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Richard G. Luthy

 
Title:Professor; Senior Fellow, Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford; Silas H. Palmer Professor of Environmental Engineering
Department(s):Civil and Environmental Engineering
Location:Y2E2 191, 313B
Mail Code:4020
Phone:650.723.3921       
Fax:650.725.8662
E-mail: luthy@stanford.edu
URL: http://www-ce.stanford.edu/faculty/luthy/
http://www.stanford.edu/group/luthygroup/
Administrator: Pamela Nelson Foster

Research Statement

Luthy's research interests include physicochemical processes with application to sustainable technologies for environmental protection, waste reduction and treatment, and remediation of contaminated soil and sediment. His work addresses phase partitioning and the treatment and fate of hydrophobic organic compounds, and interdisciplinary approaches to understand the behavior and availability of organic contaminants and the application of these approaches to bioavailability and environmental quality criteria.

Degree Discipline Year School
PhD 1976 UC Berkeley
Publication TitleAuthor(s)/Speaker(s)Open Document
Quantitative Determination of Perfluorochemicals in Sediments and Domestic Sludge Christopher P. Higgins; Jennifer A. Field; Craig S. Criddle...
Effects of Dose and Particle Size on Activated Carbon Treatment to Sequester Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Marine Sediments John R. Zimmerman; David Werner; Upal Ghosh...
Addition of Activated Carbon Sediments to Reduce PCB Bioaccumulation by Polycheate (Neanthes arenaceodentata) and an Amphipod Leptocheirus plumulosus) Rod N. Millward; Todd S. Bridges; Upal Ghosh...
Effect of Oil on Polychlorinated Biphenyl Phase Partitioning During Land Biotreatment of Impacted Sediment Sean W. McNamara; Upal Ghosh; David A. Dzombak...
The Sequestration of PCBs in Lake Hartwell Sediment with Activated Carbon David Werner; Christopher P. Higgins; Richard G. Luthy
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Membership in National Academies

National Academy of Engineering

Academic Honors & Awards

Appointed Chair Professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Einstein Professor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Honorary Doctorate, Clarkson University