several commercial companies and is widely used by first responders and the military. It is also widely used for civilian applications such as the disinfection of food and agricultural processing facilities and other facilities. He was also involved in the development of novel remediation technologies to address difficult toxic materials (e.g., strontium, molybdenum, uranium, arsenic, technetium, and others) in the environment. He currently holds 20 U.S. patents related to decontamination and environmental remediation technologies. While at Sandia, Dr. Tucker also led or was a primary technical contributor on several large projects funded by the US Department of Homeland Security and/or the US Department of Defense that focused on the development and implementation of processes, procedures and technologies to rapidly restore critical infrastructure, critical assets, and urban areas following the release of a chemical or biological warfare agent or other highly toxic materials. Dr. Tucker was also the project lead and/or primary technical contributor for the development of several software-based modeling and simulation applications focused on the analysis of recovery options and resource requirements following the release of chemical, biological, or radiological agents. Dr. Tucker holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of New Mexico (1997), a M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of New Mexico (1993), a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin (1983) and a B.S. in Engineering from Purdue University (1980). Dr. Tucker is also a registered Professional Engineer in the State of New Mexico, USA.