Jack T Freda

Jack Freda has been a Macroinvertebrate Ecologist with MBI since early 2013. He is a certified Level 3 macroinvertebrate biologist, and conducts multiple macroinvertebrate surveys. He also assists and conducts training in field sampling, sample processing, and laboratory identification procedures and techniques. He is responsible for various technical report writing and editing tasks encompassing the range of biological, chemical, and physical habitat survey assessments conducted by MBI. He recently retired from the Ohio EPA with 38 years of experience specializing in macroinvertebrate sample collection and identification, and analysis of data from streams and rivers in Ohio and the Midwest. He assisted with the development of the Ohio EPA Invertebrate Community Index (ICI), and the VAP Program Level 3 macroinvertebrate training. He received a B.S. in Fisheries Management from Ohio State University.