Kurt D. Pennell joined Brown University in January 2018 as the 250th Anniversary Professor of Engineering. Pennell had been the chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Tufts University, and the Bernard M. Gordon Senior Faculty Fellow in Environmental Engineering since 2009.
Prior to Tufts, he was a Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, holding an adjunct faculty appointment in the Department of Neurology at the Emory University School of Medicine.
Pennell's research addresses three main topics: soil and groundwater remediation, engineered nanomaterial fate and transport, and environmental toxicology. His current research focuses on in situ remediation of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), environmental exposure monitoring and metabolic responses, and the use of engineered nanomaterials for subsurface characterization. Pennell has published over 150 refereed journal articles and book chapters, is a registered Professional Engineer (PE), a Board Certified Environmental Engineer (BCEE), and a Fellow in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). His work has received numerous awards, including the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) Project of the Year in Environmental Restoration (2006, 2012).
Pennell served as a postdoctoral research fellow in civil and environmental engineering at the University of Michigan after earning his Ph.D. from the University of Florida in 1990.
Date
January 17, 2018