Civil, Environmental & Geo- Engineering
College of Science & Engineering
Twin Cities
Award Year
2025
University Award
McKnight Land-Grant Professorship
Combating Planetary Pollution: Bridging Polymer Science and Environmental Engineering for Clean Water and Ecological Health
Environmental engineers work to create a future world without pollution by unraveling the complex interactions between man-made materials and engineered and natural systems. Focusing on the interface of polymer science, environmental chemistry, and membrane material science, the Xiong group elucidates the environmental fate and degradation of polymers/plastics for sustainable design and thoughtful management, and develops novel membrane and filtration technologies to combat pathogen contamination and fouling for more effective water and air treatment.