Marcel Belaval

In his role as Deputy Center Director, Marcel conducts strategic scientific program planning, helping to set the direction for the Center providing relevant, accessible, and innovative water science to New England and the Nation.

With a background in groundwater, contaminant hydrology, and hydrogeophysics, Marcel’s professional practice is rooted in applying hydrologic science to water resource management. In his former position as a hydrologist with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency New England Regional Office, Marcel provided hydrology expertise to EPA’s water division. Marcel is a NH Licensed Professional Geologist and earned a BS in Geology from the University of Connecticut and an MS in Geophysics from Boston College.