Clarke Prize Laureates, 1994-2021
2021 • Shane Snyder, PhD
Dr. Shane A. Snyder is a Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Watch Snyder's Clarke Prize Lecture or read his short bio.
2020 • Karl Linden, PhD
Linden is the Mortenson Professor in Sustainable Development at the University of Colorado in Boulder.
​
Read Karl Linden's short bio or his Clarke Prize Prize Lecture.
2019 • Paul Westerhoff, PhD, PE
Westerhoff is Regents Professor and Fulton Chair of Environmental Engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University.
​
Read Paul Westerhoff's short bio or watch his Clarke Prize Lecture.
2018 • Janet Hering, PhD
Hering is Director of the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) and a professor at ETH Zurich And EPFL. Hering taught at UCLA and California Institute of Technology.
​
Read Janet Hering's short bio or watch her Clarke Prize Lecture.
2017 • Charles N. Haas, PhD
Haas is the L.D. Betz Professor of Environmental Engineering and Head of the Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering at Drexel University.
​
Read Charles Hass's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture.
2016 • Mark D. Sobsey, PhD
Sobsey is the Kenan Distinguished Professor of Environmental Sciences and Engineering in the Gillings School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
​
Read Mark Sobsey's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture.
2015 • John C. Crittenden, PhD, PE, NAE, CAE
Crittenden is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems at Georgia Institute of Technology, Read John Crittenden's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture, or view his lecture video.
2014 • David L. Sedlak, PhD
Sedlak is a Professor at University of California, Berkeley, Co-Director of Berkeley Water Center, and Deputy Director of ReNUWIt
​
Read David Sedlak's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture, or view his lecture video.
2013 • R. Rhodes Trussell, PhD, PE, BCEE, NAE
Trussell is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Trussell Technologies, Inc.
​
Read Rhodes Trussell's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture, or view his lecture video.
2012 • Pedro J.J. Alvarez, PhD, PE, DEE
Alvarez is the George R. Brown Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rice University.
​
Read Pedro Alvarez's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture, or view his lecture video.
2011 • Mark R. Wiesner, PhD, PE
Wiesner is the James B. Duke Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Duke University.
​
Read Mark Wiesner's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture.
2010 • Jerald L. Schnoor, PhD
Schnoor is the Allen S. Henry Chair of Engineering and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of Iowa.
​
Read Jerald Schnoor's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture.
2009 • Bruce E. Logan, PhD
Logan is the Kappe Professor of Environmental Engineering at Pennsylvania State University.
​
Read Bruce Logan's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture.
2008 • Nancy N. Rabalais, PhD
Rabalais a Professor and Shell Chair in Oceanography and Coastal Studies at Louisiana State University, and is Director of the Coastal Waters Consortium.
​
Read Nancy Rabalais's short bio or her Clark Prize Lecture.
2007 • James L. Barnard, PhD, PR.Eng, BCEE
Barnard is Global Practice and Technology Leader for Advanced Biological Treatment, Black & Veatch Corporation.
​
Read James Barnard's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture.
2006 • Philip C. Singer, PhD, PE
(d. 2020)
Professor Emeritus of Environmental Sciences and Engineering at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
​
Read Philip Singer's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture.
2005 • Menachem Elimelech, PhD
Elimelech is the Robert C. Goizueta Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at Yale University.
​
Read Menachem Elimelech's short bio or his Clarke Prize Prize Lecture.
2004 • Vernon L. Snoeyink, PhD
Snoeyink is Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
​
Read Vernon Snoeyink's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture.
2003 • George Tchobanoglous, PhD, PE
Tchobanoglous is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of California, Davis.
​
Read George Tchobanoglous's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture.
2002 • Harry F. Ridgway, PhD
Ridgway is President of AquaMem Consultants.
​
Read Harry Ridgway's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture.
2001 • Joan B. Rose, PhD
Rose is the Homer Nowlin Endowed Chair for Water Research at Michigan State University. Rose received the Stockholm Water Prize in 2016.
​
Read Joan Rose's short bio or her Clarke Prize Lecture.
2000 • Charles R. O'Melia, PhD
(d. 2010)
Professor Emeritus of Environmental Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.
​
Read Charles O'Melia's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture.
1999 • James J. Morgan, PhD
(d. 2020)
Morgan was the Marvin L. Goldberger Professor of Environmental Engineering Emeritus at California Institute of Technology.
​
Read James Morgan's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture.
1998 • Rafael L. Bras, ScD
Bras is Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at Georgia Institute of Technology.
​
Read Rafael Bras's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture.
1997 • Perry L. McCarty, ScD
(d. 2023)
McCarty is the Silas H. Palmer Professor of Civil Engineering Emeritus at Stanford University. McCarty received the Stockholm Water Prize in 2007.
​
Read Perry McCarty's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture.
1996 • Walter J. Weber, Jr., PhD, PE, DEE (d. 2018)
Weber is the Gordon M . Fair and Earnest Boyce Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
​
Read Walter Weber's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture.
1995 • David C. White, MD, PhD (d. 2006)
White was Distinguished Professor, Department of Microbiology, at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville Director Center of Biomarker Analysis.
​
Read David White's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture.
1994 • Bruce E. Rittmann, PhD
Rittmann is Center Director and Professor at the Biodesign Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology at the Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University. Rittman received the Stockholm Water Prize in 2018. Read Bruce Rittman's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture.