Expertise

Areas of Research

  • Drinking Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries
  • Household Water Use
  • Onsite and Decentralized Wastewater Management
  • Surface Water Quality
  • UV Disinfection
  • Water

His doctoral and post-doctoral research addressed issues primarily in developing countries, and his recent work focuses largely on wastewater management in the southeastern U.S.

Topics of interest include: household water use, surface water quality, global progress in drinking water and sanitation, onsite and decentralized wastewater treatment, drinking water in Pacific Island countries, UV disinfection, and characterizing and addressing onsite wastewater failures in rural Alabama.

Communities
Environmental Engineering, Construction, Civil Engineering
Degrees
PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Environmental Engineering, 2010
MS, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Environmental Engineering, 2001
BS, Pennsylvania State University, Civil Engineering, 1998