SUMMARY BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
NAME: G. Fred Lee
ADDRESS: 27298 E. El Macero Dr.
El Macero, CA 95618-1005
DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH: July 27, 1933; Delano, California, USA
TELEPHONE: 530/753-9630 (home/office)
E-MAIL: [email protected]
WEB PAGE: http://www.gfredlee.com
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Environmental Engineering & Environmental Science,
Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 1960
M.S.P.H. Environmental Science-Environmental Chemistry, School of Public Health,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 1957
B.A. Environmental Health Science, San Jose State University 1955
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Current Position:
- Consultant, President, G. Fred Lee and Associates
Previous Positions:
- Distinguished Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, 1984-89
- Senior Consulting Engineer, EBASCO-Envirosphere, Lyndhurst, NJ (part-time), 1988-89
- Coordinator, Estuarine and Marine Water Quality Management Program, NJ Marine Sciences Consortium Sea Grant Program, 1986-1988
- Director, Site Assessment and Remedial Action Division, Industry, Cooperative Center for Research in Hazardous and Toxic Substances, New Jersey Institute of Technology et al., Newark, NJ, 1984-1987
- Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Texas Tech University, 1982-1984
- Professor, Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University, 1978-1982
- Professor, Environmental Engineering & Sciences; Director, Center of Environmental Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, 1973-1978
- Professor of Water Chemistry, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1961-1973
Registered Professional Engineer, State of Texas, Registration No. 39906
PUBLICATIONS AND AREAS OF ACTIVITY
Published over 1,150 professional papers, chapters in books, professional reports, and similar materials. The topics covered include:
Studies on sources, significance, fate and the development of control programs for chemicals in aquatic and terrestrial systems.
Analytical methods for chemical contaminants in fresh and marine waters.
Landfills and groundwater quality protection issues.
Impact of landfills on public health and environment.
Environmental impact and management of various types of wastewater discharges including municipal, mining, electric generating stations, domestic and industrial wastes, paper and steel mill, refinery wastewaters, etc.
Stormwater runoff water quality evaluation and BMP development for urban areas and highways
Eutrophication causes and control, groundwater quality impact of land disposal of municipal and industrial wastes, environmental impact of dredging and dredged material disposal, water quality modeling, hazard assessment for new and existing chemicals, water quality and sediment criteria and standards, water supply water quality, assessment of actual environmental impact of chemical contaminants on water quality.
LECTURES
Presented over 750 lectures at professional society meetings, universities, and to professional and public groups.
GRANTS AND AWARDS
Principal investigator for over six million dollars of contract and grant research in the water quality and solid and hazardous waste management field.
GRADUATE WORK CONDUCTED UNDER
SUPERVISION OF G. FRED LEE
Over 90 M.S. theses and Ph.D. dissertations have been completed under the supervision of Dr. Lee.
ADVISORY ACTIVITIES
Consultant to numerous international, national and regional governmental agencies, community and environmental groups and industries.
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