Speaker: Prof. JERALD L. SCHNOOR

Time:2009.08.27  10:00am

Address:Main Auditorium of  ICCAS

JERALD L. SCHNOOR, Ph.D., P.E., DEE

Allen S. Henry Chair in Engineering, Dept. Civil & Env. Engineering　

Co-Director, Center for Global & Regional Env. Research and　　　　　

Professor, College of Public Health, Occup. & Env. Health　　　　

The University of Iowa 　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

EDUCATION:

Iowa State University　　 B.S.　  1972　　　 Chemical Engineering

University of Texas 　  M.S.　　　 　 1974　　　 Environmental Health Engineering

University of Texas　  PhD　  1975　　　 Civil Engineering

Manhattan College 　  Postdoc　 1976　　　 Environmental Modeling

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Jerry Schnoor has been a member of the University of Iowa faculty since 1977 and also held Visiting Professorship at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EAWAG) in Zurich, Switzerland. He is Editor-in-Chief of Environmental Science and Technology since 2002, member of the EPA Science Advisory Board, and member of the National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council (NIEHS). Previously, Jerry served as Chair of EPA ORD Board of Scientific Counselors from 2000-2004. He has testified before Congress several times regarding the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, National Acid Precipitation Assessment, and Upper Mississippi River Protection Act. Schnoor is a pioneer in phytoremediation, the use of plants to help clean the environment. He is a registered Professional Engineer and Diplomate, Board Certified Specialist in General Environmental Engineering. In 1999, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Schnoor’s research interests include toxic chemical fate and transport, surface and groundwater quality modeling, greenhouse gas modeling and mitigation, phytoremediation, and exposure and risk assessment. Schnoor has edited or co-edited five books and authored the textbook, Environmental Modeling, (John Wiley and Sons, 1996), which is used by graduate programs throughout the world. He is the author of more than 150 articles in peer-reviewed journals, and is Series Editor (with A.J.Zehnder) of the Wiley Interscience Series of Texts and Monographs in Environmental Science and Technology.

HONORS:

Simon W. Freese Award, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010

Charles and Mary O’Melia Distinguished Lecturer in Environ Sci, Johns Hopkins Univ., 2008

Milton P. Gordon Lecturer Award, Intl. Phytotechnology Society, 2007

Henske Distinguished Lecturer Award, Yale University, 2000

Feng Distinguished Lecturer, University of Massachusetts, 2000

Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer, 1999-2000

National Academy of Engineering, 1999-

Association of Environmental Engineering Professors, Distinguished Lecturer, 1998

Rudolph Hering Medal, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1998

Outstanding M.S. Student Advisor, Water Environment Federation, 1998

Distinguished Fellow Award, Iowa Academy of Science, 1996

Presidential Lecturer, University of Iowa, 1996

Professional Achievement Citation in Engineering, Iowa State University, 1996

Best Paper Awards, EPA Region 7/8 HSRC, 1991 and 1995

Diplomate, American Academy of Environmental Engineers, 1990-

Walter L. Huber Research Prize, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1985

Merit Awards, American Chemical Society, Environ. Division, 1981 and 1992

Best Paper Award, ASTM Aquatic Toxicology, 1980