Onur Apul

Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Penn State

Onur Apul is an Assoc. Prof. in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Penn State. He earned his Ph.D. in 2014 in Environmental Engineering at Clemson University. In 2023, Dr. Apul received the Maine College of Engineering and Computing, Early Career Research Award and in 2021 he received the Emerging Investigator Award by Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization. His work focuses on intermolecular interactions between organic compounds and nano-scale interphases. So far, his research has been backed by NSF, NASA, USGS, EREF and several other sponsors. He has published more than 110 peer-reviewed journal articles and submitted 7 patent applications to date. He has given more than 100 presentations including invited keynote lectures and invited talks at national and international meetings. He is an associate editor of Water Research and a member of Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors.