Mark R. Matsumoto
Faculty Profile
Mark R. Matsumoto
Professor of Chemical & Environmental Engineering
Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Education
Ph.D. Civil Engineering
University of California, Davis, 1982
Bourns Hall A229
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
Telephone: 951-827-3197
Facsimile: 951-827-3188
E-mail: matsumot@engr.ucr.edu
Personal Webpage
Former Institution: Department of Civil Engineering, SUNY Buffaloe
Biography
Professor Matsumoto joined UCR as Professor of Environmental Engineering in 1994. At UCR, Dr. Matsumoto has served as Chair of the Chemical and Environmental Engineering department from August 1994 through June 2000 and Associate Dean of the College of Engineering from July 1999 through June 2004 and currently. During 2004 and 2005, he was the Interim Dean for the Bourns College of Engineering. He has served on numerous scientific review panels for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Defense, and various state agencies in California and New York, concerning remedial strategies for hazardous waste sites.
Degrees
- B.S. Civil Engineering 1977 UC Irvine
- M.S. Civil Engineering 1980 UC Davis
- Ph.D. Civil Engineering 1982 UC Davis
Awards
- ELI. Lily Foundation Fellow
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Research Areas
Water and wastewater treatment, especially land-based treatment systems, and hazardous waste site remediation.
Selected Publications
- Yu, X., C. Amrhein, M.A. Deshusses, and M.R. Matsumoto (2007), Perchlorate Reduction by Autotrophic Bacteria Attached to Zero-Valent Iron in a Flow-Through Reactor, Environmental Science and Technology, 41(3), 990-997.
- Yu, X., C. Amrhein, Y. Zhang and M.R. Matsumoto (2006), Factors Influencing Arsenite Removal by Zero-Valent Iron, Journal of Environmental Engineering, 132(11):1459-1469.
- Yu, X., C. Amrhein, M.A. Deshusses, and M.R. Matsumoto (2006) Perchlorate Reduction by Autotrophic Bacteria in the Presence of Zero-Valent Iron, Environmental Science and Technology, 40(4):1328-1334.
- Mason, L.B., C. Amrhein, C.C. Goodson, M.R. Matsumoto, and M.A. Anderson (2005), Reducing Sediment and Phosphorus in Tributary Waters with Alum and Polyacrylamide, Journal of Environmental Quality, 34(6):1998-2004.
- Kostal, J., G. Prabhukumar, U.L. Lao, A. Chen, M. Matsumoto, A. Mulchandani, W. Chen (2005), Customizable Biopolymers for Heavy Metal Remediation, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 7(4-5):517-523.
- Tam, K., M.R. Matsumoto, and J.D. Sheppard (2005), A Kinetic Model for Suspended and Attached Growth of a Defined Mixed Culture, Biotechnology Progress. 21(3):720–727.
- Tam, K., C.-H. Yang, M.R. Matsumoto, D.E. Crowley, and J.D. Sheppard (2005) Comparison of PCR-DGGE and Selective Plating Methods for Monitoring the Dynamics of a Mixed Culture Population in Synthetic Brewery Wastewater, Biotechnology Progress. 21(3):712–719.
- Prabhukumar, G., M. Matsumoto, W. Chen, and A. Mulchandani (2004) Cadmium removal from contaminated soil by tunable biopolymers. Environmental Science and Technology. 38(11):3148-3152.
- Kang, S.-T., A. Subramani, E.M.V. Hoek, M.A. Deshusses and M.R. Matsumoto (2004). Direct observation of biofouling in cross-flow microfiltration: mechanisms of deposition and release. Journal of Membrane Science. 244(1-2):151-165.
- Wistrom, A.O., T. Edvardsson, and M.R. Matsumoto (2003) Evaluation of a single-residence biological wastewater treatment system with thermal biosolids destruction. Environmental Technology. 24(5):561-572.
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