David Sedlak

David L. Sedlak is an American environmental engineer and currently the Plato Malozemoff Professor at University of California, Berkeley. He was previously Editor-in-Chief of American Chemical Society's ES&T and ES&T Letters. His research interests are chemical contaminants and water resources. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2016 for contributions to environmental aqueous chemistry, especially in the areas of water reuse, water contaminants, and urban water infrastructure.

Education He earned his PhD in Water Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1992 and his B.S. in Environmental Science from Cornell University in 1986.

Publications Shane A. Snyder, Paul Westerhoff, Yeomin Yoon, and David L. Sedlak. Environmental Engineering Science. July 2004, 20(5): 449–469. https://doi.org/10.1089/109287503768335931 William A. Mitch, Jonathan O. Sharp, R. Rhodes Trussell, Richard L. Valentine, Lisa Alvarez-Cohen, and David L. Sedlak. Environmental Engineering Science. July 2004, 20(5): 389–404. https://doi.org/10.1089/109287503768335896 Formation of N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) from Dimethylamine during Chlorination, William A. Mitch and David L. Sedlak, Environ. Sci. Technol., 2002, 36 (4), pp 588–595