 Research
Education
- Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, 1996
- Ph.D. Minor, Chemistry, Stanford University, 1996
- M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, 1992
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1988
Teaching
Honors
- Humboldt Research Fellowship, 2004-2005
- AEESP Distinguished Service Award, 2005
- Environmental Engineering and Science Faculty Scholar, 2001-Present
- National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 1998
- Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked Excellent by Students in Spring of 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 and Fall 2001, 2003
- General Electric teaching scholar 1998, General Electric teaching fellow 1999
- Best Student Presentation Awards for two of my graduate students at the Spring 2001 American Geophysical Union Meeting.
- Honorary Chi Epsilon Faculty Member 1998
Professional Affiliations
- American Chemical Society
- American Geophysical Union
- Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors
Professional Service
- Associate Editor for the Journal of Environmental Engineering, 2004-Present
- Associate Editor for the Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 2003-Present
- Board of Directors for the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) and the AEESP Foundation, 2005-Present.
- Chair, Web Site Committee, Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors, 2003-2004.
- Groundwater Committee Member of the Hydrology section of the American Geophysical Union, 1999-Present.
- NIEHS DNAPL Source Zone Workshop, Committee Member, Tuscon, AZ, Fall, 2005
Representative External Support
- U.S. Department of Education - GAANN Program, $750,000, Enhancing the quality and diversity of Ph.D. student in environmental engineering and science at UIUC, Werth – PI, 2006-2009
- U.s. Department of Agriculture - NRI, $462,000, Evolution of gene expression for herbicide degradation in a model dynamic soil system, Werth – PI, 2007-2010
- U.S. Department of Energy - EMSP, $920,000, Influence of wetting and mass transfer properties of organic chemical mixtures in vadose zone materials on groundwater contamination by nonaqueous phase liquids, Werth – PI, 2004-2007
- National Institutes for Water Research / United States Geological Society (USGS), $171,000, Carbonaceous material fractions in sediments and their effect on the sorption and persistence of organic pollutants in small urban watersheds, Werth – PI, 2004-2007
- National Science Foundation Center for Advanced Purification of Water with Systems, $260,000, Nitrate and trace-contaminant reduction using bimetallic Pd/Me2+ Catalysts, Werth – PI, 2003-2006
- National Science Foundation, $400,000, Effects of pore-scale mixing on reactive transport, Werth – CoPI, 2001-2006
- Department of Energy, Environmental Management and Science Program, $600,000, Investigation of pore-scale processes that affect soil vapor extraction, Werth – CoPI, 1999-2004
- National Science Foundation CAREER Award, $210,000, Spatial and temporal characterization of dense non-aqueous phase liquids in porous media using magnetic resonance imaging, Werth - PI, 1998-2004
- National Science Foundation, $272,048, Competitive sorption of volatile organics in model and natural solids, Werth - PI, 1998-2002.
- National Science Foundation, Biogeochemistry Program, $500,000, Effects of redox conditions on the bioavailability and biodegradation of non-aqueous phase chlorinated ethenes at the pore scale, Werth – CoPI, 1999-2002.
Appointments
- Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Illinois, 8/24/03
Teaching undergraduate and graduate courses on hazardous waste management,
physical/chemical principles of environmental engineering, water treatment processes
and remediation design.
Advising M.S. and Ph.D. students on research associated with the transport and fate
of organic pollutants in soil, sediment, and groundwater.
- Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Illinois, 1/97-8/03
- Post-Doctoral Researcher, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford Universty, 9/96-12/96
- Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, 7/92-8/96
- Systems Analyst, Andersen Consulting, Houston, TX, 1/89-5/91
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