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The Center is housed at sponsoring academic institutions. At this time, the sponsoring academic institutions comprise of Nankai University in Tianjin, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences in Beijing and Rice University in Houston. Administration of the Center is through an Advisory Board, which comprises members from industry, government sponsors and co-directors from sponsoring universities. Profs.Wei Chen and Mason Tomson of Nankai andRiceUniversities, respectively, will initially serve as co-directors. The Advisory Board shall solicit and fund study proposals from universities.
Rice University
Dr. Mason B. Tomson, Co-Director
Professor
Specialty: Fate and Transport of Organic and Heavy Metals in Sediments and Ground Water
Email: mtomson@rice.edu
Dr. Amy Kan
Co-Director
Email: atk@rice.edu
Dr. Pedro J. Alvarez Professor
Specialty: Bioremediation and nanotechnology
Email: alvarez@rice.edu
Dr. Philip B. Bedient Professor
Specialty: Surface and groundwater hydrology
Email: bedient@rice.edu
Dr. Qilin Li Assistant Professor
Specialty: Advanced treatment technologies for water membrane processes
Email: Qilin.li@rice.edu
Dr. Calvin H. Ward Professor
Specialty: Environmental Microbiology
Email: wardch@rice.edu
Mr. James B. Blackburn Adjunct Professor.
Specialty: Environmental Policy and Regulation
Email: jbb@blackburncarter.com
Dr. Wei Chen, Co-Director
Adjunct Professor.
Specialty: Fate and transport of organic contaminants in sediments and groundwater
Email: chenwei@nankai.edu.cn
Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences(CRAES), SEPA
Director, Department of Soil Pollution Control
Email: lifs@craes.org.cn