Rice experts available to speak on water scarcity and desalinationWater security is becoming an increasing concern in water-stressed regions aro...

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Rice experts available to speak on water scarcity and desalination
Water security is becoming an increasing concern in water-stressed regions around the world including parts of the Middle East, where desalination plants supply a large share of drinking water.

Rice University experts are available to discuss desalination technology, water infrastructure vulnerabilities and the broader water security challenges facing arid regions.

Menachem Elimelech, the Nancy and Clint Carlson Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, member of the Rice Center for Membrane Excellence and the Rice WaTER Institute
Expertise: Desalination technologies and reverse osmosis
Global water scarcity and water supply solutions
Energy use and environmental impacts of desalination plants
Water reuse and advanced water purification technologies
Water-energy nexus and sustainable water infrastructure

Qilin Li, the Karl F. Hasselmann Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, co-director of Rice’s NSF Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment Expertise: Desalination membranes and filtration systems, Solar-powered and low-energy desalination technologies, Nanotechnology for water treatment
Water purification and wastewater reuse, Contaminants in drinking water

Pedro Alvarez, the George R. Brown Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, director of the Rice WaTER Institute and Rice’s NSF Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment
Expertise: Global water security and water scarcity, Nanotechnology-enabled water treatment, Environmental sustainability and water systems, Water reuse and purification technologies
Policy and innovation in water infrastructure, Environmental biotechnology and bioremediation

Shihong Lin, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, member of the Rice WaTER Institute
Expertise: Advanced desalination technologies, Electrochemical water treatment systems, Brine management and hypersaline wastewater, Membrane separation technologies, Resource recovery from desalination brines
Water policy, infrastructure and the water-energy nexus,

Gabriel Collins, the Baker Botts Fellow in Energy and Environmental Regulatory Affairs at the Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy
Expertise: Economics of desalination and water infrastructure, Water-energy nexus, Produced water and water reuse in energy systems, Policy and investment strategies for drought-prone regions, Geopolitics of water and resource security

To schedule an interview with any of the experts, please contact media relations specialists Marcy de Luna at marcy.deluna@rice.edu and Alex Becker at alex.becker@rice.edu.

Marcy de Luna
ABOUT MARCY DE LUNA

Marcy de Luna is the national senior media relations specialist in Rice University's Office of Public Affairs.

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