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Gregory Lowry

Gregory Lowry

Hamerschlag University Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Courtesy Appointment, Chemical Engineering

Greg Lowry is a Hamershlag University Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He is an executive and associate editor of the ACS Journal Environmental Science & Technology. His environmental nanotechnology and chemistry research aims to improve the efficiency and resilience of crop agriculture, environmental remediation, and water treatment.

Lowry holds a B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of California at Davis, an M.S. in civil and environmental engineering from University of Wisconsin at Madison, and a Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering from Stanford University. He was a postdoc at Stanford in the Geological and Environmental Sciences Department.

He has published over 230 scientific articles and is a “highly cited” scientist (top 1%) in the area of ecology and environment. He has received research awards from the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (Science Award), American Society of Civil Engineers (Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Award), Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (Malcolm Pirnie/AEESP Frontiers in Research Award), and from his University (Casasent Outstanding Research Award). He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and a Fellow of the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors.

Ph.D. students

  • Chengyi (Peter) Hong

    Chengyi (Peter) Hong

    Doctorate

    Email
    chengyih@andrew.cmu.edu
    Research Interests
    Mercury pollution in petroleum industry
  • Maycee Hurd

    Maycee Hurd

    Doctorate

    Email
    mhurd@andrew.cmu.edu
    Research Interests
    Lipid-based nano-vesicles for agrochemical delivery
  • Kenedy Sánchez

    Kenedy Sánchez

    Doctorate

    Email
    kenedys@andrew.cmu.edu
    Research Interests
    Fundamental plant-nanoparticle interactions
  • Hosea Santiago

    Hosea Santiago

    Doctorate

    Email
    hsantiag@andrew.cmu.edu
    Research Interests
    PFAS degradation
  • Yizhuo Zhang

    Yizhuo Zhang

    Doctorate

    Email
    yizhuozh@andrew.cmu.edu
    Research Interests
    PFAS distribution in soil and plants
  • Yuanhao (Alan) Zhou

    Yuanhao (Alan) Zhou

    Doctorate

    Email
    yuanhaoz@andrew.cmu.edu
    Research Interests
    Hg oxidation in water and water/MEG systems

Post-doctoral researchers

  • Dr. Marlee Shaffer

    Dr. Marlee Shaffer

    Post-Doctorate

    Email
    marlees@andrew.cmu.edu
    Research Interests
    Water quality and pathogen detection
  • Dr. Jun Sun

    Dr. Jun Sun

    Post-Doctorate

    Email
    juns2@andrew.cmu.edu
    Research Interests
    PFAS remediation
  • Dr. Hairong Wang

    Dr. Hairong Wang

    Post-Doctorate

    Email
    hairongw@andrew.cmu.edu
    Research Interests
    Automated robotic contaminated soil characterization

Master's and undergraduate students