Staff Pages – Page 3 – Gryphon Scientific

Mikaela Finnegan, MPH

Mikaela Finnegan

Epidemiologist

Mikaela Finnegan

Epidemiologist

Mikaela Finnegan holds a BS in biology from the University of Virginia and is currently pursuing her MS in epidemiology from George Washington University. Joining Gryphon in 2013, she has supported many disease risk assessments and decision-support tools and has gained experience in the curation and standardization of data to support those projects. Her primary interests lie in emerging infectious diseases and neglected tropical diseases.

Mikaela is an American and English football fan and a die-hard Potterhead who can tell you everything about the Harry Potter series. She knows all the rules of Quidditch and wishes she could travel with capacity enhancing extension charms.

- Data Management & Communications Practice Area
- NCBI Bibliography

Kent Duke

Logistician

Kent Duke

Logistician

Kent Duke comes from a strong military background with 22 years’ experience as a logistician, 5 years in hazmat management and 10 years as a hazmat first responder. He then became a Government contractor for Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) logistical and technical support activities on military installations throughout the United States, Japan and Korea. Currently Mr. Duke is the Operations technical and logistics support lead for the Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA) CBRNE Response Team (CRT).

Kent is a history buff and former Civil War Reenactor who portrayed a Union Soldier in parades and small skirmish battles. He also taught the public about Civil War history as a living historian

- All-Hazards Preparedness, Response, and CBRN Defense Practice Area
- LinkedIn

Audrey Cerles, MS

Microbiologist

Audrey Cerles, MS

Microbiologist

Audrey Cerles graduated from Cornell in biological sciences with a concentration in microbiology and holds an MS in food safety from Michigan State University. Joining Gryphon in 2013, she has supported efforts in various fields, including risk assessments of emerging infectious diseases and emerging biotechnologies. She also worked on a vulnerability assessment of critical food additives and holds a special interest in food and agricultural safety and defense.

Audrey is a scuba diver interested in shipwrecks and marine megafauna. Despite diving alongside many sharks, she’s only ever been bitten by a damselfish.

- Biosafety, Biosecurity, and Emerging Technologies Practice Area
- LinkedIn

Grace Adams, MS, CHP, CIH

Certified Health Physicist

Grace Adams, MS, CHP, CIH

Certified Health Physicist

Grace Adams, MS, CHP, CIH is an experienced health physicist with a particular interest in developing models of radioactive and nuclear effects to inform national security and emergency response plans. With a BS in nuclear engineering from RPI and an MS in Radiation Health Physics from Oregon State University, she joined Gryphon in 2013 where she has investigated the consequences of radioactive fallout on critical industries, developed new models to assess the inhalation risk of radionuclides, and estimated the consequences of nuclear detonation on a variety of environments—projects all designed to improve the nation’s preparedness and response to radiological and nuclear events. Grace became a Certified Health Physicist (CHP) in 2019.

Grace is a self-professed “okay” cook (that others might describe differently), an avid biker, and has a nearly encyclopedic knowledge of the tv-series Futurama.