Lynn E. Katz, Ph.D.
Professor - John A. Focht Centennial Teaching Fellowship in Civil Engineering

Office: ECJ 8.614
Phone: (512) 471-4244
Fax: (512) 471-0592
Email: lynnkatz@mail.utexas.edu
UT Mail: C1786
My Website: http://www.ce.utexas.edu/ewre/faculty_katz.cfm

Mailing Address:
The University of Texas at Austin
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Department-EWRE
301 E. Dean Keeton St. Stop C1786
Austin, TX 78712-1173

Area(s) of Expertise:
Environmental and Water Resources Engineering

Educational Qualifications:
Ph.D., University of Michigan, Environmental Engineering, 1993
M.S., University of Michigan, Chemistry, 1990
M.S.E., University of Michigan, Environmental Engineering, 1984
B.E.S., The Johns Hopkins University, Environmental Engineering, 1980

Technical Interests:
Contaminant fate and transport, combined abiotic/biotic treatment systems for in-situ remediation, environmental surface chemistry

Selected Publications:

Chen, C.C., Coleman, M.L. and Katz, L.E., "Bridging the Gap between Macroscopic and Spectroscopic Studies of Metal Ion Sorption at the Oxide/Water Interface: Sr(II), Co(II), and Pb(II) Sorption to Quartz," Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 142-148, 2006.

Kunkel, A.M., Seibert, J.J., Elliott, L.J., Kelley, R. Katz, L.E. and Pope, G.A., "Remediation of Elemental Mercury Using In-Situ Thermal Desorption (ISTD)," Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 40, No. 7, pp. 2384-2389, 2006.

Kwon, J-H, Liljestrand, H.M. and Katz, L.E. "Partitioning of Moderately Hydrophobic Endocrine Disrupters Between Water and Synthetic Membrane Vesicles," Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry,” Vol. 25, No. 8, pp.1984-1992, 2006.

Fairey, J.L., Speitel, G.E. Jr. and Katz, L.E., "Impact of Natural Organic Matter on Monochloramine Reduction by Granular Activated Carbon: The Role of Porosity and Electrostatic Surface Properties," Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 40, No. 13, pp. 4268-4273, 2006.

Wiesner, A.D., Katz, L.E and Chen, C.C., "The impact of ionic strength and background electrolyte on pH measurements in metal ion adsorption experiments," Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Vol. 301, pp. 329-332, 2006.