Advisory Board
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Stephen Borleske, Director, Delaware EPSCoR Stephen Borleske serves as the Delaware State EPSCoR Director and has served as an Associate Director for the Delaware Biotechnology Institute, where he was involved in the development and implementation of the Institute's strategic plan. Borleske retired from the DuPont company in 2004 after 32 years of service; while with DuPont, he had a wide range of roles in basic and applied research and strategic business planning focused on the development of new products, new markets and new businesses in advanced materials. In 1991, he served as a congressional fellow to the U.S. House of Representatives Science Committee working on technology policy. He served as the chairman of Delaware's Council of Science and Technology and was instrumental in creating the state’s Advanced Technology Center program. He served on the Executive Board for the Delaware Manufacturing Extension Partnership and was the chairman of the Advisory Board for Fraunhofer Center-Delaware. Dr. Borleske has a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Duke University. Website |
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Jeffrey Bross, Chair of Duffield Associates, Inc., Board of Directors and Executive Committee A registered Professional Engineer in Delaware, Nebraska, Maryland, New Jersey,Pennsylvania and a fellow of the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC), Jeffrey Bross has served as past president of ACEC Delaware, chaired the board of the New Castle County Chamber of Commerce, co-chaired the New Castle County Economic Development Council, and served on the board of the Associated General Contractors of Delaware. He holds appointments to the state’s Workforce Investment Board, Stormwater Management Task Force, Clean Water Advisory Council, Livable Delaware Infill and Redevelopment Subcommittee, and New Castle County Executive’s Task Force on Redevelopment. An adjunct instructor in civil and environmental engineering at UD, Bross has authored numerous technical articles and is a national speaker on environmental and construction issues. He was named Delaware’s Engineer of the Year in 2006. Website |
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Hugh J. Campbell, Jr., Director-Chemical and Environmental Management Programs, DuPont Company At the DuPont Company, Dr. Campbell has been involved in various chemical and environmental engineering and management assignments involving industrial waste-water treatment, solid/hazardous waste, remediation, superfund, underground injection, and other risk-based chemical management programs. He focuses on legislative/regulatory advocacy at the federal and state levels and on global implementation programs. Dr. Campbell has served as a member of the ASCE Oxygen Transfer Committee, working on the development of oxygen transfer testing methods, and as Chairman of an ASCE Steering Subcommittee, managing a $1.2 million EPA research grant. |
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Menachem Elimelech, Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering Director, Environmental Engineering Program Roberto Goizueta Professor of Environmental and Chemical Engineering Menachem Elimelech holds a B.S. in Soil and Water Sciences and an M.S. in Environmental Science and Technology from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Johns Hopkins University. As his first appointment, Elimelech served as professor and vice chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UCLA. Upon coming to Yale in 1998, he founded Yale's Environmental Engineering Program, of which he continues to serve as director. Professor Elimelech was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2006 and was awarded the Athalie Richardson Irvine Clarke Prize in 2005. His research focuses on problems involving physicochemical and biophysical processes in engineered and natural environmental systems, including: (i) membrane separations for desalination and water quality control, (ii) transport and adhesion of microbial pathogens, (iii) processes involving nanoparticles and biomacromolecules, and (iv) water, sanitation, and public health in developing countries. Professor Elimelech has authored more than 140 refereed journal publications and is a co-author of the book Particle Deposition and Aggregation (1995). He currently serves on the Editorial Advisory Boards of Colloids and Surfaces A, Desalination, Environmental Science & Technology, Environmental Engineering Science, and Separation Science and Technology. Website |
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Scott Fendorf, Professor, Soil Biogeochemistry and Chair of the Department of Earth and Environmental Systems, Stanford University Scott Fendorf is interested in the chemical and biological processes that control the fate and movement of elements (ranging from carbon to arsenic to uranium) within soils, sediments, and surface waters. His research group examines the chemical environments that develop as a result of both biotic and abiotic processes and strives to account for the physical complexity and hydrology of natural settings. A particular emphasis is given on reactions which change the oxidation state (redox reactions) and associated speciation of contaminants/nutrients or solids that control their partitioning. Website |
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Michael Hochella, University Distinguished Professor of Nanogeoscience and Biogeochemistry, Virginia Tech Michael Hochella received his B.S. and M.S. from Virginia Tech and his Ph.D. from Stanford University. Among his honors, he has been a Fulbright Scholar to Germany, served as president of the Geochemical Society, received the Alexander von Humboldt Research Award and Fellowship, and was awarded the Dana Medal by the Mineralogical Society of America. He was named Virginia Scientist of the Year in 2005 by Gov. Mark Warner and elected a fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2006. He has served on the National Science Foundation’s Advisory Committee for Geosciences and currently serves on the U.S. Department of Energy’s Earth Sciences Council. Hochella has written more than 125 professional publications and edited two books. Currently, he also is the principal editor of the science magazine Elements. Website |
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Dyremple Marsh, Dean, College of Agriculture and Related Sciences, Delaware State University Dyremple Marsh is the Dean of the College of Agriculture and Related Sciences at Delaware State University and serves on the Delaware EPSCoR leadership team. He has also played an integral role in the catalysis of the Center for Integrated Biological and Environmental Research (CIBER), a faculty network hub housed at DSU. Website |
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Patricia Maurice, Professor, Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences, University of Notre Dame Patricia Maurice's research is focused on field and laboratory based studies of mineral-water interface geochemistry; organic and microbial interactions with mineral surfaces; geochemistry of humic substances; soil chemistry; chemical weathering; hydrology and biogeochemistry of freshwater wetlands; remediation of metal contamination; and global climate change. Website |
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Alexandra Navrotsky, Edward Roessler Chair in Mathematical and Physical Sciences and Director of the Nanomaterials in the Environment, Agriculture and Technology (NEAT) Organized Research Unit at the University of California, Davis Navrotsky’s research focuses on relating microscopic features of structure and bonding to macroscopic thermodynamic behavior in minerals, ceramics and other complex materials. A fellow of the American Geophysical Union, the Geochemical Society, and the Mineralogical Society (Great Britain), she has published over 480 scientific papers and served as editor of the journal Physics and Chemistry of Minerals. Among her many honors, Navrotsky has received the Mineralogical Society of America Award, Ross Coffin Purdy Award from the American Ceramic Society, Benjamin Franklin Medal in Earth Science, an honorary doctorate from Uppsala University in Sweden and the Urey Medal of the European Association of Geochemistry. Navrotsky is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. She received her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of Chicago. Website |
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Michael Riska, Executive Director, Delaware Nature Society Michael Riska began his career with the Delaware Nature Society in 1967 as a part-time instructor and filled the positions of youth programs director and assistant director through 1984. Since then, he has held the position of Executive Director. Prior to his employment with the Delaware Nature Society, he taught science to 1st through 8th graders at the Tatnall School and eight 5-week upper school marine ecology courses based on Sanibal Island, Florida. Mike attended West Chester University of Pennsylvania and earned a B.S. with a double major in Biology and Physical Education. He was certified in Delaware as a teacher in biology, general science, health, and physical education. He also earned a M. ED. in Natural Science from the University of Delaware in 1973. He was awarded the Nature Conservancy Lifetime Conservation Achievement Award in 1997, an Exceptional Leadership Award from Association of Nature Center Administrators' Board of Directors in 1999 and the 1999 President's Award of Association of Nature Center Administrators for dedication and service to the nature center profession. The Association of Nature Center Administrators (ANCA) recognized him as the recipient of its 2002 Leadership Award. Website |
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Cynthia Rosenzweig, Senior Scientist, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Columbia University Dr. Rosenzweig's primary research involves the development of interdisciplinary methodologies by which to assess the potential impacts of and adaptations to global environmental change. She has joined impact models with global climate models (GCMs) to predict future outcomes of both land-based and urban systems under altered climate conditions. Advances include the development of climate change scenarios for impact analysis, and the application of impact models at relevant spatial and temporal scales for regional and national assessments. Recognizing that the complex interactions engendered by global environmental change can best be understood by coordinated teams of experts, Dr. Rosenzweig has organized and led large-scale interdisciplinary, national, and international studies of climate change impacts and adaptation. She is the Co-Leader of the Metropolitan East Coast Regional Assessment of the U.S. National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change, sponsored by the U.S. Global Change Research Program. She leads the Climate Impacts research group at the Goddard Institute of Space Studies, whose mission is to investigate the interactions of climate (both variability and change) on systems and sectors important to human well-being. Website |
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Stephen Sutton, Senior Scientist, Department of Geophysical Sciences and Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory A senior scientist at the University of Chicago’s Department of Geophysical Sciences, Stephen Sutton's research focuses on X-ray fluorescence microprobe development and applications in the Earth, planetary and environmental sciences, including studies of extraterrestrial materials. In particular, he is working on the development and application of synchrotron X-ray microanalysis instrumentation and methods for trace-element quantification using the X-ray fluorescence microprobe and chemical speciation determinations using X-ray absorption fine-structure spectroscopy. He has been involved in synchrotron radiation research for over 20 years, currently as co-project leader for the GeoSoilEnviroCARS beamlines at the Advanced Photon Source (Argonne National Laboratory) and as spokesperson for beamline X26A at the National Synchrotron Light Source (Brookhaven National Laboratory). He received his B.S. in physics and his Ph.D. in Earth and planetary sciences from Washington University in St. Louis. Website |
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Bernard Sweeney, Director, President and Senior Research Scientist, Stroud Water Research Center Bernard Sweeney's research focuses on the role of water quality monitoring in conservation, population and community ecology of temperate and tropical aquatic invertebrates; pollution assessment in temperate and tropical streams using macroinvertebrates; the role of streamside forests in the structure and function of stream and river ecosystems; factors affecting the growth and survivorship of trees in riparian forests; the effects of global warming on stream ecosystems; genetic variation and gene flow among populations of stream insects; the effects of diel and seasonal temperature change on aquatic insect populations; evolution of facultative parthenogenesis in aquatic insects; bioenergetics and secondary production of aquatic insects; and the bioassay of toxic materials in aquatic systems. Website |
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Robert Taylor, Dean, School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and Director, Center for Environmental Research and Training, Alabama A&M University Robert Taylor's research focuses on the mechanism(s) of toxic heavy metal sorption on soil media particles using classical isothermic techniques coupled with cutting edge high technology methods such as synchrotron extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy (EXAFS). His past research was mainly in the areas of screening soybeans and Bradyrhizobium for tolerance to soil chemical stresses; studying the mechanism and kinetics of phosphate and zinc sorption on soil and mineral surfaces; use of wastewater algal biomass as nitrogen fertilizer using N15-technique; and effects of residual levels of sludge-borne toxic heavy metals and phosphate on soil pollution and phytotoxicity. Website |
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June Turansky, Dean of Instruction, Delaware Technical and Community College June Turansky has had a 25-year-long career in the field of nursing and at Delaware Tech. She has an Associate Degree in Nursing from Delaware Tech, a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from Marymount University, a Master’s Degree in nursing from the University of Delaware, and a Doctorate in Education. Before becoming a nursing instructor at Delaware Tech in 1982, Dr. Turansky was a nurse in the Critical Care Unit at Beebe Hospital in Lewes, Del. and at Arlington Hospital in Arlington, Va. Dr. Turansky taught at Delaware Tech for 16 years. In 1998, she became the chairperson of Nursing Technology and became the Assistant Dean of Instruction in 2005. |
