JERALD L. SCHNOOR, Ph.D., P.E., DEE

Allen S. Henry Chair in Engineering, Dept. Civil & Env. Engineering　　

Co-Director, Center for Global & Regional Env. Research and　　　　　　 

Professor, College of Public Health, Occup. & Env. Health　　　　　 

The University of Iowa　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

EDUCATION:

Iowa State University　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B.S.　　　　　　 1972　　　　  Chemical Engineering

University of Texas　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 M.S.　　　　　  1974　　　　  Environmental Health Engineering

University of Texas　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 PhD　　　　　　 1975　　　　  Civil Engineering

Manhattan College　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  Postdoc　　　  1976　　　　  Environmental Modeling

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Jerry Schnoor has been a member of the University of Iowa faculty since 1977 and also held Visiting Professorship at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EAWAG) in Zurich, Switzerland. He is Editor-in-Chief of Environmental Science and Technology since 2002, member of the EPA Science Advisory Board, and member of the National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council (NIEHS). Previously, Jerry served as Chair of EPA ORD Board of Scientific Counselors from 2000-2004. He has testified before Congress several times regarding the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, National Acid Precipitation Assessment, and Upper Mississippi River Protection Act. Schnoor is a pioneer in phytoremediation, the use of plants to help clean the environment. He is a registered Professional Engineer and Diplomate, Board Certified Specialist in General Environmental Engineering. In 1999, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Schnoor’s research interests include toxic chemical fate and transport, surface and groundwater quality modeling, greenhouse gas modeling and mitigation, phytoremediation, and exposure and risk assessment. Schnoor has edited or co-edited five books and authored the textbook, Environmental Modeling, (John Wiley and Sons, 1996), which is used by graduate programs throughout the world. He is the author of more than 150 articles in peer-reviewed journals, and is Series Editor (with A.J.Zehnder) of the Wiley Interscience Series of Texts and Monographs in Environmental Science and Technology.