Richard Valentine

Education:

• Ph.D., Civil/Environmental Engineering, University of California-Berkeley, 1982
• M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, 1974
• B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, 1973
• B.S., Chemistry, University of Michigan, 1973

Teaching Interests:

• Environmental chemistry
• Physical and chemical processes

Research:

• Water treatment and the remediation of contaminated soils
• Photodegradation of humic substances as related to the formation of trace gases
• The chemistry of disinfectants in drinking water
• Mineral dissolution processes
• Use of metal oxides as adsorbents in drinking water treatment
• Reactions of hydrogen peroxide in the subsurface environment
• Treatment and detoxification of contaminated soils
• Role of the pipe-water interface in the determination of drinking water quality