David Sedlak

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David L. Sedlak is an American environmental engineer and currently the Plato Malozemoff Professor at University of California, Berkeley. [1] He was previously Editor-in-Chief of American Chemical Society's ES&T and ES&T Letters. [2] [3] His research interests are chemical contaminants and water resources. [4] He was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2016 for contributions to environmental aqueous chemistry, especially in the areas of water reuse, water contaminants, and urban water infrastructure. [5]

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Education

He earned his PhD in Water Chemistry from University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1992 and B.S. in Environmental Science from Cornell University in 1986. [1]

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  3. "Retired". acs.org. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
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