Mel Suffet

Telephone: (310) 206-8230
E-mail: msuffet@ucla.edu

Dr. Suffet is Professor of Environmental Health Sciences (EHS) and a core member of the Environmental Science and Engineering Program housed in the EHS Department. He received his B.S. degree in chemistry from Brooklyn College (1961), his M.S. degree in chemistry from the University of Maryland (1964), and his Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Chemistry from Rutgers University (1968). Dr. Suffet joined UCLA in 1991 after 21 years experience at the Department of Chemistry and the Environmental Studies Institute at Drexel University where he was the P. W. Purdom Professor of Environmental Chemistry.

His current research interests include:

development of new analytical methods for trace organic compounds in aquatic systems, as Nitrosoamine
contaminant transport in surface water and sediments, including PCB's and organophosphate pesticides
non-point source runoff of hazardous compounds, particularly, chlorinated pesticides and pharmaceuticals
treatment of drinking water for taste and odor compounds and hazardous compounds, specifically ozonation
wastewater reclamation related to non-potable and potable reuse

Dr. Suffet has published more than 160 research papers and co-edited eight research treatises. He is the 1983 recipient of the F. J. Zimmerman Environmental Science Award of the American Chemical Society and the 2001 A. P. Black Award for lifetime achievement in drinking water quality research from the American Water Works Association. Dr. Suffet teaches on topics concerning the transport and fate and treatment of organic compounds in aquatic systems, and analytical and environmental chemistry.