Alex Chow

Assistant Professor: Biogeochemistry & Environmental Chemistry

Email: achow@clemson.edu
Office: (843) 546-1013 ext 232
Fax: (843) 546-6296

Mailing Address:
Belle W. Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology & Forest Science
Clemson University
P.O. Box 596
Georgetown, SC 29442, USA

Education:
Ph.D. Hydrologic Science – University of California, Davis – 2000
M.S. Hydrologic Science – University of California, Davis – 1998
B.S. Chemistry with minor in Chemical Engineering – University of California, Berkeley – 1994

Service at Clemson University:
Assistant Professor, Department of Biosystems Engineering, and Department of Forestry & Natural Resources, 2009 - Present

Research Interests:
Nutrient Cycles, Redox Chemistry, Water Treatment, Environmental Quality

Honors and Awards:
•    Best Research Paper – Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Environmental Water Resources Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (2005)

•    Professors of the Future – Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Award, NIH-funded postdoctoral career development program (2003)

•    Laurence M. Klauber Award – Excellence in the Advancement of Science, the 80th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science - Pacific Division, San Francisco, CA (1999)

Selected Publications:
•    Chow, A.T., Dahlgren, R.A., Zhang, Q. and Wong, P.K. 2008.  Relationships between specific ultraviolet absorbance and trihalomethane precursors of different carbon sources.  Jouranl of Water Supply Research and Technology – AQUA. 57(7): 471-480.

•    Diaz, F., Chow, A.T., O’Geen, A.T., Dahlgren, R.A. and Wong, P.K. 2008.  Restored wetlands as a source of disinfection byproduct precursors.  Environmental Science & Technology. 42(16): 5992-5997.

•    Chow, A.T., Leech, D., Boyer, T., and Singer, P.  2008. Impact of simulated natural solar irradiation on disinfection byproduct precursors.  Environmental Science & Technology. 42(15): 5586-5593.

•    Chow, A.T., Dahlgren, R.A., and Harrison, J.H. 2007. Watershed sources of disinfection byproduct precursors in the Sacrament and San Joaquin rivers, California. Environmental Science & Technology.  41(22): 7645-7652.

•    Chow, A.T., Tanji, K.K., Gao, S., and Dahlgren, R.A.  2006. Temperature, water content, and wet-dry cycle effects on DOC production and C mineralization in agricultural peat soils.  Journal of Soil Biology and Biochemistry 38(3): 477 - 488.