Mark J. Rood holds a B.S.E.S. (Illinois Institute of Technology, 1978), an M.S. (University of Washington, 1982) and a Ph.D. (University of Washington, 1985) in Environmental Engineering. He has held the positions of Assistant Professor and Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UIUC and Auxiliary Faculty, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle Washington. He is currently Professor of Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UIUC and Program Coordinator of the Environmental Engineering and Science Program.

Dr. Rood has taught undergraduate-level courses “Environmental Quality Engineering” and “Air Quality Engineering,” and he has taught the graduate-level course “Control of Air Pollution from Stationary Sources.”

Dr. Rood has served as the Associate Editor for Journal of Air and Waste Management Association (1998 – present) and Journal of Environmental Engineering (1994-2002). He is currently the Editor of Journal of Environmental Engineering (2002-present). He has also served on numerous panels for National Science Foundation and United States Environmental Protection Agency.

Dr. Rood is a member of Tau Beta Pi (lifetime member), American Society of Civil Engineers (associate member), Air and Waste Management Association (member), American Chemical Society (member), and Association of Environmental Engineering Professors (AEESP). He received the Distinguished Service Recognition Award as Treasurer and Executive Board Member of AEESP (1993-1995).

Dr. Rood has been acknowledged for his teaching contributions by his inclusion in the Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers at UIUC, his advisees have received the AEESP/Montgomery Watson Thesis Award (1992, 2002) and Carbon’s Mrozowski Award (1997), he has received the Anderson Consulting Advisor Award, UIUC (1991, 1993, 1994, 1999), and he received the Richard A. Glenn Best Paper Award, Fuel Chemistry Division, 214th American Chemical Society National Meeting (1997). His graduate advisees have placed 1st, 2nd, or 3rd twelve times since 1989 at the Annual Conferences of the Air and Waste Management Association.