Rate My Professor David Kosson

Kosson received his B.S. with high honors in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering from Rutgers University in 1983, followed by an M.S. in 1984 and a Ph.D. in 1986 from the same institution. His research focuses on nuclear and chemical waste management, encompassing leaching assessment, process development, and reactive contaminant mass transport in porous media such as groundwater, soils, sediments, and waste forms. He has led or contributed to Department of Energy technical reviews on nuclear waste processing at Hanford, Savannah River, and Idaho sites. Through collaborations with the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands, his leaching studies on wastes and construction materials have shaped environmental regulations for the U.S. EPA, the Netherlands Ministry of Environment, and the European Union's Directorate General for the Environment. Notable publications include 'An integrated framework for evaluating leaching in waste management and utilization of secondary materials' (Environmental Science & Technology, 2014), work on the Leaching Environmental Assessment Framework (LEAF), and 'Development of a Geochemical Speciation Model for Use in Evaluating Leaching from a Cementitious Radioactive Waste Form' (Environmental Science & Technology, 2021). Kosson has earned the Joe B. Wyatt Distinguished University Professor Award (2010), the ISCOWA Award for contributions to alternative materials in construction (2009), and board certification as an environmental engineer from the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (2015). His expertise extends to advising the DOE, DOD, EPA, and National Academies committees.