John H. Pavlish is a Senior Research Advisor and the Director of a multiyear, multimillion dollar Center for Air Toxic Metals^® Program, and the Manager of the Energy Conversion Systems Group at the EERC. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from North Dakota State University and has completed over half of the M.S. requirements in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Kansas. He received an A.A.S. in Power and Machinery from the University of Minnesota - Crookston. Prior to his current position, he served as Unit Leader/Systems Engineer at Black & Veatch Engineers-Architects in Kansas City, Missouri.

Mr. Pavlish's principal areas of interest and expertise include research and consultation on air toxic issues; hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) with emphasis on mercury; CO₂ capture and the coal combustion process; the effects of fuel quality and ash on combustion, gasification, and power plant system performance; generation recovery; steam generator performance and reliability; emission reduction control technologies and flue gas-processing equipment; and economic and feasibility analyses on control technologies and energy conversion systems.

Mr. Pavlish is a registered professional engineer in the state of Kansas, a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and a member of the Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA). He serves on numerous professional and technical committees such as the BiNational Strategy Utility Mercury Reduction Committee, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Research Advisory Committee, MPCA Utilities and Taconite Subcommittee, and B&W Advanced Emissions Control Development Air Toxics Program Advisory Committee.

Mr. Pavlish has authored and coauthored numerous publications including peer-reviewed journal articles. He was the Program Manager and Technical Coordinator for the conference on Air Quality: Mercury, Trace Elements, and Particulate Matter, held in McLean, Virginia, December 1-4, 1998. He is also a Technical Coordinator for the second conference on Air Quality: Mercury, Trace Elements, and Particulate Matter, which will be held in McLean, Virginia, in September 2000. He has served as a session chair at various conferences, most recently at the A&WMA International Specialty Conference on Mercury.