Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences - Post Office Box 8208 | 5136 Jordan Hall | Raleigh, NC 27695-8208
Awards and Honors
Member, EPA’s Board of Scientific Counselors Executive Committee; and the Air, Climate and Energy Subcommittee, 2017-2020
Member, North Carolina Science Advisory Board, 2017-present
Indira Foundation Distinguished Visiting Fellow at TERI University, New Delhi, India, October-November, 2015
Rossby Visiting Fellow, University of Stockholm, Sweden, May-June, 2015
Executive Committee Member, US Environmental Protection Agency‘s Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC), 2014-2017
Member, EPA’s Science Advisory Board Committee on Estimating Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations, 2012-2013
Chairman of the US EPA’s Board of Scientific Counselors’ Air, Climate, and Energy (ACE) Subcommittee, 2014-2017
Distinguished Alumnus Award, Indian Institute Of Technology, Kanpur, India, 2010.
White House Council on Environmental Quality’s Conference Calls on BP Gulf Spill May 2010
Advisor to First Place Ph.D. Platform Paper, Air and Waste Management Association, 2010
Member, EPA Science Advisory Board Committee on Hydraulic Fracturing, 2010
Senior National Research Council Research Associateship, 2009
Air and Waste Management Association‘s First Place Master‘s Thesis Award Advisor, 2009
Member, EPA Science Advisory Board Committee on Aging Drinking Water and Waste Water Infrastructure Research Initiative, 2009
North Carolina Governor‘s Award in Science, 2007
Director, Air and Waste Management Association, 2008-2010
Chair, Air & Waste Management Association Education Council, 2008-2010
Member, NC Governor‘s Task Force on Hazardous Materials, 2006-2007
Member, EPA Science Advisory Board Committee on Integrated Nitrogen, 2006-2011
U.S. EPA‘s Science Advisory Board, Environmental Engineering Committee, 2004-2010
U.S. EPA Science Advisory Board Environmental Engineering Committee Advisory on EPA‘s Sustainability Research Strategy and Multi-Year Plan, 2006-2007
North Carolina State University Panhellenic Association Outstanding Educator Award, 2004-2005
Vice Chair, Air & Waste Management Association Education Council, 2005-2008
Certificate of Appreciation, Southern Appalachian Mountain Institute (SAMI), 2002
Lyman A. Ripperton Award, Air & Waste Management Association, 2001
Selected by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to serve on the U.S. Agricultural Air Quality Task Force, 2001-08
North Carolina Environmental Defense, “Certificate of Appreciation”, 2002. Delegation Leader, U.S. Department of State, Trends in Environmental Improvement Science and Technology Delegation to France, 2001
Fellow, Air & Waste Management Association, 1999
Frank A. Chambers Award, Air & Waste Management Association, 1998
Invited to testify to the General Assembly of North Carolina, 2000
Inducted in North Carolina State University’s Academy of Outstanding Faculty Engaged in Extension, 2000
Member, North Carolina Delegation, the Netherlands, 2000
North Carolina State Scholar, the North Carolina Progress Board, 1999
Invited to testify to the America’s Clean Water Foundation, Washington, DC 20013, October 1997
Program Scientist, US EPA and NSF Project “NOVA”, 1995-1998
State of North Carolina Appointee to the Southern Appalachian Mountain Initiative (SAMI) Technical Oversight Committee, 1993–present
Certified Qualified Environmental Professional (#06930006), 1993–present