Janet Hering
Janet Gordon Hering (born 1958) is the former Director of the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology and Professor emeritus of Biogeochemistry at ETH Zurich and EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). She works on the biogeochemical cycling of trace elements in water and the management of water infrastructure.
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Janet Hering in 2020 | |
| Born | 1958 (age 65–66) |
| Alma mater | Cornell University Harvard University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
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| Institutions | Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology EPFL ETH Zurich California Institute of Technology University of California, Los Angeles |
| Thesis | The Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Copper Complexation in Aquatic Systems (1988) |
Hering was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2015 for contributions to understanding and practice of removal of inorganic contaminants from drinking water.
She serves on the review board for Science Magazine.
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