Water Contaminant Expert Joins UA Engineering Research Team
Leader in emerging contaminants will add expertise to study of Southwest asset of great concern: water.
Shane Snyder hiking on Tucson's Mt. Lemmon.
Shane Snyder is joining the UA College of Engineering as a professor of chemical and environmental engineering.
In 1998, Snyder discovered that estrogens and pharmaceuticals were common contaminants in North American waters. His research has been hailed as the first in North America to link the presence of trace steroids to reproductive problems in fish.
Much of his research has centered on Lake Mead and the Colorado River, which provides water for more than 30 million people, or 10 percent of the U.S. population.
Snyder's research focus is on the fate, transport, and treatment of what are known as "emerging contaminants," such as endocrine-disrupting compounds, perchlorate, nanoparticles, and pharmaceuticals.