Navid Saleh is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of South Carolina. Before joining USC in January 2009, Dr. Saleh was a post-doctoral trainee at the Chemical Engineering Department, Yale University, New Haven, CT (since June 2007). Dr. Saleh received his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA, in May 2007 in Civil and Environmental Engineering and his BS degree was completed at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh in Civil Engineering in 2001. His research interests include (1) fundamental aggregation and deposition behavior of nanomaterials, (2) nanomaterials for environmental remediation, (3) engineering application of nanomaterials (composite materials, sensors), and (4) engineering education. Dr. Saleh has received two NSF awards as the PI within less than two years of his hire as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Saleh has publications in a number of peer reviewed journals that include Environmental Science and Technology, Nano Letters, Langmuir, Journal of Nanotechnology, Environmental Health Perspectives, Environmental Engineering and Science etc.

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