Halden

Rolf Halden, Ph.D., P.E., is Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Arizona State University and Adjunct Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. His research labs are housed in the Center for Environmental Biotechnology at ASU’s Biodesign Institute. Halden received a Master’s in Biology (Diploma, 1992) from the Technical University of Brunswick, Germany, and a Master’s (1994) and Ph.D. (1997) in Civil Engineering from the University of Minnesota. Prior to joining academia, Halden was project engineer at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where he directed the construction and operation of physical and biological groundwater treatment systems. His current research explores the connection between anthropogenic activities, environmental quality and human health. Ongoing projects focus on (a) the occurrence and fate of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the environment, (b) the genomic and proteomic characterization of pollutant-degrading microorganisms, (c) the development of in situ microcosm array (ISMA) technology for environmental monitoring and remedial design, and (d) the determination of body burdens and biomarkers of toxic exposures in adults and children. His research relies heavily on the use of mass spectrometric tools (e.g., LC-MS/MS, MALDI-TOF) for applications in environmental proteomics, bioremediation and public health engineering. He has served on the Maryland State Water Quality Advisory Committee, the Food and Drug Administration’s Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee, and a National Research Council committee of the National Academies.