Biography

Experience

• 1991-present Betz Chair Professor of Environmental Engineering, Drexel University
• 2002-2021 Head, Department of Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering, Drexel University
• 1989-1990 Acting Chairman, Pritzker Department of Environmental Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology
• 1988-1989 Visiting Professor of Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 1981-1990 Assistant Professor (1981-83), Associate Professor (1983-87), Professor (1987-90) Illinois Institute of Technology
• 1978-1981 Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering in the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, (1979-1981), Acting Director of Environmental Engineering Programs, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Degrees / Education

• PhD, Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1978
• MS, Environmental Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, 1974
• BS, Biology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, 1973

Research Areas

• Cyber and Physical Infrastructure
• Health and Medicine

Research Interests

Areas of Study

• Environmental Engineering

Academic Distinctions

• 2021 Member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
• 2021 College of Engineering Outstanding Career Research Award
• 2020 Distinguished Fellow of the International Water Association (IWA)
• 2018 AP Black Research Award, American Water Works Association
• 2017 John Leal Award, American Water Works Association
• 2017 Athalie Richardson Irvine Clarke Prize (administered by the National Water Research Institute)
• 2016 Society for Risk Analysis, Distinguished Achievement Award
• 2013 Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors, elected Fellow (inaugural class)
• 2011 International Water Association, elected Fellow
• 2010 American Society of Civil Engineers, elected Fellow
• 2007 American Academy of Environmental Engineers, Board Certified Environmental Engineering Member (BCEEM), elected by eminence
• 2005 American Water Works Association, Water Science and Research Division, best paper award (“Risk Assessment of Waterborne Coxsackievirus”)
• 2005 American Water Works Association, advisor to 2nd Place Academic Achievement Award Winner (Christopher Crockett—PhD dissertation)
• 2004 National Academies of Science, Engineering, Medicine Lifetime National Associate
• 2002 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• 2002 Fellow of the Society for Risk Analysis
• 1997 Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology