Fred S. Hauchman, Ph.D.
Fred Hauchman is the Agency’s Executive Lead for the Office of Research and Development’s (ORD) role as National Program Manager for Regional Laboratories. Working closely with partners from the regions, ORD, and EPA’s headquarters offices, he is responsible for increasing collaboration and coordination across the Agency’s laboratory enterprise. He leads efforts to set the strategic operational direction for core laboratory operations, align the budget, and evaluate the performance of the regional laboratories in providing high quality, timely analytical services to the Agency, states, tribes and local communities.
Fred has worked at the EPA for over 30 years in a variety of scientific, programmatic and management positions. As director of ORD’s Office of Science Policy from 2008 to 2019, he and his staff provided leadership in science integration, coordination and communication across ORD, and between ORD and the Agency's regulatory programs, regions, and external partners. He previously managed ORD’s water research program, directed exposure-related research on chemicals and pathogens in the environment, and served as a senior scientist in EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation.
Fred has extensive international experience, including service as a technical advisor to the Pan American Health Organization on their environmental programs, and participation in a variety of risk assessment and water-related projects in Latin America and West Africa. He established EPA’s partnership with the Global Water Research Coalition and served as the Agency’s representative to this organization for ten years. Fred received his M.S. in Public Health from the University of North Carolina (UNC), and his Ph.D. in environmental sciences from the Johns Hopkins University. He also conducted postdoctoral research in environmental virology at UNC.