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Keri Hornbuckle

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Title & Affiliation
Robert and Virginia Wheeler Faculty Fellow of Engineering Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Iowa
Bio

Dr. Keri Hornbuckle is the Robert and Virginia Wheeler Faculty Fellow of Engineering as well as Professor and Department Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Iowa. She holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health. She earned BA in Chemistry from Grinnell College and a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering & Science from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Hornbuckle and her research group are interested in the fate and transport of pollutants in the environment. She is particularly interested in persistent organic pollutants including PCBs and other legacy industrial pollutants, fragrances in household products, and pollutants related to large-scale agriculture. Her research is funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the National Science Foundation, and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Dr. Hornbuckle served as the President of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, and was a member of the Science Advisory Board of the International Joint Commission.