Mark Wiesner, Ph.D., holds the James L. Meriam Chair in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Duke University where he has appointments in the Pratt School of Engineering and the Nicholas School of Environment. Dr. Wiesner received the1995 Rudolf Hering medal from the American Society of Civil Engineers and the 2004 Frontiers in Research Award from the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors. In 2004 Dr. Wiesner was also named a “de Fermat Laureate” and was awarded an International Chair of Excellence at the Chemical Engineering Lab of the French Polytechnic Institute and National Institute for Applied Sciences in Toulouse, France.

Dr. Wiesner obtained a B.A. in Mathematics/Biology, from Coe College, Iowa, in 1978, an M.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, from the University of Iowa in 1980 and a

Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering, from The Johns Hopkins University, in 1985. Before joining the Duke University faculty in 2006, Professor Wiesner was a member of the Rice University faculty for 18 years where he held appointments in the Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Chemical Engineering and served as Associate Dean of Engineering, and Director of the Environmental and Energy Systems Institute. Prior to working in academia, Dr. Wiesner was a Research Engineer with the French company the Lyonnaise des Eaux, in Le Pecq, France, and a Principal Engineer with the Environmental Engineering Consulting firm of Malcolm Pirnie, Inc., White Plains, NY.

Dr. Wiesner’s recent research has focused on the applications of emerging nanomaterials to membrane science and water treatment and an examination of the fate, transport, and impacts of nanomaterials in the environment. He co-edited/authored the book “Environmental Nanotechnologies”, as well as co-authoring over 100 peer-reviewed publications.

Representative publications:

Hotze EM, Labille J, Alvarez P, Wiesner MR. Mechanisms of photochemistry and reactive oxygen production by fullerene suspensions in water. Environ Sci Technol. 2008 42, 4175-4180.

Espinasse B, Hotze EM, Wiesner MR. Transport and retention of colloidal aggregates of C60 in porous media: effects of organic macromolecules, ionic composition, and preparation method. Environ Sci Technol. 2007 41, 7396-7402.

Robichaud CO, Tanzil D, Weilenmann U, Wiesner MR. Relative risk analysis of several manufactured nanomaterials: an insurance industry context. Environ Sci Technol. 2005 39, 8985-8994.

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Representative Publications