Prof. Randall Martin
Raymond R. Tucker Distinguished Professor, Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis.
Biography: Professor Martin joined the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis in 2019, from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, where he had been on the faculty since 2003. He was named Professor in 2011 and Arthur B. McDonald Chair of Research Excellence in 2016. Over 2003-2019, he was a research associate at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. He serves on a variety of task forces, advisory boards and working groups as an expert on air quality. His professional honors include an Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award by the American Geophysical Union, being annually named a Highly Cited Researcher by the Web of Science since 2019, and being recognized by Research.com as one of the top 25 environmental scientists worldwide.
Dr. Brian Shoener
Ph.D., P.E.*, Certified Data Analyst, AI/ML & Digital Water Applications Development Leader, Operations | Engineering & Development Services, *Licensed in Illinois, Black & Veatch.
Biography: Dr. Brian Shoener is in the Process Engineering group at Black & Veatch. He is a Microsoft Certified Data Analyst and specializes in high-throughput data analysis and visualization with a focus on predictive analytics through machine learning. Dr. Shoener is enthusiastic about leveraging computer programming to automate and standardize calculations to improve efficiency. Dr. Shoener also assists with creation, calibration, and validation of wastewater treatment process models.
PREVIOUS KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
- Prof. Bruce Fouke, Professor in Geology, Microbiology, and the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign & Dr. Jess Brown, Senior Vice President, R&D Practice Director at Carollo Engineers (2022)
- Dr. Pratim Biswas, Dean of Engineering at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida & Dawn Taffler, One Water Practice Leader and Vice President at Kennedy Jenks Consultants (2021)
- Prof. Lutgarde Raskin, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan & Dr. Issam Najm, Founder and President of WQTS (2019)
- Prof. Charles N. Haas, LD Betz Professor of Environmental Engineering. Head – Department of Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering, Drexel University (2018)
- Dr. Menachem Elimelech, Roberto Goizueta Professor of Environmental and Chemical Engineering at Yale University (2017)
- Dr. Carlos Campos-Callao, Senior VP Research and Development of Suez Environment (2016)
- Dr. Ali H. Omar, Physical Scientist at NASA Langley Research Center (2015)
- Dr. Kimberly Jones, Howard University (2014)
- Damon S. Williams (2013)
- Jess Brown, Ph.D., PE (2012)
- Kathryn Mallon, PE (2011)