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David Dzombak
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
Office: 107B Porter Hall
Phone: 412-268-2946, 412-268-2478
Fax: 412-268-7813
Email: dzombak@cmu.edu
Website: www.ce.cmu.edu/~dzombak/

David Dzombak, Walter J. Blenko, Sr. Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Associate Dean for Graduate and Faculty Affairs, Carnegie Institute of Technology

Areas of Interest:

Aquatic chemistry, especially interactions of aqueous chemical species with mineral surfaces; fate and transport of chemicals in water, soil, and sediment; water and wastewater treatment; in situ and ex situ soil and sediment treatment; abandoned mine drainage remediation; hazardous waste site remediation; river and watershed restoration; public communication of environmental science

Education

Ph.D. 1986, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Select Publications:

  • Kutchko, B.G., Strazisar, B.R., Dzombak, D.A., Lowry, G.V., and Thaulow, N. (2007), “Degradation of Wellbore Cement by CO2 Under Geologic Sequestration Conditions,” Environmental Science and Technology, 41(13):4787-4792.
  • Higgins, C.J. and Dzombak, D.A. (2006), “Free Cyanide Sorption on Freshwater Sediment and Model Components,” Journal of Soil and Sediment Contamination, 15(5):497-510.
  • McDonough, K.M. and Dzombak, D.A. (2006), “Microcosm Approach to Study the Transport of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Sediment,” Journal of Environmental Engineering, 132(6):689-693.
  • Bushey, J.T., Ebbs, S.D., and Dzombak, D.A. (2006), “Parameter Estimation of a Plant Uptake Model for Cyanide: Application to Hydroponic Data,” International Journal of Phytoremediation, 8(1):45-62.
  • Bushey, J.T., Ebbs, S.D., and Dzombak, D.A. (2006), “Development of a Plant Uptake Model for Cyanide,” International Journal of Phytoremediation, 8(1):25-43.