David Sedlak Awarded Prestigious NWRI Clarke Prize

Featured Faculty: David L. Sedlak

Professor David Sedlak was selected as the 21st recipient of the National Water Research Institute (NWRI) Athalie Richardson Irvine Clarke Prize for excellence in water research.

“Dr. Sedlak is perhaps the brightest mind in the world working on contaminants in treated wastewater and treatment processes necessary for potable water reuse,” wrote his nominator, Richard Luthy, Professor at Stanford University and the Director of ReNUWIt.

“He was among the first environmental engineers to investigate the occurrence of endocrine‐disrupting compounds in wastewater effluents and reuse systems, as well as the fate of such compounds in natural systems, and no one exceeds his standing in this arena. By being among the first in the field of environmental engineering and science to make an impact on our understanding of microcontaminants, David is on a wonderful trajectory for further path‐breaking accomplishments.”

Sedlak is the Malozemoff Professor in Mineral Engineering, Co-director of Berkeley Water Center and Deputy Director of the National Science Foundation’s Engineering Research Center on Re‐Inventing the Nation's Urban Water Infrastructure (ReNUWIt). He teaches in CEE's Environmental Engineering program.

The NWRI Clarke Prize is given out each year to recognize research accomplishments that solve real-world water problems and to highlight the importance and need to continue funding this type of research.

For more information, see David Sedlak, Global Leader in the Study of Water Contaminants and Managing Urban Water, to Receive 2014 Clarke Prize

See press release, June 9, 2014

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