Biography

Education

  • PhD., Louisiana State University, 1994
  • MS., Jordan University of Science & Technology, 1990
  • BE., Yarmouk University, 1988

Appointments

  • April 2020 – Present- University Distinguished Professor, Northeastern University
  • July 2019 – Present –Senior Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education, College of Engineering, Northeastern University
  • July 2015-June 2019   -Associate Dean for Research, College of Engineering, Northeastern University
  • November 2011-Present    -George A. Snell Professor of Engineering, Northeastern University
  • April 2010-Present  -PI and Director, Northeastern University P42 Superfund Research Center, NIEHS, NIH
  • May 2015-Present –Director, Northeastern University R25 Education Grant, NIEHS, NIH
  • October 2015-Present-PI and Director, Northeastern University P50 Research Center, Sponsored by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH
  • July 2007-Present  –Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University
  • July 2002-June 2007  – Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University
  • June 1997-June 2002   –Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University
  • July 2002-May 2008   –Graduate Director, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University
  • August 2001-June 2007  –Director: SoilBED facility, NU Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems, NSF Sponsored Engineering Research Center
  • August 2005-June 2006  –Visiting Professor (Fulbright Scholar), Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
  • September 1996-May 1997   –Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Polytechnic University (Polytec), Brooklyn, New York
  • May 1994-August 1996  –Technical Director, Electrokinetics Inc., Baton Rouge, LA

Expertise

  • Geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering
  • Soil and Groundwater Remediation
  • Electrokinetic and Electrochemical Processes
  • Contaminant Fate and Transport
  • Water resources
  • Environmental health

Honors and Awards

  • 2022 Northeastern COE Dean’s Award for Meritorious Service
  • 2016 LSU CEE Hall of Distinction
  • 2014 ASCE Thomas A. Middlebrooks Award
  • 2012 ASCE Fellow
  • 2009 Transportation Research Board, Certificate of Appreciation
  • 2005-2006 Fulbright Scholar – Jordan
  • 2004 College of Engineering Outstanding Researcher Award, NU
  • 2001 National Science Foundation CAREER Award

Licensure

  • Professional Engineer: Louisiana; Registration No. 28524, 1999