Wiesner, Mark
(919) 660-5292
wiesner@duke.edu
120 Hudson Hall
Durham, NC 27708-0287
Box 90287
Durham, NC 27708-0287

Webpages

Courses

CEE 560: Environmental Transport Phenomena
CEE 890: Special Readings in Civil and Environmental Engineering
CEE 492: Independent Study in Civil and Environmental Engineering
CEE 691: Independent Study: Advanced Topics in Civil and Environmental Engineering
CEE 393: Research Independent Study in Civil and Environmental Engineering

Mark Wiesner

James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
W. H. Gardner, Jr. Department Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering, in the Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. School of Engineering
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Chair of the Department of Civil & Environmental Engi
Chair of the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Professor of Earth and Ocean Sciences
Professor of Environmental Science and Policy
Faculty Network Member of The Energy Initiative
Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society
Wiesner's research interests include membrane processes, nanostructured materials, transport and fate of nanomaterials in the environment, colloidal and interfacial processes, and environmental systems analysis.

Research Areas

Education

  • Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University (1985)
  • M.S., University of Iowa (1980)
  • B.A., Coe College (1978)

Publications

Predicting emerging chemical content in consumer products using machine learning. (08/2022)
Relationship between Atomic Force Microscopy and Centrifugation Measurements for Dust Fractions Implicated in Solar Panel Soiling. (07/2022)
Investigating and Modeling the Regulation of Extracellular Antibiotic Resistance Gene Bioavailability by Naturally Occurring Nanoparticles. (07/2022)
Exploring the design implications of bacteriophages in mixed suspensions by considering attachment and break-up. (06/2022)
Study on the mechanisms for the influence of nanomaterials on the separation performance of nanocomposite membrane from a modeling perspective (06/2022)
Effect of pre-concentration on membrane solvent extraction process for the recovery of rare earth elements from dilute acidic leachate (05/2022)
A holistic approach for the recovery of rare earth elements and scandium from secondary sources under a circular economy framework - A review. (04/2022)
From bottle to microplastics: Can we estimate how our plastic products are breaking down? (03/2022)
Separation of rare earth elements from mixed-metal feedstocks by micelle enhanced ultrafiltration with sodium dodecyl sulfate. (03/2022)
<i>In Vivo</i> Effects of Silver Nanoparticles on Development, Behavior, and Mitochondrial Function are Altered by Genetic Defects in Mitochondrial Dynamics. (01/2022)

Mailing Address

Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Box 90467
Durham, NC 27708

Street / Delivery Address

Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability
140 Science Drive
Gross Hall, Suite 101
Durham, NC 27708

919-613-1305 

Oct
12
10/12: Book Discussion: China's Next Act: How Sustainability and Technology are Reshaping China's Rise and the World's Future
Location: Virtual | Registration Required
Time: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Oct
13
10/13: Living With Wildlife: Insights from Science, Conservation and Education
Location: The Generator, 100C Gross Hall
Time: 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm