Dr. William R. Roy

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• Dr. William R. Roy
• Adjunct Professor, NPRE
• Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E Peabody Drive (Campus mail: MC-650) Champaign, IL 61820
• 217-333-1197
• wroy@illinois.edu

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Geochemistry and soil/environmental chemistry
• Equilibrium distribution and thermodynamics of chemical constituents at solid-liquid interfaces
• Solid-phase equilibria of natural and anthropogenic materials in aqueous, solution
• Environmental impacts of coal utilization, chemical fate and transport of contaminants in soil and groundwater
• Carbon sequestration
• Radioactive waste management

EDUCATION

• 1977-Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; BS, Geology
• 1980-Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; MA, Geology
• 1985-University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL; Ph.D., Soil Physical Chemistry

ACADEMIC POSITIONS HELD

• Appointment to the Graduate Faculty, University of Illinois, 1988-present
• Affiliate Faculty, Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering, 2004-2007
• Adjunct Professor, Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering, 2007 - present

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

• Assistant Geochemist I, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1980-1984
• Assistant Geochemist, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1984-1986
• Associate Geochemist, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1986-1993
• Geochemist, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1993-1999
• Acting Head of the Energy and Environmental Engineering Section, 1998-1999
• Senior Geochemist, Geochemistry Section, 1999-present

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

Awards

• 1993-Distinguished Achievement Award, Illinois State Geological Survey
• 2003-Council for Food and Agricultural Research Donald A. Holt Achievement Award
• 2004-Service Recognition Award in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, UIUC
• 2007-Editor's Citation for Excellence as Associate Editor, Soil Science Society of America

EDITORIAL BOARDS

• Associate Editor, "Journal of Environmental Quality", 1991-1997
• Associate Editor of Division S-2 (Soil Chemistry), "Soil Science Society of America Journal", 2003-2008
• "Journal of Hazardous Materials", 1995-2008
• "International Journal of Applied Environmental Sciences", 2005-present
• Co-Editor, "Journal of Environmental Quality", symposium papers on nonpoint-source pollutants in the vadose zone (see JEQ, 1999, 28, p. 357-512)

TEACHING

• Invited lecturer, NATO Advanced Study Institute, Italy, 1992
• The (UIUC) Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students: Fall 2001, Spring 2002, Fall 2002 (ranked as Outstanding), Spring 2003, Fall 2003, Spring 2004, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2005 and Spring 2008.

PANELS

• Peer Review Panelist, Physics Section, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1997
• Peer Review Panelist, Environmental Chemistry Section, U.S. EPA, 1997
• Panel of PhD Examiners, Dept. of Biotechnology, Bharathiar University, India, 2003
• Proposal Review Panel, Small Business Innovation Research-Air, Water, and Soils. U. S. Department of Agriculture, 2005
• Proposal Review Panel, Small Business Innovation Research Program, Water and Wastewater Management and Coal Bed Methane and Oil & Gas. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2007.