Rate My Professor Susan Richardson

Richardson’s influential publications include the biennial review “Water Analysis: Emerging Contaminants and Current Issues” in Analytical Chemistry (e.g., 2024, 2022), “Progressive Increase in Disinfection Byproducts and Mutagenicity from Source to Tap to Swimming Pool and Spa Water” (Environmental Science & Technology, 2016), “Identifying PFAS Hotspots in Surface Waters of South Carolina Using a New Optimized Total Organic Fluorine Method” (Water Research, 2024), and “Formation of Toxic Iodinated Disinfection By-Products from Compounds Used in Medical Imaging” (Environmental Science & Technology, 2011). She has earned prestigious honors such as election to the National Academy of Engineering (2024), Fellowship in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2019) and American Chemical Society (2016), the Herty Medal (2020), Southern Chemist Award (2020), and multiple U.S. EPA Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards. Richardson serves as Executive Editor of Environmental Science & Technology, was President of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (2020–2022), and has delivered over 350 invited lectures worldwide. Her work has shaped water treatment practices and public health policies.