Professor Paul Westerhoff Biography
Professor Paul Westerhoff Biography
Dr. Paul Westerhoff is the Associate Dean for Research in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering and Professor in School of Sustainable Engineering and The Built Environment, and member of the Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering faculty, at Arizona State University (ASU). He obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado at Boulder, a MS from University of Massachusetts and BS from Lehigh University. Westerhoff joined ASU in August 1995 and was promoted to full professor as a University Exemplar in 2007. He served as Department Chair in Civil and Environmental Engineering, and was the founding Director for the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment. Westerhoff has a strong publication and research record, has garnered wide recognition for his work related to treatment and occurrence of emerging contaminants in water, and has been active in multidisciplinary research. He has lead research funded by AWWARF, USEPA, NSF, DOD and local organizations investigating the fate of nanomaterials in water, use of nanomaterial-based technologies for water and reuse treatment, reactions and fate of oxo-anions (bromate, nitrate, arsenate) during water treatment, characterization, treatment and oxidation of natural organic matter in watersheds, formation of disinfection by-products, removal of taste and odor micropollutants. He has over 125 peer reviewed journal article publications and has been involved in over 250 conference presentations. He belongs to ASCE, AWWA, AEESP, ACS, IOA, IWA, AWPCA, and IHSS and serves on numerous voluntary committees for these organizations. He currently is a member of the USEPA Science Advisory Board – environmental engineering committee, Vice Chair of the WateReuse Foundation Research Advisory Board, external advisory board member of the EPA-NSF Center for Environmental Impacts of Nanotechnology. Westerhoff has received several research awards including the 2005 ASCE Walter L. Huber Research Award and the 2006 WEF Paul L. Busch Award.