Lowry Elected 2018 AAAS Fellow
By Alexandra George
Greg Lowry, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Carnegie Mellon University and a Scott Institute Faculty Affiliate, has been working to advance new environmental nanotechnologies while studying how nanomaterials behave and interact with the environment. To recognize his efforts in both innovation and impact, Lowry has been elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) as part of the newest class of fellows. Fellows are elected by their peers in honor of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.
“It is an honor to become an AAAS Fellow,” said Lowry. “It is wonderful recognition for the hard work of many students and post-docs who have performed research in my lab over the past 18 years."
Lowry was elected for his distinguished contributions to safe and sustainable use of nanomaterials, remediation methods for contaminated sediments and brines, and mitigation of fossil fuel use impacts. His current research focus is on water quality and environmental nanotechnology, contaminant fate and remediation, and how nanomaterials behave in complex environmental systems. Lowry leads a collaborative research consortium called NanoFARM that studies the effects of nanoparticles on agriculture and how they could be used as fertilizers and fungicides for crops.