Ch., M.S. and Ph.D., and started his career as an tenure-track professor at The Citadel in Charleston, SC. Dr. Simone works at the nexus of research and business, developing new technologies at The University of Memphis to help drinking water utilities comply with ever stricter USEPA regulations of drinking water disinfection by-products. The new technologies are protected through patents and subsequently commercialized through Foundation Instruments, Inc. Foundation Instruments was co-founded with Gary L. Emmert and Wei Wu-Emmert, and is a high-tech, small business spun out from The University of Memphis.