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Clarke Prize Laureates,  1994-2023

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2023 • Charles T. Driscoll, PhD

Driscoll is professor in Civil & Environmental Engineering at Syracuse University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science.

 

Read more about Driscoll or watch his Clarke Prize Lecture.

Nancy N. Rabalais

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.

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Read Nancy Rabalais's short bio or her Clark Prize Lecture.

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2022 • Eric M. V. Hoek, PhD

Hoek is professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).

 

Read more about Hoek or watch his Clarke Prize Lecture.

James L. Barnard

2007 • James L. Barnard, PhD, PR.Eng, BCEE

Barnard is Global Practice and Technology Leader for Advanced Biological Treatment, Black & Veatch Corporation.

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Read James Barnard's short bio or  his Clarke Prize Lecture.

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2021 • Shane Snyder, PhD

Snyder is a Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

 

Read more about Snyder or watch his Clarke Prize Lecture.

Philip C. Singer

2006 • Philip C. Singer, PhD, PE
(d. 2020)

Professor Emeritus of Environmental Sciences and Engineering at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Read Philip Singer's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture.

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2020 • Karl Linden, PhD

Linden is the Mortenson Professor in Sustainable Development at the University of Colorado in Boulder.

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Read more about Karl Linden or watch his Clarke Prize Prize Lecture.

Menachem Elimelech

2005 • Menachem Elimelech, PhD

Elimelech is the Robert C. Goizueta Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at Yale University.

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Read Menachem Elimelech's short bio or his Clarke Prize Prize Lecture.

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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. 

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Read more about Paul Westerhoff or watch his Clarke Prize Lecture.

Vernon L. Snoeyink

2004 • Vernon L. Snoeyink, PhD

Snoeyink is Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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Read Vernon Snoeyink's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture.

Dr. Janet Hering

2018 • Janet Hering, PhD

Hering is former Director of the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) and a professor emeritus at ETH Zurich And EPFL. Hering taught at UCLA and California Institute of Technology.

Read more about Janet Hering or watch her Clarke Prize Lecture.

George Tchobanoglous

2003 • George Tchobanoglous, PhD, PE

Tchobanoglous is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of California, Davis.

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Read George Tchobanoglous's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture.

Charles N. Haas

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.

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Read Charles Hass's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture.

Harry F. Ridgway

2002 • Harry F. Ridgway, PhD

Ridgway is President of AquaMem Consultants.

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Read Harry Ridgway's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture.

Mark Sobsey

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.

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Read Mark Sobsey's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture.

Joan B. Rose

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.

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Read Joan Rose's short bio or her Clarke Prize Lecture.

David Sedlak

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

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Read David Sedlak's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture, or view his lecture video.

Charles R. O'Melia

2000 • Charles R. O'Melia, PhD
(d. 2010)

Professor Emeritus of Environmental Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

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Read Charles O'Melia's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture.

Rhodes Trussell

2013 • R. Rhodes Trussell, PhD, PE, BCEE, NAE

Trussell is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Trussell Technologies, Inc.

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Read Rhodes Trussell's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture, or view his lecture video.

James J. Morgan

1999 • James J. Morgan, PhD

(d. 2020)

Morgan was the Marvin L. Goldberger Professor of Environmental Engineering Emeritus at California Institute of Technology.

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Read James Morgan's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture.

Pedro Alvarez

2012 • Pedro J.J. Alvarez, PhD, PE, DEE

Alvarez is the George R. Brown Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rice University.

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Read Pedro Alvarez's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture, or view his lecture video.

Mark R. Wiesner

2011 • Mark R. Wiesner, PhD, PE

Wiesner is the James B. Duke Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Duke University.

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Read Mark Wiesner's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture.

Jerald L. Schnoor

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.

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Read Jerald Schnoor's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture.

Bruce E. Logan

2009 • Bruce E. Logan, PhD

Logan is the Kappe Professor of Environmental Engineering at Pennsylvania State University.

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Read Bruce Logan's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture.

Rafael L. Bras

1998 • Rafael L. Bras, ScD

Bras is Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at Georgia Institute of Technology.

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Read Rafael Bras's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture.

Perry L. McCarty

1997 • Perry L. McCarty, ScD
(d. 2023)

McCarty is the Silas H. Palmer Professor of Civil Engineering Emeritus at Stanford University. McCarty won the Stockholm Water Prize in 2007.

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Read Perry McCarty's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture.

Walter J. Weber, Jr.

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.

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Read Walter Weber's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture.

David C. White

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.

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Read David White's short bio or his Clarke Prize Lecture.

Bruce E. Rittmann

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.

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