Bruce Rittmann
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| Born | November 17, 1950 St. Louis, MO |
| Residence | Tempe, AZ |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Fields | Environmental biotechnology and environmental engineering |
| Institutions | Arizona State University |
| Alma mater | B.S. and M.S., Washington University in St. Louis; Ph.D., Stanford University; Honorary Doctorate, University of Waterloo |
| Doctoral advisor | Perry McCarty |
| Notable students | Lutgarde Raskin |
| Known for | Pioneering the development of biofilm fundamentals and their widespread use in the cleanup of contaminated waters, soils, and ecosystems; linking of molecular microbial ecology and geochemistry to environmental engineering processes |
| Notable awards | Joan Hodges Queneau Palladium Medal, American Association of Engineering Societies, American Association of Engineering Societies, (2014); BioCluster Award, International Water Association and International Society for Microbial Ecology (2014); Distinguished Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (2012); Simon W. Freese Environmental Engineering Award and Lecture, American Society of Civil Engineers (2009); Member, National Academy of Engineering (2004); A. R. I. Clarke Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Water Science and Technology, National Water Research Institute (1994); Walter L. Huber Research Prize, American Society of Civil Engineers (1990) |
| Spouse | Marylee MacDonald |
| Children | 4 |
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Website http://rittmann.environmentalbiotechnology.org |
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Bruce E. Rittmann is Regents' Professor of Environmental Engineering and Director of the Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology at the Biodesign Institute of Arizona State University, and a member of both the Civil Engineering and the Chemical Engineering Sections of the National Academy of Engineering. He was elected to the Academy in 2004.
Rittmann was born in St. Louis, MO to Albert and Ruth Rittmann. He moved to Affton, MO at age 4 and attended Reavis Elementary School and Affton High School. In 1974, he received the BS degree in Civil Engineering and MS degree in Environmental and Sanitary Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis. After working as an environmental engineer with Sverdrup & Parcel in St. Louis, he moved to Stanford University, where he received the PhD in Environmental Engineering in 1979. His PhD adviser was Perry L. McCarty.
Rittmann joined the faculty in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1980 as an assistant professor. He was promoted to associate and full professor in 1984 and 1988. In 1992, Rittmann moved to Northwestern University to become the John Evans Professor and Area Coordinator of Environmental Engineering. In 2005, he moved to Arizona State University to start the Center for Environmental Biotechnology in the newly formed Biodesign Institute. He was named a Regents’ Professor in 2009, and the Center was endowed as the Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology in 2011.
Rittmann was the President of the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors in 1990-91, the same organization’s Distinguished Lecture in 2004, chairman of two National Research Council (NRC) committees concerning in situ bioremediation, vice-chairman of the NRC’s Water Science and Technology Board, and Editor-in-Chief of Biodegradation.
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