Biographical Sketch

As an environmental engineer, I specialize in the field of environmental chemistry and contaminant fate and transport in natural waters, soils and sediments. At Manhattan College, I have managed research projects related to water quality monitoring of urban pollutants, transport modeling of metals in sediments, unit-world modeling of metals in lakes for toxicity assessments, and partitioning of metals onto organic carbon. I teach courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels in water chemistry, drinking water treatment, fate and transport modeling of environmental contaminants, and environmental statistics.

As a part-time Senior Engineer for the consulting firm, HydroQual, Inc., I have been involved with the development and application of various fingerprinting tools for contaminant source identification in groundwater systems, design and implementation of leachability studies for aquifer material contaminated with chromium and arsenic, and geochemical modeling of chemical reduction and oxidation of sub-surface redox-active contaminants.

Experience

Education

Honors and Awards

• Environmental Engineering Teacher of the Year Award (awarded by Engineers Council), AY 2005-2006 and AY 2006-2007.
• Best Paper Award (awarded to research assistant C. Esposito at the NYWEA 78th Annual Meeting, 2006).
• Best Paper Award (awarded to research assistant C. O'Mara at the NYWEA 77th Annual Meeting, 2005).
• Article featured in The New York Times (Westchester section) - Stormwater Monitoring of the Saw Mill River.
• Article featured in The Riverdale Press - ENGS 115 Project & Water Quality Monitoring of the Saw Mill River.
• Gordon Research Conferences, Environmental Sciences: Water. Best Poster Award, 2002.
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowship, 8/2000 - 8/2003, $102,000 (tuition and stipend).
• Vincent P. Olivieri Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, 1999.
• Wesley Eckenfelder Graduate Environmental Engineering Award, Manhattan College, 1999.
• Brother Amandus Leo Call Medal for Engineering, Manhattan College, 1997.
• Lawrence Eckenfelder Award for Environmental Engineering, Manhattan College, 1997.
• Ciba Scholar Award, Manhattan College, 1996.

College Involvement

Faculty Advisor, The Manhattan Engineer

• Vol 53, No 2 (Feb 2008)
• Vol 53, No 1 (Nov 2007)
• Vol 52, No 1 (May 2007)