George Guillen, PhD

Dr. George Guillen currently serves as the Director of the Environmental Institute of Houston. He obtained his Ph.D. in Environmental Science from the University of Texas School of Public Health in 1996, his M.S. in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, and his B.S. in Marine Biology from Texas A&M University. He is native Houstonian and has lived here most of his life.

Prior to coming to EIH, he served as the Chief of the Fisheries and Contaminants Program at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service office in Arcata, California from 2000-2004. From 1998-2000 he worked at the Minerals Management Service, in New Orleans, Louisiana as the Toxicology and Risk Assessment Unit Chief. Prior to this he worked for 10 years with the TCEQ predecessor agencies (TNRCC and TWC) as District Manager and Program Manager. He also served as a Biologist with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for over four years.

During his tenure as a state and federal employee George managed various research and monitoring projects focusing on the effects of pollutants and instream flows on aquatic and marine organisms.

Dr. Guillen’s research interests include evaluation of the impacts of pollutants, altered hydrology, and habitat modification on fish and wildlife populations, with a focus on estuarine systems.

Dr. Guillen is supporting the GBWAP by providing expertise on using local fish and aquatic invertebrate population data as indicators of impaired waterways.