Dr. Andrew Jackson is a Presidents Excellence in Research Professor and Provost’s Integrated Scholar in the Department of Civil Environmental and Construction Engineering at Texas Tech University. His research interests include evaluating the of a variety of contaminants, including: perchlorate, heavy metals, explosives, and chlorinated solvents, in natural environments, along with the development of methods to study these processes at appropriate scales. He has also been actively developing biological reactors for recycling of space habitation waste streams in closed loop life support systems for over 15 years. He has published over 100 journal publications and book chapters with more than 3000 citations. Andrew has served as a principal investigator on grants sponsored by a variety of agencies including EPA, DOE, SERDP, NASA, and USDA. Andrew received his B.S. degree in Biology from Rhodes College and a M.S. and Ph.D. from Louisiana State University in Engineering Science with an emphasis in Environmental Engineering. He is a board-certified environmental engineer, a registered professional engineer in Louisiana, and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has been recognized with several University and International awards including Environmental Science and Technology’s best paper of the year (2005), the ICES award (2018); Barnie Rushing Distinguished Research Award, and Presidents Excellence in Teaching Award.