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Regents Professor & Fulton Chair of Environmental Engineering at Arizona State University. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2023

Tempe, Arizona (USA)
Joined June 2022
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Stopping slime on Earth and in space Our NSF-CASIS research on "GULBI" for the International Space Station (ISS) was picked and and shared here: spacedaily.com/reports/Stopp…
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Will There Be Enough Water to Make More Semiconductors in the U.S.? Listen to H2O Radio (about 2:54 minutes in) here: h2oradio.org/this-week-in-wa…
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Want to hear about "Will There Be Enough Water to Make More Semiconductors in the U.S.?" Listen to H2O Radio here (about 2:54 minutes into) h2oradio.org/this-week-in-wa… Week in Water for August 10, 2025 by H2ORadio via #soundcloud soundcloud.com/h2oradio/this…
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There are many applications for hydrogen peroxide. #MyACSCover. Bridging Materials Innovation with an Efficient Photocatalyst-Enabled Optical Fiber Reactor for H2O2 Production | Environmental Science & Technology pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
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A great NEWT (newtcenter.org/) collaboration between Yale/Rice/ASU ! Viability assessment of lithium recovery from unconventional saline wa... sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Squeezing every last drop out of wastewater news.asu.edu/20250611-enviro…
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We are hoping this research serves as foundation for a new company -- keep your eyes open Modulating the Central Metal Redox-State Ratios of Amorphous Titanium (Hydr)Oxide by Incorporating Cerium Enhances Mixtures of Oxyanions Removal from Water | ES&T pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
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Control of Fungal Spores on Surfaces with UV-C Exposure Necessitates Complete Inactivation to Prevent Mycorrhizal Network Establishment | Environmental Science & Technology pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
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This integrates work in our lab on optical fibers for a variety of applications, spanning a decade of work. Thanks past/present students & collaborators. Advancing Light-Driven Reactions with Surface-Modified Optical Fibers | Accounts of Chemical Research pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.102…
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This is an exciting new "Perspective" from our group - I hope you enjoy. Natural, Incidental, and Engineered Nanomaterials in Surface Waters: Occurrence and Catalytic Reactivity Influences on Micropollutant Degradation Plus Nutrient Turnover | pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.102…
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For the first time we show how germicidal light impacts mold growth on surfaces . Control of Fungal Spores on Surfaces with UV-C Exposure Necessitates Complete Inactivation to Prevent Mycorrhizal Network Establishment | Environmental Science & Technology pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.102…
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