Virender K. Sharma

Program for the Environment and Sustainability, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, 112 Adriance Lab Road, 1266 TAMU, College Station, Texas, USA, E-mail: vsharma@sph.tamhsc.edu

Short Bio:  Dr. Virender K. Sharma received his Ph.D. from Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Florida, USA  His postdoctoral work was at Brookhaven National Laboratory and the State University of New York, Buffalo, New York.  He is currently a Professor at the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health (SPH), Texas A&M University.  He is also serving as the Director of the Program of Environment and Sustainability of the SPH.  Dr. Sharma has made seminal contributions in the areas of chemistry and environmental applications of ferrates. Dr. Sharma has also made key contributions in understanding the fate and toxicity of natural nanoparticles in an aquatic environment, resulting in an impact on human and ecological health. He is also working on understanding mechanism of the formation of disinfection byproducts in water.  His research also includes studying environment fate of environmentally persistent free radicals and antibiotics resistant bacteria and genes.  He has published more than 270 peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Sharma has also published 53 book chapters, 36 proceedings, and authored/edited eight books. His distinguish awards include Faculty Excellence in Research by Florida Tech, Outstanding Chemist by the American Chemical Society (Orlando Section), Certificate of Merit Award by the Environmental Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society, Excellence in Review by Environmental Science & Technology, International Fellowship awarded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a renowned overseas scientist of the key program, awarded by the Ministry of Education, China. 

Location and time:  10月4号，上午10：00-12：00， 先进材料楼2楼1号会议室