Legacy sites and emerging contaminants continue to impact environmental quality and human health. Cultivation and omics approaches have substantially advanced understanding of the microbiology involved in contaminant transformation and detoxification, and microbial remedies are promising and affordable solutions to tackle pressing environmental problems.

The practice of geotechnical engineering has been transformed in recent years, both in the office and in the field. Improvements in computing power, coupled with research advances coming from academia, have enabled incredibly sophisticated analyses that were completely impractical only years ago.

As one of the world’s largest chemical companies, The Dow Chemical Company leads the industry in product research and development. But did you know that Dow also is a recognized leader in the science for studying mechanisms of degradation and fate of chemistry in the environment? Understanding the degradation pathways and environmental fate is not only beneficial for the development of new and more sustainable “green” chemistries, but also in designing remediation technologies for cleanup.