Cindy M. Lee
Dr.Cindy M. Lee is a Professor of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences and of Environmental Toxicology at Clemson University. She holds a PhD in Geochemistry from the Colorado School of Mines. She joined the faculty at Clemson in 1990. Dr. Lee's major teaching and research interests are the chemistry of environmentally significant organic compounds and environmental sustainability. Her specific research interests involve the use of chiral chemistry as a tool for investigating the fate and transport of pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the environment; the bioremediation of chlorinated contaminants; and the role of black carbon and natural organic matter in the fate of contaminants. From July 2006 to July 2007 Dr. Lee served at the National Science Foundation as the founding Program Director of the Environmental Sustainability Program in the Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems (CBET), Directorate of Engineering. Dr. Lee has a national perspective on engineering and science research and research needs in environmental sustainability. She served as a member of the Energy and Environment Coordinating Group for development of the National Aeronautical R & D Plan under the auspices of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). Dr. Lee participated on the Feedstocks Task Force of the U. S. Department of Energy's Biofuels Action Plan.