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2018 Janet G. Hering, Ph.D.
Director of the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)
Press Release
Short Biography


2017 Charles N. Haas, Ph.D.

LD Betz Professor of Environmental Engineering and Head of the Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering at Drexel University

Short Biography

Clarke Prize Lecture: A Biologist to Engineers, and an Engineer to Biologists

2016 Mark D. Sobsey, Ph.D.

Kenan Distinguished Professor of Environmental Sciences and Engineering in the Gillings School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Short Biography

Clarke Prize Lecture: Advances and Innovations to Achieve Microbially Safe and Sustainable Water: Detection, Treatment, and Risk Management

2015 John C. Crittenden, Ph.D., P.E., N.A.E., C.A.E.

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Director of the Brook Byers institute for Sustainable Systems, Georgia Institute of Technology

Short Biography

Clarke Prize Lecture: Water for Everything and the Transformative Technologies to Improve Water Sustainability

Clarke Prize Lecture Video: 2015 Clarke Prize Lecture

2014 David L. Sedlak , Ph.D.

Professor, Co-Director of Berkeley Water Center, Deputy Director of ReNUWIt

University of California, Berkeley

Short Biography

Clarke Prize Lecture: Delivering the Fourth Water Revolution

Clarke Prize Lecture Video: 2014 Clarke Prize Lecture

2013 R. Rhodes Trussell , Ph.D., P.E., BCEE, NAE

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Trussell Technologies, Inc.

Short Biography

Clarke Prize Lecture: How Safe is Safe in the Treatment of Drinking Water for the Public?

Clarke Prize Lecture Video: 2013 Clarke Prize Lecture

2012 Pedro J.J. Alvarez, Ph.D., P.E., DEE

George R. Brown Professor of Engineering

Rice University

Short Biography

Clarke Prize Lecture: Convergence of Nanotechnology and Microbiology: Emerging Opportunities for Water Disinfection, Microbial Control, and Integrated Urban Water Management

Clarke Prize Lecture Video: 2012 Clarke Prize Lecture


2011 Mark R. Wiesner, Ph.D., P.E.
James L. Meriam Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Duke University
Short Biography
Clarke Prize Lecture: Nanomaterials, Water, and the Directed Self-Assembly of Environmentally Responsible Industries

Schnoor
2010 Jerald L. Schnoor, Ph.D.
Allen S. Henry Chair of Engineering

University of Iowa
Short Biography
Clarke Prize Lecture: Water Sustainability in a Changing World

Logan
2009 Bruce E. Logan, Ph.D.
Kappe Professor of Environmental Engineering

The Pennsylvania State University
Short Biography
Clarke Prize Lecture: Energy Sustainability of the Water Infrastructure

Nancy N. Rabalais, Ph.D.
2008 Nancy N. Rabalais, Ph.D.
Executive Director and Professor
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
Short Biography
Clarke Prize Lecture: Ecosystem Science Informs Sound Policy ... or Does It?
James L. Barnard, Ph.D., PR.ENG., BCEE
2007 James L. Barnard, PH.D., PR.ENG., BCEE
Global Practice and Technology Leader for Advanced Biological Treatment
Black & Veatch Corporation
Short Biography
Clarke Prize Lecture: Elimination of Eutrophication through Resource Recovery
Philip C. Singer, Ph.D., P.E.
2006 Philip C. Singer, Ph.D., P.E.
Daniel A. Okun Distinguished Professor of Environmental Engineering
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Short Biography
Clarke Prize Lecture: Disinfection Byproducts in Drinking Water: Additional Science and Policy Considerations in the Pursuit of Public Health Protection
Menachem Elimelech, Ph.D.
2005 Menachem Elimelech, Ph.D.
Roberto C. Goizueta Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Yale University
Short Biography
Clarke Prize Lecture: The Global Challenge for Adequate and Safe Water
Vernon L. Snoelink, Ph.D.
2004 Vernon L. Snoeyink, Ph.D.
Ivan Racheff Professor of Environmental Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Short Biography
Clarke Prize Lecture: Public Water Supply: Quantity, Quality, and Distribution Challenges
George Tchobanoglous, Ph.D., P.E.
2003 George Tchobanoglous, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor Emeritus, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of California, Davis
Short Biography
Clarke Prize Lecture: The Importance of Decentralized Wastewater Management in the Twenty-First Century
Harry F. Ridgway, Ph.D.
2002 Harry F. Ridgway, Ph.D.
President
AquaMem Consultants
Short Biography
Clarke Prize Lecture: Membrane Research: The Quest for Pure Water in a New Millennium
Joan B. Rose Ph.D.
2001 Joan B. Rose, Ph.D.
Homer Nowlin Endowed Chair for Water Research
Michigan State University
Short Biography
Clarke Prize Lecture: The Unseen Challenge to Safe Water: Microbiology of Water
Charles R. O'Melia, Ph.D.
2000 Charles R. O'Melia, Ph.D. (d. 2010)
Abel Wolman Professor of Environmental Engineering
The Johns Hopkins University
Short Biography
Clarke Prize Lecture: a long the riverrun
James J. Morgan, Ph.D.
1999 James J. Morgan, Ph.D.
Marvin L. Goldberger Professor of Environmental Engineering
California Institute of Technology
Short Biography
Clarke Prize Lecture: Health of the Waters and Water for Health

Rafael > Bras, Sc.D.
1998 Rafael L. Bras, Sc.D.
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Georgia Institute of Technology

Short Biography
Clarke Prize Lecture: What is a Hydrologist?
Perry L. McCarty, Sc.D.
1997 Perry L. McCarty, Sc.D.
Silas H. Palmer Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Emeritus
Stanford University
Short Biography
Clarke Prize Lecture: Learning and Listening About Water
Walter J. Weber, Jr., Ph.D., P.E., DEE
1996 Walter J. Weber, Jr., Ph.D., P.E., DEE
Gordon M. Fair and Earnest Boyce Distinguished University Professor
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Short Biography
Clarke Prize Lecture: Fit Water for the Future: The Requisite Exercise of Social Discipline, Competent Technology, Responsible Engineering, and the MEAD AORTA Agenda
David C. White, M.D., Ph.D., (d. 2006)
1995 David C. White, M.D., Ph.D. (d. 2006)
Distinguished Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee-Knoxville Director, Center for Biomarker Analysis
Short Biography
Clarke Prize Lecture: Clean Water Hardly Anywhere and That Not Safe to Drink
Bruce E. Rittmann, Ph.D.
1994 Bruce E. Rittmann, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Environmental Biotechnology
Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University
Short Biography
Clarke Prize Lecture: When Water Science Meets Water Technology