About Bill

Experience

2016-present Distinguished McKnight University Professor
2010-present Joseph T. and Rose S. Ling Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering
2023-2024 William R. Kenan, Jr. Visiting Professorship for Distinguished Teaching, Princeton University
2013-2014 Visiting Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
2012-2013, 2014-2022 Associate Head, Department of Civil Engineering
2006-2007 Visiting Scientist, Eawag, The Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
2005-2010 Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
1999-2005 Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
9/99-present Member of the Graduate Faculty in Water Resources Science
Registered Professional Engineer (PE) in Minnesota
Board Certified Environmental Engineer (BCEE)

Education

1999    Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University
1995    M.S., Chemical Engineering, Yale University
1994    S.B., Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Selected Honors/Distinctions

Ralph and Joe Bales Graber Science Award winner from the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES) (2025)
ACS ES&T Water Best Paper Award for the article “Determination of the Antibiotic and Antibiotic Resistance Footprint in Surface Water Environments of a Metropolitan Area: Effects of Anthropogenic Activities” (2024)
AEESP Fellow (2024)
CSE George W. Taylor Award for Distinguished Service (2024)
AEESP Doctoral Dissertaion Award Honorable Mention for Akash Bhat (2024)
MFESTS/ASCE MN Charles W. Britzius Distinguished Engineer Award (2023)
William R. Kenan, Jr. Visiting Professorship for Distinguished Teaching at Princeton University (2023-2024)
Exceptional paper in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (2022)
AEESP Master’s Thesis Award for Quinn Whiting (2021)
AEESP Master’s Thesis Award for Stephen Todey (2019)
AEESP Outstanding Publication Award (2018)
Distinguished McKnight University Professor (2016- )
Top Paper 2015 from Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology for the article “Triclosan, chlorinated triclosan derivatives, and hydroxylated polybrominated diphenyl ethers (OH-BDEs) in wastewater effluents” (2016)
First Place, Universities Council on Water Resources, Ph.D. Dissertation Award (Natural Science and Engineering) award to Megan Kelly (2015)
Associate Editor, Environmental Science & Technology Letters (2013-), Executive Editor (2020-)
Leonard A. Ford Lecturer, Minnesota State Univ.-Mankato (2013)
Super Reviewer Award from the journal Environmental Science and Technology (2013)
2nd Place Montgomery-Watson-Harza Consulting Engineers/AEESP Master’s Thesis Award for Cale Anger’sThesis (2010)
First Runner-Up Best Article–Science from Environmental Science & Technology 2013
Arcadis/AEESP Frontier in Research Award (2012)
Fellow, University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment (2012-)
Frontiers of Engineering Education Symposium Participant, National Academy of Engineering, 2011
George W. Taylor Award for Distinguished Research (2011)
1st Place Montgomery-Watson-Harza Consulting Engineers/AEESP Master’s Thesis Award for Peter O. Steen’s Thesis (2010)
Joseph T. and Rose S. Ling Professor in Civil Engineering (2009-)
ASCE Outstanding Reviewer, Journal of Environmental Engineering
Associate Fellow, University of Minnesota Supercomputing Institute for Digital Simulation and Advanced Computation
Associate Editor and editorial board member of Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology (2004-2012)
Associate Editor, Chemosphere, Science for Environmental Technology section (2007-2010)
Excellence in Review Award from the journal Environmental Science and Technology (2005)
1st Place Montgomery-Watson-Harza Consulting Engineers/AEESP Master’s Thesis Award for Jennifer L. Packer’s Thesis (2003)
Bonestroo, Rosene, Anderlik and Associates Undergraduate Faculty Award (2003)
MFES Minnesota Young Engineer/Young Science & Technology Professional of the Year (2003)
ASCE Minnesota Section Young Engineer of the Year (2003)
CH2M Hill/AEESP Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award (2000)