​Dr. Lowry is the Walter J. Blenko, Sr. Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. He earned his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California at Davis, M.S. from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Stanford University. His current research focuses on safely harnessing the unique properties of engineered nanomaterials for applications in remediation, water treatment, and food production. He recently served on the National Academy of Science Committee on “Science Breakthroughs 2030: A Strategy for Food and Agricultural Research”, and he previously served on the National Research Council committee to Develop a Research Strategy for Environmental Health and Safety Aspects of Engineered Nanomaterials. He served as the founding Associate Editor of Environmental Science: Nanofor five years (2013-2018), and is on the editorial board forEnvironmental Science: Nanoand Nature: Scientific Data. Dr. Lowry has received awards from the ASCE (Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Award), AEESP (Malcolm Pirnie/AEESP Frontiers in Research Award), and ACS (Best Feature Article in ES&T for 2012). He was recognized as a highly cited researcher (top 1%) in the area of environment and ecology by Thompson Reuters in 2014 and 2015. Dr. Lowry has served as PI or Co-PI on grants from the National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Energy, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and industry.