 Curriculum Vitae |
Joe BrownExternal Adjunct ProfessorEnvironmental EngineeringSustainable Communities Ford ES&T404-385-4579joe.brown@ce.gatech.edu |
BIOGRAPHY
- PhD, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
- MPhil, Environment and Development, University of Cambridge
- BS, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alabama
Joe Brown is an adjunct professor in environmental engineering. Brown’s research and teaching interests are at the intersection of environmental engineering and public health, including water infrastructure sustainability, detection methods for pathogens and pathogen indicators in the environment, water treatment technology characterization and innovation, and human health effects of exposure to waterborne pathogens. He is a Professional Engineer (PE) with licensure in North Carolina and Alabama.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Water and wastewater microbiology
- Bioaerosols
- Antimicrobial resistance in the environment
- Engineering applications in underserved communities
HONORS & AWARDS
- 2017 NSF CAREER Award
- 2017 Women in Engineering (WIE) Faculty Teaching Award, Georgia Institute of Technology
- 2016 CEE Excellence in Research Program Development Award
- 2015 Young Future Leaders, STS Forum, National Academies
- 2015 Selected participant, Chinese-American Frontiers of Engineering, National Academies
RECENT PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
ARTICLES
- Bivins, A., Sumner, T., Kumpel, E., Howard, G., Cumming, O., Ross, I., Nelson, K., Brown, J. 2017. Estimating infection risks and the global burden of diarrheal disease attributable to intermittent water supply using QMRA. Environmental Science and Technology 51(13): 7542-7551.
- Berendes, D., Sumner, T., and Brown, J. 2017. Safely managed sanitation for all means fecal sludge management for at least 1.8 billion people in low and middle income countries. Environmental Science and Technology 51(5): 3074-3083. Burt, Z., Njee, R.M., Mbatia, Y., Msimbe, V., Brown, J., Clasen, T.F., Malebo, H.M., and Ray, I. 2016. User preferences and willingness to pay for safe drinking water: experimental evidence from rural Tanzania. Social Science and Medicine 173: 63-71.
- Burt, Z., Njee, R.M., Mbatia, Y., Msimbe, V., Brown, J., Clasen, T.F., Malebo, H.M., and Ray, I. 2016. User preferences and willingness to pay for safe drinking water: experimental evidence from rural Tanzania. Social Science and Medicine 173: 63-71.
- Chunga, R., Jenkins, M.W., Ensink, J., and Brown, J. 2016. Adopt or adapt: sanitation technology choices in urbanizing Malawi. PLoS ONE 11(8): e0161262. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161262
- Brown, J., Hamoudi, A., Jeuland, M., and Turrini, G. Seeing, believing, and behaving: Heterogeneous effects of an information intervention on household water treatment. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2016.08.005.
BOOKS
- Brown, J., Cavill, S., Cumming, O., and Jeandron, A. 2015. Water, sanitation, and hygiene in emergencies. Chapter in: Richard Carter (ed.) Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Humanitarian Contexts: Reflections on current practice. London: Practical Action Publishing. ISBN 9781853398841.
- Brown, J. and Grammer, P.* 2015. ‘Indicators of microbial quality’, in Bartram, J., with Baum, R., Coclanis, P.A., Gute, D. M., Kay, D., McFayden, S., Pond, K., Robertson, W. and Rouse, M.J. (eds) Routledge Handbook of Water and Health. London and New York: Routledge.
- Sobsey, M., and Brown, J. 2011. Evaluating household water treatment options: health-based targets and performance specifications. Geneva: World Health Organization. ISBN: 978 92 4 154822 9.
- Brown, J., Outlaw, T., Clasen, T., Wu, J., and Sobsey, M. 2009. Safe Water for All: Harnessing the Private Sector to Reach the Underserved. Washington, D.C.: World Bank/International Finance Corporation.
REPORTS
- Brown, J. and Chunga, R. When Pits Fill Up: Sanitation Technology Adoption and Adaptation in Urban Malawi. Water and Health Conference 2015: Where Science Meets Policy, Chapel Hill, NC.
- Brown, J. and Loo, A. Crowdsourcing Water Quality Data Using Low-Cost Quantal E. coli Tests with Ambient-Temperature Incubation. Water and Health Conference 2015: Where Science Meets Policy, Chapel Hill, NC.
- Brown, J. and Shaheed, A. A Multi-Site, Mixed-Methods Crossover Trial of Adherence to Point-of-Use Water Treatment in Post-Emergency Settings. Water and Health Conference 2015: Where Science Meets Policy, Chapel Hill, NC.
- Brown, J. and Cumming, O. MapSan: Measuring Health Impacts of Urban Sanitation in Maputo. Water and Health Conference 2015: Where Science Meets Policy, Chapel Hill, NC. Session organizer.
- Brown, J. Unknown knowns: measuring sanitation’s health impacts. International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases, 25 August 2015.
PRESENTATIONS
- Brown, J. The Maputo Sanitation trial. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 4 August. Invited talk.
- Brown, J. Small water supplies under the microscope. Indian Water Works Association. Nagpur, India. 9 July. Invited talk.
- Brown, J. Small water supplies under the microscope: water infrastructure sustainability, water quality, and health. Chinese-American Frontiers of Engineering, National Academy of Engineering. 2 June.
- Brown, J. Low cost ceramic filters for drinking water treatment. Yale University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. 29 January. Invited seminar.
- 2014--Brown, J. Sanitation and health in urban Maputo, Mozambique. Emory University, Center for Global Safe Water and Rollins School of Public Health. Invited seminar. April 18.
PATENTS
- Enhanced ceramic filter for drinking water treatment; J BROWN, M SOBSEY - WO Patent 2,006,128,187, 2006
