40, Irvine ... Professor in UC...
40, Irvine ... Professor in UC Irvine’s Samueli School of
Engineering ... Has led the scientific inquiry into causes of
bacterial outbreaks off Newport Beach and Huntington Beach ...
Studied pollution in the Santa Ana River during a $5.1-million study
during the summer of 2001 that was funded by the Orange County
Sanitation District ... First to theorize that the sanitation
district’s wastewater plume was causing contamination in the surf
zone, but recently backed off that stance ... Initially called the
so-called outfall pipe “the smoking gun” ... Has received a series of
high-profile research grants to study water-quality in the Back Bay,
Newport Harbor and other local waterways ... Graduated from Caltech
... Wife, Lisa, and two children ... Unranked last year
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