Service

• Editorial Board for the journal of Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 2010-Present
• Editorial Board for the journal of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2006-2008.
• Proposal Review Panel Reviewed proposals in the total amount of more than $15 million dollars for various agencies, including: (1) National Science Foundation NSF /USDA Microbial Observatories and Microbial Interactions and Processes program as a Microbial Interactions and Processes proposal (2007-2008); (2) National Science Foundation (NSF) Proposal review panel on IEDs and Explosive (2006-2007; 2008); (3) U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and National Institutes for Water Resources (NIWR) National Competitive Grants Program (2002-2005); (4) SERDP Proposal Review Panel (EPA-DoD-DoE), 2005, 2008; (5) Institute for Space Systems Operations (ISSO) (2006); (6) Environmental Institute of Houston (EIH), 2007.
• Advisory Board, Environmental Institute of Houston (EIH), 2006 - Present
• Session Chair: Contaminant Harbor and River Sediment, 28th Annual National Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 11-15, 2007.
• Session Chair: Phytoremediation, The Third International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, American Academy of Sciences, August 6-9, 2007, Houston, Texas.
• Session Chair: Environmental Science, The American Association for the Advancement of Science Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division (AAAS-SWARM), April 18-21, 2007 Houston, Texas.
• Session Chair: Contaminant Harbor and River Sediment, 27th Annual National Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), Montreal, Canada, November 5-10, 2006.
• Session Chair: Contaminant Harbor and River Sediment, 26th Annual National Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), Baltimore, Maryland, November 13-17, 2005.
• Session Chair: Contaminant Harbor and River Sediment, 25th Annual National Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Conference & 4th SETAC World Congress, Portland, Oregon, November 14-18, 2004.
• Session Chair: Contaminant Harbor and River Sediment, 24th Annual National Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Conference, Austin, Texas, November 9-13, 2003.
• Society Committee Member: Water Environmental Federation Literature Review Committee, Physico-chemical Processes in Treatment Systems, 2003-2008 (5 year term).
• Society Committee Member: Review draft methods to be published in the ?Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater? (2004-Present)
• Journal Reviewer (20+): Environmental Science and Technology, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, Journal of Environmental Quality, ASME Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Canadian Journal of Microbiology, Environmental Engineering Science, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Water, Air & Soil Pollution, Langmuir, Environmental Pollution, Bioresource Technology, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Process Biochemistry, Journal of Zhejiang University Science (English Version), Journal of Environmental Science CHINA (English)
• Book Reviewer (10+): Reviewed more than 10 books, book chapters, and book proposals in the field of environmental chemistry and engineering for: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis LLC, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, John Wiley & Sons, Cambridge University Press, W.H. Freeman and Company Publishers, Oxford Press, and American Chemical Society.