Dr. Marc Beutel is a full professor of environmental engineering in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at UC Merced. Dr. Beutel earned a B.S. degree in civil and environmental engineering from UCLA and an M.S. degree in environmental engineering and a Ph.D. degree in civil and environmental engineering from UC Berkeley. His research focuses on the sustainable management of dilute pollutants in the aquatic environment. Research topics include strategies to repress mercury bioaccumulation in California reservoirs, including super-oxygenation using pure oxygen gas, and the use of natural treatment systems, including surface-flow vegetated wetlands and rock biofilters, to enhance surface water quality.