About
Ian Pepper is Director of the WEST Center and a Professor at the University of Arizona. He holds dual appointments in the College of Public Health's Community, Environment, and Policy Department and the Department of Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering. His work focuses on environmental microbiology, pathogen behavior in air/water/soils/municipal wastes, and real-time contaminant detection in water systems.
- PhD in Soil Microbiology, The Ohio State University
- MS in Soil Biochemistry, The Ohio State University
- BS in Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Great Britain
His research spans environmental microbiology, pollution science, and water quality. He co-authored numerous books and journal articles while leading NSF Water Quality Center initiatives.
- Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology
- Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy
- Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America
At the University of Arizona, Dr. Pepper teaches undergraduate courses in Pollution Science and graduate-level Environmental Microbiology laboratory classes. He also directs both the WEST Center and the NSF Water Quality Center.
