Y. Thomas He

Dr. Y. Thomas He is an environmental geochemist at West Virginia Water Research Institute, West Virginia University. His current research focus on water qualities issues related to mine drainage, shale gas development and waste water treatment (selenium, aluminum and sulfate).

He has over 12 years of experiences in environmental investigations projects related to basic scientific research on fate and transport of organic and inorganic contaminants in soil and water, and 2 years of experience on remediation projects in environmental consulting. Dr. He is experienced in project geochemistry evaluation and monitored natural attenuation, and he has extensive experience in metals and chlorinated solvents remediation and waste water treatment related to mining, chemical, pharmaceutical, and oil and gas industries. Dr. He is also actively involved developing innovative remediation technologies for emerging contaminants (e.g., PFOA/PFOS, 1,4-dioxane).

He has 24 peer reviewed publications in prestige journals such as Environmental Science and Technology and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. He has presented in over 16 national and international conferences.

He holds a B.Sc. degree in environmental science from Sichuan Agricultural University, a M.Sc. degree in pollution ecology from Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a Ph.D degree in Environmental Geochemistry from The Ohio State University.