Petr Sharov, PhD, Regional Director, Eastern Europe, Central Asia. Dr. Sharov is a specialist with twenty years of experience working in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Far East. His main area of expertise is Human Health Risk Assessment from exposure to heavy metals. He specializes on conducting environmental heavy metal contamination assessments, health risk assessments, designing and implementing remediation projects. He holds an MS in Environmental Science from the University of Idaho and a PhD from the Far Eastern State University, Department of Ecology.