Contact Info:
Greg Lowry
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
Office: 123L Porter Hall
Phone: 412-268-2948
Fax: 412-268-7813
Email: glowry@cmu.edu
Website: www.ce.cmu.edu/~glowry/

Greg Lowry, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Areas of Interest:

Sustainable development of nanomaterials and nanotechnologies including the fate, mobility, and toxicity of nanomaterials in the environmental, remediation/treatment technologies employing nanomaterials, nanoparticle-contaminant/biota interactions, and sustainable energy via carbon capture and storage

Education

Ph.D. 2000, Stanford University

Recent Journal Articles: 

• McDonough, K., Fairey, J., Lowry, G. (2007) Adsorption of polychlorinated biphenyls to activated carbon: equilibrium isotherms and a preliminary assessment of the effect of dissolved organic matter and biofilm loadings. Water Research (in press).

• M. R. Wiesner, G. V. Lowry, P. Alvarez, D. Dionysiou, and P. Biswas. (2006) “Progress and research needs towards assessing the risks of manufactured nanomaterials.” Environ. Sci. Technol., 40 (14) 4336-4345.
• Long, T., Saleh, N., Tilton, R., Lowry, G. V., Veronesi, B. (2006) “Titanium Dioxide (P25) Produces Oxidative Stress in Immortalized Brain Microglia (BV2): Implication of Nanoparticle Neurotoxicity” Environ. Sci. Technol. 40 (14) 4346-4352.
• Saleh, N., Phenrat, T., Sirk, K., Dufour, B., Ok, J., Sarbu, T., Matyjaszewski, K., Tilton, R., Lowry, G. V. (2005). “Adsorbed Triblock Copolymers Deliver Reactive Iron Nanoparticles to the Oil/Water Interface.” Nano Lett. 5 (12) 2489-2494.
• Liu Y., Majetich, S. A., Tilton, R. D., Sholl, D. S., Lowry, G.V. (2005). “TCE Dechlorination Rates, Pathways, and Efficiency of Nanoscale Iron Particles with Different Properties”, Environ. Sci. Technol. 39 (5) 1338-1345