Bruce E. Rittmann is John Evans Professor and Area Coordinator of Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University. His research combines concepts and techniques from engineering with those from microbiology, biochemistry, and microbial ecology. This combination is used to address fundamental and applied issues in the biological treatment of waters and wastewater and in the bioremediation of contaminated aquifers and soils. Rittmann is most recognized for his research on biofilm kinetics, the bioremediation of organic micropollutants, and the application of molecular and modeling tools to understand and control complex microbial systems used in environmental biotechnology. His work ranges from fundamental studies, such as on the genetics of nitrifying bacteria and the responses of intracellular cofactors, to applied studies, such as evaluating the performance of biofiltration systems used in drinking-water treatment. Most characteristic of all the research is the explicit connection of fundamental principles to practical applications.
Dr. Rittmann served as the President of the Association of Environmental Engineering Professors and was the Vice-Chair of the Water Science and Technology Board of the National Research Council (NRC). Dr. Rittmann chaired the NRC's committee on in situ bioremediation, which published In Situ Bioremediation: When Does It Work? and currently chairs the NRC's Committee on Intrinsic Remediation. Dr. Rittmann was awarded the first A.R.I. Clarke Prize for Outstanding Achievements in Water Science and Technology from the National Water Research Institute, and he previously won the Walter Huber Research Prize from the ASCE, the University Scholar Award from the University of Illinois, and the Presidential Young Investigator award from the National Science Foundation. Dr. Rittmann shares six best-thesis awards from the Association of Environmental Engineering Professors and is a Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences.
You can visit Dr. Rittmann's website at http://www.civil.northwestern.edu/ehe/HTML_BER/rittmann.html
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