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About the Contributors

Mark R. Wiesner, Ph.D., is a professor of Environmental Engineering
at Duke University where he holds the James L. Meriam Chair in Civil
and Environmental Engineering. His work has focused on applications of
emerging nanomaterials to membrane science and water treatment, and
an examination of the fate, transport, and effects of nanomaterials in the
environment. Before joining the Duke University faculty in 2006, he served
on the Rice University faculty for 18 years in the Departments of Civil and
Environmental Engineering and Chemical Engineering, and as director
of the Environmental and Energy Systems Institute. He is a co-founder
of the Houston-based nanomaterials company Oxane Materials. Dr.
Wiesner holds a B.A. in Mathematics and Biology from Coe College, an
M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Iowa,
a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University,
and has completed postdoctoral training at the École Nationale Supérieure
des Industries Chimiques (ENSIC). In 2004, Dr. Wiesner was named a “de
Fermat Laureate” and was awarded an International Chair of Excellence
at the French Polytechnic Institute in Toulouse.

Dr. Jean-Yves Bottero is a senior research director with France’s
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and director of
France’s Geoscience and Environment Lab (CEREGE) associated with
the University of Paul Cézanne, Aix-Marseille. He also holds an appoint-
ment as Adjunct Professor at Duke University. His research addresses
physico-chemical phenomena of surfaces and particles. His early work
addressed the structure of materials used in water treatment at the
nanometric scale, and most notably demonstrated for the first time the
existence of the Al 13 species that controls the chemistry of the now
widely used “polyaluminum” coagulants. He has worked extensively on
topics ranging from particle aggregation and membrane filtration to
solid waste disposal and reuse. More recently, he has been a senior
spokesman in Europe in advancing the agenda for research on possible
environmental and health impacts of nanomaterials.

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