Alba Torrents University of Maryland, College Park. Associate Professor,  Environmental Engineering Program     Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

MAILING ADDRESS AND CONTACT INFORMATION

Phone : (301)-405-1979
FAX : (301)-405-6707
E-mail : alba@eng.umd.edu

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University, 1992.
• M.A. in Environmental Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University, 1988.
• M.S. in Organic Chemistry from University of Barcelona, Spain, 1986.
• B.S. (Honors) in Chemistry from University of Barcelona, Spain, 1985.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• 1993-1998, Assistant Professor, Environmental Engineering Program, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland.
• 1998-present, Assiociate Professor, Environmental Engineering Program, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland.

TEACHING

• ENCE-433 Environmental Analysis Techniques
• ENCE-489-B Risk Assessment of Environmental Pollutants
• ENCE 633  Chemical Reactions in Natural Waters
• ENCE-688-O Environmental Behavior of Organic Pollutants
• ENCE-688-A Environmental Transformations of Organic Pollutants

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Chemical Transformations of Organic Pollutants
• Environmental fate of toxic chemicals
• Sorption of Organic Pollutants
• Applications of Spectroscopic techniques to Environmental Systems
• Wet and Dry deposition of POP's onto sensitive Ecosystems

SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

• Association of Environmental Engineering Professors
• American Chemical Society, Environmental Chemistry Division
• American Society of Civil Engineers

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

 
Zeinali, M. and Torrents, A., “Mercury Promoted Hydrolysis of Parathion-methyl: Kinetics and pH Dependence,” Environmental Science and Technology 32(15), 2338-2342 (1998).

Han, S.J., Goodings, D.J., Torrents, A., Zeinali, M., "Underground Leakage into Freezing Ground" ASCE Journal on Cold Regions Engineering 13(2), 64-83 (1999).

Jayansudera, S., Schmidt, W.J., and Torrents, A., “Influence of the Chemical Environment on Metolachlor Conformations,” J. Agriculture and Food Chemistry 47(10), 4435-4442 (1999).

Mata-Sandoval, J.C., Karns, J., Torrents, A., “HPLC method for the characterization of rhamnolipid mixtures produced by P. aeruginosa UG2 on corn oil” J. Chromatography A.864, 211-220 (1999)

Mata-Sandoval, J.C., Karns, J., Torrents, A., “Effect of Rhamnolipids produced by P. aeruginosa UG2 on the solubilization enhancement of pesticides” Environmental Science and Technology 34(23); 4923-4930 (2000)

Mata-Sandoval, J.C., Karns, J., Torrents, A., “Bioavailability of Sorbed Organic Pollutants in the Effect of Biosurfactants”, Revista Internacional de Contaminancion Ambiental 16(4) 147-156 (2000).

Jayansudera, S., Schmidt, W.J., Hapeman, C., and Torrents, A., “What’s known and what’s yet to be known with respect to the sorption of organic pollutants onto soils”, Revista Internacional de Contaminancion Ambiental 16(4) 193-203 (2000).

Floroiu, R.M., Davis, A.P., Torrents, A., “Cadmium Adsorpion on Aluminum Oxide in the Presnce of Polyacrilic Acid” Environmental Science and Technology, 35(2); 348-353 (2001)
 
 
 

GRADUATE STUDENTS

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