Thomas M. Young
Dr. Thomas Young is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Davis. He holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Michigan State University, an M.P.P. in Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Michigan. Before joining the faculty at UC Davis, Dr. Young worked for three years in US EPA’s Office of Underground Storage Tanks, where he worked closely with several EPA laboratories. Dr. Young's current research centers on physical-chemical processes important in treating contaminated water, groundwater, and soil and controlling the fate and transport of contaminants in the environment. The majority of his research has been in the area of environmental sorption processes and in environmental modeling. Dr. Young has published extensively on the above topics, and has a strong interest in the application of engineering to environmental policy-making. He has received various awards, including the Distinguished Service Award from the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors and a National Science Foundation (NSF) Career Award. Dr. Young is a member of the International Water Association, the American Society of Civil Engineers, American Chemical Society, Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors, and the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.