Dr. Alex Chow

Assistant Professor: Biogeochemistry & Environmental Quality

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

Department:
Forestry and Natural Resources & Department of Biosystems Engineering,

Location:
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

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

Publications:
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.

Professional society activity:
Geophysical Union
American Chemical Society
Asia Turtle Rehabilitation Project

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)

Courses:
Biogeochemistry and Environmental Analytical Chemistry

Websites:
http://people.clemson.edu/~ACHOW

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