Howard M. Liljestrand, Ph.D
Professor - Gerard A. Rohlich Regents Professor in Civil Engineering - Graduate Advisor
Office: ECJ 8.206
Phone: (512) 471-4604
Fax: (512) 471-5870
Email: liljestrand@mail.utexas.edu
UT Mail: C1786
Mailing Address:
The University of Texas at Austin
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Department-EWRE
301 E. Dean Keeton St. Stop C1786
Austin, TX 78712-1173
Area(s) of Expertise:
Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Educational Qualifications:
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, Environmental Engineering Science, 1980
B.A., Rice University, Environmental Science and Engineering, 1974
Technical Interests:
Aquatic chemistry; contaminant transport; pollutant containment and remediation acid deposition; air pollution modeling
Selected Publications:
Ramirez, L. A., Liljestrand, H. M., Corsi, R. L. (2010) Fate of a coalescing aid after latex paint application, J. Coat. Technol. Res., 7(3), 291-300.
White, B. R., Liljestrand, H. M., Holcombe, J. A. (2008) "A 'Turn-On' FRET Peptide Sensor Based on the Mercury Binding Protein MerP," Analyst, 133(1), 65-70.
Kwon, J-H, Liljestrand, H. M., Katz, L. E., Yamamoto, H. (2007) "Partitioning Thermodynamics of Endocrine Disruptors: Effects of Membrane Compositions," Environ. Sci. Technol., 41(11), 4011-4018.
Kwon, J-H, Katz, L. E., Liljestrand, H. M. (2007) "Modeling Binding Equilibrium in a Competitive Estrogen Receptor Binding Assay," Chemosphere, 69, 1025-1031.
Corsi, R. L., Walker, M. B., Liljestrand, H. M., Hubbard, H. F., Poppendieck, D. G., (2007) "Methyl Bromide as a Building Disinfectant: Interaction with Indoor Materials and Resulting By-Product Formation" JAWMA, 57, 576-85.