Gene Parkin Gene F. Parkin is a professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Iowa, and Director of the Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination. He received a B.S. Degree in Civil Engineering and an M.S. Degree in Santary Engineering from the University of Iowa and a Ph.D. Degree in Environmental Engineering from Stanford University. He taught at Drexel University for eight years before joining the faculty at the University of Iowa in 1986. His teaching interests have been in biological treatment processes and environmental chemistry. His research has been directed toward anaerobic biological processes and bioremediation of waters contaminated with organic chemicals. He has received the J. James R. Croes Medal from the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Harrison Prescott Eddy Medal from the Water Environment Federation. In 1989 he received the Hancher-Finkbine Medallion from the University of Iowa for outstanding teaching and leadership, and in 1999 he received a state of Iowa, Board of Regents Award for Faculty Excellance. Read More Read Less