David Kosson

Affiliation

Vanderbilt University

Biography

Dr. David S. Kosson is the Gass Family Chair in Energy and the Environment, and Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Vanderbilt University, with joint appointments as Professor of Chemical Engineering, and Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences. He is the Principal Investigator for the multi‐university Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation (CRESP) supported by the DOE to improve the risk‐informed basis for remediation and management of nuclear waste from former defense materials production and nuclear energy. Professor Kosson’s research includes management of nuclear and chemical wastes, leaching assessment, contaminant mass transfer, waste treatment and wasteform performance.