Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology blog

We are delighted to introduce Long Nghiem as an Editorial Board Member for our new journal Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology.

Long Nghiem

Long is an Associate Professor for the School of Civil Mining and Environmental Engineering at the University of Wollongong in Australia where he completed his PhD in 2005.

Long’s research expertise covers a range of membrane separation processes, including pressure driven membrane filtration, forward osmosis, membrane distillation, facilitated transport membrane, membrane electrolysis, and membrane bioreactor. Current research work of his membrane separation laboratory focuses on the development of a membrane separation platform for the recovery of clean water, energy, and nutrients from wastewater. Long was the Vice President of the Membrane Society of Australasia from 2010 – 2014 and is currently a member of the Managing Committee of the IWA Membrane Specialty Group.

We are delighted to introduce Mike Elovitz as an Editorial Board Member for our new journal Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology.

Mike Elovitz

Mike completed his Ph.D. at the Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, Oregon Health and Science University. He has been a Research Scientist at the US Environmental Protection Agency since 1997.

Mike conducts research for the Treatment Technology Evaluation Branch in the Water Supply and Water Resources Division of the Office of Research and Development’s National Risk Management Research Laboratory. His current research projects focus on computation fluid dynamics modelling approaches to ozone contractor design and halonitromethane formation during chlorination. Mike also investigates mixing in baffled ozone contractors using 3D lased-induced fluorescence and reactive transport model.

We are delighted to introduce Peter Vikesland as an Editorial Board Member for our new journal Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology.

Peter Vikesland

Peter is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech, USA. He completed his Ph.D. in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The University of Iowa in 1998.

Professor Vikesland’s research interests include nanomaterials in the environment and improved sensors for drinking water. His research on the environmental implications of nanotechnology examines the effects of solution chemistry on the aggregation and dissolution of environmentally relevant nanoparticles. Peter is the director of the Virginia Tech Sustainable Nanotechnology Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program, where the primary goal is to facilitate the incorporation of sustainable design concepts in the nanotechnology field. Peter’s research group is interested in the development and testing of sensor technologies for the detection of environmental contaminants, with a particular emphasis on the use of Raman spectroscopy to detect biological and organic compounds. He is also works to evaluate drinking water disinfectant reactions with aqueous contaminants, focusing on disinfectant reactions with pharmaceutical and personal care products.

We are delighted to introduce Jeremy Guest as an Editorial Board Member for our new journal Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology.

Jeremy Guest

Jeremy completed his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Thrust Leader for Sanitation and Resource Recovery at the Safe Global Water Institute. His research interests are in in the development of technologies and decision-making tools that increase access to, and the sustainability of, environmental infrastructure.

Jeremy is primarily focusing on sanitation and the development of biotechnologies that manage wastewater as a renewable resource for energy production, chemical production, and nutrient and water recovery. By integrating experimentation, modelling, and quantitative sustainable design, his research group leverages fundamental insights into molecular- and cell-scale processes to advance systems-scale sustainability, connecting technology innovation with broader societal initiatives for advancing energy, food security, health and nutrition in both developing and technologically advanced communities.

We are delighted to introduce Michael Templeton as an Editorial Board Member for our new journal Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology.

Michael Templeton

Michael is a chartered civil engineer and Senior Lecturer in Public Health Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Imperial College London, UK. He completed his Ph.D. in Civil-Environmental Engineering at the University of Toronto, Canada.

Michael’s research aims to develop engineering solutions to public health challenges relating to water supply and sanitation. His current projects include: devising strategies for water utilities to minimise disinfection by-products in tap water; maximising the effectiveness of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions for preventing schistosomiasis in Africa; optimising ultraviolet disinfection and oxidation processes for water treatment; detecting and controlling antibiotic-resistant bacteria in drinking water supplies.