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Appendix B
Biographical Sketches for Committee on the
Collaborative Large-scale Engineering Analysis
Network for Environmental Research (CLEANER)
Daniel P. Loucks (NAE), Chair, is a professor in the Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering at Cornell University where he applies systems
analysis, economic theory, ecology, and environmental engineering to problems
in regional development and environmental quality management. At Cornell, he
has served as Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
and as Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies in the College of
Engineering. Dr. Loucks has also worked as a consultant to private and
government agencies and various organizations of the United Nations, World
Bank, and NATO on regional water resources development planning throughout
the world. He has been a member of various committees of the national
Research Council and currently serves on the Committee on Integrated
Observations for Hydrologic and Related Sciences. Dr. Loucks was elected to
the National Academy of Engineering in 1989. He received his M.F. in forestry
from Yale University and his Ph.D. in environmental engineering from Cornell
University.
Pedro J. Alvarez is the George R. Brown Professor of Civil and Environmental
Engineering at Rice University and the new chair of the department. He
previously taught at the University of Iowa, where he also served as associate
director for the Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing and as Honorary
Consul for Nicaragua. Dr. Alvarez's research interests are related to the
applications and implications of biological processes in natural and engineered
systems, including bioremediation and phytoremediation of sites contaminated
with hazardous wastes. He was inducted into the American Academy of
Environmental Engineers in 1995 and is also the president elect for the
Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors. Dr. Alvarez
received a B. Eng. degree in Civil Engineering from McGill University and M.S.
and Ph.D. degrees in environmental engineering from the University of
Michigan.
Mary Jo Baedecker is a scientist emeritus at the U.S. Geological Survey. She
previously served as Chief Scientist for Hydrology where she provided oversight
for the National Research Program in the hydrologic sciences and represented
the hydrology discipline in long-range program planning at the USGS. Dr.
Baedecker's research interests include the degradation and attenuation of
organic contaminants in hydrologic environments. She is a member of the
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NRC's Water Science and Technology Board and has served on several NRC
committees including the Committee on Ground Water Cleanup Alternatives
and the Committee on Source Removal of Contaminants in the Subsurface. Dr.
Baedecker holds a B.A. in chemistry from Vanderbilt University, an M.S. in
chemistry from the University of Kentucky, and a Ph.D. in geochemistry from
George Washington University.
James W. Boyd is Senior Fellow and Director of the Energy and Natural
Resources Division at Resources for the Future. Dr. Boyd's research is in the
fields of environmental regulation, law, and economics, focusing on the analysis
of environmental institutions and policy. Specific areas of expertise include
water regulation, environmental and product liability law, incentive-based
regulation, and ecological benefit and damage assessment. His current research
focuses on the development of environmental benefit indicators for use in both
environmental management and national welfare accounting. Dr. Boyd has been
a visiting faculty member at the Olin Business School, Washington University,
St. Louis, and he currently serves on a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Science Advisory Board on Valuing the Protection of Ecological Systems and
Services. He has been a consultant to, among others, the World Bank, the
European Commission, the Harvard Institute for International Development, and
various government agencies. Dr. Boyd holds a B.A. in history from the
University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in public policy and management from the
Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Richard A. Conway (NAE) retired from Union Carbide Corporation as a senior
corporate fellow. His areas of expertise include industrial ecology,
petrochemical wastewater treatment, hazardous and solid waste management,
environmental risk analysis of chemical products, and site restoration and
remediation. Mr. Conway's work has encompassed research planning and
evaluation and policy and regulation development. He has served on multiple
NRC commissions, committees, panels, and boards and was elected to the
National Academy of Engineering in 1986. Mr. Conway has also served on
science advisory boards for the Environmental Protection Agency and
Department of Defense and received career recognition awards from the Society
of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry and the American Academy of
Environmental Engineers. He received a B.S. in public health in 1953 from the
University of Massachusetts and an M.S. in sanitary engineering from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1957.
John W. Day is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of
Oceanography and Coastal Science at Louisiana State University and is a
leading expert on wetland ecology, wetland-river interactions and water quality,
coastal zone ecology, and ecological modeling. Some of his current research
projects include utilizing Mississippi River diversions for nutrient management
in a Louisiana coastal watershed, mitigating non-point source pollution in urban
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watersheds, and developing nutrient standards for Louisiana waters. Dr. Day is
Chair of the National Technical Review Committee that oversees and reviews
the Louisiana Coastal Area Project to restore the Mississippi Delta. He has a
B.A. and M.S. in zoology from LSU and a Ph.D. in marine and environmental
sciences from the University of North Carolina.
Charles T. Driscoll is University Professor in the Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering at Syracuse University where he also serves as the
director of the Center for Environmental Systems Engineering. His teaching and
research interests are in the area of environmental chemistry, biogeochemistry,
and environmental quality modeling. A principal research focus has been the
response of forest, aquatic, and coastal ecosystems to disturbance, including air
pollution, land use change, and elevated inputs of nutrients and mercury. Dr.
Driscoll is currently the principal investigator of the National Science
Foundation's LTER project at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in New
Hampshire. He received his B.S. degree in civil engineering from the
University of Maine and his M.S. and Ph.D. in environmental engineering from
Cornell University.
Tony R. Fountain is director of the Cyberinfrastructure Laboratory for
Environmental Observing Systems (CLEOS) at the San Diego Supercomputer
Center (SDSC) of the University of California, San Diego. SDSC serves as an
international resource for data cyberinfrastructure and focuses on data-oriented
and computational science and engineering applications. Dr. Fountain's group
is involved in a number of sensornet and observation system projects that aim to
address the issue of sensor network management and data accessibility. His
research focuses on data mining, machine learning, and computational
infrastructure for a variety of science and engineering applications. Of particular
interest are applications in ecology and environmental science involving sensor
networks, complex data analysis, and real-time decision support. Dr. Fountain
is a member of the National Ecological Observatory Network's (NEON)
Facilities and Infrastructure Committee and advises the development of NEON's
communication and information technology. He holds a B.S. in cognitive
psychology and statistics and a B.S. in computer science and mathematics from
North Arizona University. Dr. Fountain received his M.S. and Ph.D. in
computer science from Oregon State University.
Edwin E. Herricks is professor of ecological engineering in the Department of
Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign. His areas of expertise include aquatic ecology and stream
ecosystem and watershed management. Dr. Herrick's current research includes
evaluation the effect of climate change scenarios on fisheries; restoration of
streams in urban areas, including the development of ecological engineering
concepts for watershed management; and development of an integrated
hydrologic, geomorphic, and ecological classification system for watershed
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management. He has served on several NRC committees addressing issues such
as endangered species in the Platte River, the legacy of radiation problems at
Hanford, WA, and management of the Upper Mississippi River Navigation
Project. Dr. Herricks has written numerous articles and papers on the broad
theme of improving engineering design and environmental decision making. He
holds a B.A. in zoology and English from the University of Kansas, an M.S. in
sanitary/environmental engineering from The Johns Hopkins University, and a
Ph.D. in biology from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Robert J. Huggett recently retired as Professor of Zoology and Vice President
for Research and Graduate Studies at Michigan State University. He also is
Professor Emeritus of Marine Science at the College of William and Mary. Dr.
Huggett's aquatic biogeochemistry research has involved the fate and effects of
hazardous substances in aquatic systems with a focus on hydrophobic chemicals
and their partitioning between sediment and pore water. From 1994 to 1997, Dr.
Huggett was the Assistant Administrator for Research and Development for the
United States Environmental Protection Agency. He has served on many NRC
committees, is a past member of the WSTB, and a current member of the Board
on Environmental Studies and Toxicology. Dr. Huggett has an M.S. degree in
marine chemistry from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and a Ph.D. in
marine science from the College of William and Mary.
Timothy K. Kratz is the director of the Trout Lake Station at the Center for
Limnology at the University of Wisconsin. His research focuses on the long-
term, regional ecology of lakes; carbon dynamics in lakes; lake metabolism; and
the formation and ecology of kettle-hole peatlands. Dr. Kratz is a principle
investigator for the North Temperate Lakes LTER and has served on the
LTER's Executive Committee. He has participated on the NRC's Committee to
Assess EPA's Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Project and the
Committee on Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research. Dr. Kratz earned his
B.S. in botany from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, his M.S. in ecology
and behavioral biology from the University of Minnesota, and his Ph.D. in
botany from the University of Wisconsin.
Jeffrey M. Lauria is a vice president of Malcolm Pirnie, Inc., a century-old
New York-based firm of civil and environmental engineers and scientists
specializing in water issues. As National Director of Water Resources, Dr.
Lauria directs large-scale program management and engineering master plans
for wastewater, wet weather, watershed, and water quality projects. He also has
comprehensive national and international experience in wastewater, drinking
water, and stormwater treatment processes and related expertise in hydraulic,
hydrologic, water quality, and mathematical modeling to support decision
optimization at more than 200 project locations. Dr. Lauria has also served as a
technical adviser to several state and local governments and on scientific and
managerial councils from the private sector. He recently served on the NRC's
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Committee on Water Quality Improvement for the Pittsburgh Region. Dr.
Lauria received a B.E. in civil engineering from Manhattan College, and an
M.E. and Ph.D. in environmental engineering from Manhattan College and
Polytechnic University, respectively.
Judith L. Meyer is Distinguished Research Professor at the University of
Georgia's Institute of Ecology. Her expertise is in river and stream ecosystems
with emphasis on nutrient dynamics, microbial food webs, riparian zones,
ecosystem management, river restoration, and urban rivers. Dr. Meyer is a past
member of the WSTB, a current member of the Board on Environmental Studies
and Toxicology, and has served on multiple NRC committees. She currently
serves on the Environmental Processes and Effects Committee of the EPA's
Science Advisory Board and on the Independent Science Board of the California
Bay Delta Authority. Dr. Meyer also chairs the Scientific and Technical
Advisory Committees and is on the Board of Directors of American Rivers and
Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper. She received a Ph.D. in 1978 from Cornell
University.
Tavit O. Najarian is president of Najarian Associates, a civil engineering and
environmental consulting firm. Dr. Najarian is an expert in the field of water
resources. Over the past 25 years, he has been involved with the development,
adaptation, and application of mathematical models for hydrodynamic and water
quality simulations of aquatic systems. Dr. Najarian has particular expertise in
applying such models in studies of wasteload allocation and regional planning of
stormwater runoff and estuarine eutrophication dynamics. He also serves as a
consultant on hydraulic and environmental issues related to large-scale planned
residential, commercial, industrial, and waterfront projects. Dr. Najarian earned
his B.C.E. from American University in Beirut, Lebanon, his M.S. in civil
engineering from Northeastern University, and his Sc.D. in hydrodynamics and
water resources from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Charles R. O'Melia (NAE) is the Abel Wolman Professor of Environmental
Engineering and Chair of the Department of Geography and Environmental
Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. His professional experience includes
positions at Hazen & Sawyer Engineers, University of Michigan, Georgia
Institute of Technology, Harvard University, and the University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill. His research interests are in aquatic chemistry,
environmental fate and transport, predictive modeling of natural systems, and
the theory of water and wastewater treatment. He is a member of the National
Academy of Engineering and past member of the Water Science and
Technology Board and the Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology.
He has served on numerous NRC committees, including the Committee on
Research Opportunities and Priorities for EPA, the Committee on Wastewater
Management for Coastal Urban Areas, and the Committee on Water-Treatment
Chemicals, and he was chair of the Committee to Review the New York City
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Watershed Management Strategy. He received a B.C.E. from Manhattan
College and an M.S.E. and Ph.D. in sanitary engineering from the University of
Michigan.
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