CharlesWerth

Bio
Charles J. Werth is a professor and the Bettie Margaret Smith Chair of Environmental Health Engineering in the Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. He joined the UT Austin faculty in August of 2014, after spending 17 years on the faculty at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Werth received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University, an M.S. and Ph.D. in environmental engineering from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. minor in chemistry from Stanford University. Werth’s research and teaching focus on the fate and transport of pollutants in the environment, the development of innovative catalytic technologies for drinking water treatment and the mitigation of environmental impacts associated with energy production and generation.

Werth’s past recognitions include service on the USEPA’s Science Advisory Board (SAB), fellow of the Association of Environmental Science and Engineering Professors (AEESP), Wiley Research Fellow at the Department of Energy’s Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory, and as a Mercator Fellow of the German Research Society. He’s twice received an Editor’s Choice Best Paper Award from Environmental Science and Technology (ES&T), and once received a Best Paper Award from ES&T Engineering. Werth also received a Humboldt Research Fellow Award and a National Science Foundation CAREER Award.

Educational Qualifications
Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, 1996
M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, 1992
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1988

Select Awards & Honors

• Humboldt Research Fellow Award 
• CAREER Award – National Science Foundation
• BP Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Instruction 

Related Websites
Werth Research Group
Center for Water and the Environment

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