David L. Sedlak is an American environmental engineer and currently the Plato Malozemoff Professor at

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

. He was previously Editor-in-Chief of

American Chemical Society The American Chemical Society (ACS) is a scientific society based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry. Founded in 1876 at New York University, the ACS currently has more than 155,000 members at all d ...

's ''ES&T and ES&T Letters''. His research interests are chemical contaminants and water resources. He was elected a member of the

National Academy of Engineering The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization. The National Academy of Engineering is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy ...

in 2016 for contributions to environmental aqueous chemistry, especially in the areas of

water reuse Water reclamation (also called wastewater reuse, water reuse or water recycling) is the process of converting municipal wastewater (sewage) or industrial wastewater into water that can be reused for a variety of purposes. Types of reuse include: ...

, water contaminants, and urban water infrastructure.

Education

He earned his PhD in Water Chemistry from

University of Wisconsin at Madison A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the ...

in 1992 and B.S. in Environmental Science from

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...

in 1986.

Publications

* Shane A. Snyder, Paul Westerhoff, Yeomin Yoon, and David L. Sedlak. Environmental Engineering Science. July 2004, 20(5): 449–469. https://doi.org/10.1089/109287503768335931 * William A. Mitch, Jonathan O. Sharp, R. Rhodes Trussell, Richard L. Valentine,

Lisa Alvarez-Cohen Lisa Alvarez-Cohen is the Vice Provost for Academic Planning Fred and Claire Sauer Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. She was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2010 for the discovery and application of n ...

, and David L. Sedlak. Environmental Engineering Science. July 2004, 20(5): 389–404. https://doi.org/10.1089/109287503768335896 * Formation of N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) from Dimethylamine during Chlorination, William A. Mitch and David L. Sedlak, Environ. Sci. Technol., 2002, 36 (4), pp 588–595

References

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