Environmental Chemistry, Ninth Edition
Stanley E. Manahanis professor emeritus of chemistry at the University of Missouri–Columbia, where he has been on the faculty since 1965. He received his AB in chemistry from Emporia State University in 1960 and his PhD in analytical chemistry from the University of Kansas in 1965. Since 1968 his primary research and professional activities have been in environmental chemistry, toxicological chemistry, and waste treatment. His classic textbook,Environmental Chemistry, has been in print continuously in various editions since 1972 and is the longest standing title on this subject in the world. His other books areFundamentals of Environmental Chemistry,3rd ed. (Taylor & Francis/CRC Press, 2009),Fundamentals of Sustainable Chemical Science(Taylor & Francis/CRC Press, 2009),Environmental Science and Technology, 2nd ed. (Taylor & Francis, 2006),Green Chemistry and the Ten Commandments of Sustainability, 2nd ed. (ChemChar Research, Inc, 2006),Toxicological Chemistry and Biochemistry, 3rd ed. (CRC Press/Lewis Publishers, 2001),Industrial Ecology: Environmental Chemistry and Hazardous Waste(CRC Press/Lewis Publishers, 1999),Environmental Science and Technology(CRC Press/ Lewis Publishers, 1997),Hazardous Waste Chemistry, Toxicology and Treatment(Lewis Publishers, 1992),Quantitative Chemical Analysis(Brooks/Cole, 1986), andGeneral Applied Chemistry, 2nd ed. (Willard Grant Press, 1982). Dr. Manahan has lectured on the topics of environmental chemistry, toxicological chemistry, waste treatment, and green chemistry throughout the United States as an American Chemical Society Local Section Tour Speaker and has presented plenary lectures on these topics in international meetings in Puerto Rico; the University of the Andes in Merida, Venezuela; Hokkaido University in Japan; the National Autonomous University in Mexico City; France; and Italy. He was the recipient of the Year 2000 Award of the Environmental Chemistry Division of the Italian Chemical Society. His research specialty is gasification of hazardous wastes.