Danny Reible is the Donovan Maddox Distinguished Engineering Chair and Paul Whitfield Horn Professor at Texas Tech University where he guides the development of the Maddox Environmental Engineering Research Center. He holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Caltech and in 2005 was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for “the development of widely used means of managing contaminated sediments”. His current research is focused on sustainable management of water resources, technologies and practices for the use and reuse of brackish and produced waters, and the assessment and remediation of contaminated soils and sediments.