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Daniel Oerther
Oerther at the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
Born
Daniel Barton Oerther

(1972-10-11)October 11, 1972
Columbus, Ohio, USA
NationalityAmerican
Other namesDan Oerther
CitizenshipUnited States of America
Alma materNorthwestern University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Known forGRoWES project, COAST parametric insurance product, Modified mastery learning
AwardsPohland Medal, AEESP (2017), Leal Award, AWWA (2018), Quinn Award, ASEE (2019), Wald Award, NLN (2019), Fair Medal, WEF (2020)
Scientific career
FieldsEnvironmental Health Engineering, Environmental Biotechnology, Sustainable Development, Mastery learning
InstitutionsUniversity of Cincinnati, Missouri University of Science and Technology, United States Department of State, American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists
ThesisUsing molecular signature methods to measure the in situ physiology of Acinetobacter spp. in enhanced biological phosphorus removal activated sludge (2002)
Doctoral advisorLutgarde Raskin
Doctoral studentsPascal Saikaly, Regina Lamendella
Websitepeople.mst.edu/faculty/oertherd/index.html

Daniel Barton Oerther (born October 11, 1972) is an American professor. He is best known for leadership bridging engineering and nursing to advance environmental health practice through science diplomacy. Oerther uses 16S ribosomal RNA-targeted techniques for fundamental studies of the ecology of bacteria in engineered and natural systems.[1] He promotes transdisciplinarity among engineers, nurses, and sanitarians[2][3][4] to improve access to clean water, nutritious food, and energy efficiency in developing communities.[5][6] Oerther practices innovation in the scholarship of teaching and learning, including modified mastery learning.[7][8][9]

Life and education

Born in Columbus, OH, Oerther grew up in Louisville, KY, and graduated from Saint Xavier High School. He earned a Baccalaureate of Arts (BA) in Biological Sciences (1995) and a Baccalaureate of Sciences (BS) in Environmental Engineering (1995) from Northwestern University. He earned a Masters of Science (MS) in Environmental Engineering (1998) and a Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) (2002) from the University of Illinois. He completed post-doctoral training in microbial ecology at the Marine Biological Laboratory, environmental health at the University of Cincinnati, public health at Johns Hopkins University, and public administration at Indiana University.

Employment

University of Cincinnati

Oerther served as Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Cincinnati[10] He created a campus-wide minor in sustainability[11] and founded a student chapter of Engineers Without Borders.[12] Nancy L. Zimpher recognized Oerther with the President's Excellence Award in 2007.[13]

Missouri University of Science and Technology

In 2010, Oerther joined the faculty of the Missouri University of Science and Technology as the John A. and Susan Mathes Endowed Chair of Environmental Engineering. He promoted the Solar Village,[14] and established the Diplomacy Lab program on campus.[15] Mun Choi recognized Oerther with the President's Award for Cross-Cultural Engagement in 2017 and the University of Missouri System's C. Brice Ratchford Fellowship in 2019 for advancing the institution's land grant mission[16]

United States Department of State

Daniel Oerther at the United States Department of State in 2015

From 2014 to 2019, Oerther was a Foreign Affairs Officer at the United States Department of State in the Secretary's Office of Global Food Security.[17] He represented the United States at the Second International Conference on Nutrition,[18] the launch of the Blue Growth Network in St. George's, Grenada, the second Our Ocean Conference in Valparaiso, Chile,[19] and the 43rd plenary session of the Committee on World Food Security in Rome, Italy. Ambassador Nancy Stetson recognized Oerther with a Meritorious Honor Award for his efforts to create COAST.[20] Oerther's additional recognitions from the State Department include the 2005 Fulbright-Nehru Scholar to the Indian Institute of Science, India, the 2012 Fulbright-ALCOA Distinguished Chair to the Federal University of Western Para, Brazil,[21] and the 2019 Fulbright Scholar to King's College London, UK.[22]

American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists

Daniel Oerther addressing the 2016 AAEES Spring Meeting

In 2013, Oerther was elected Treasurer of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists.[23] He served as President in 2022,[24] and he currently serves as Executive Director.[25] His awards from the Academy include the 2016 Superior Achievement Award for, "Improved water quality in Ixcan, Guatemala." Throughout 2020, Oerther served as the Academy's Kappe Distinguished Lecturer.[26]

Appointments

Chartered Institute of Environmental Health

In 2020, Oerther joined the Board of Trustees of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH).[27][28] In August 2022, the CIEH announced Oerther's appointment to Chair the Board of Trustees beginning in January 2023.[29][28] Two months later, in March 2023, 84.5% of members supported a motion of no confidence in Oerther and the Board of Trustees.[30] Oerther did not resign but was removed as Chair[31] and the CIEH announced a second Special Meeting to be held on 27 April 2023.[32] This time 88.3% of CIEH members supported a further motion of no confidence in Oerther and the remaining trustees.[33]

Engineers Without Borders USA

In 2020, Oerther was appointed to the Board of Directors of Engineers Without Borders – USA.[34] In 2022, he was elected Treasurer.

Missouri Hazardous Waste Management Commission

In 2020, Oerther was appointed to the Missouri Hazardous Waste Management Commission by Governor Mike Parson (R).[35] In 2022, he was elected Chair of the Commission.

Fellowships

In the United States, Oerther is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (2016), the Academy of Nursing Education of the National League for Nursing (2018),[36] and the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (2020).[37]

In the United Kingdom, Oerther is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (2017), the Royal Society for Public Health (2017),[38] the Society of Environmental Engineers (2018),[39] the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (2018),[40] and the Society of Operations Engineers (2020).

Additional appointments

Oerther is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Environmental Engineering, published by the American Society of Civil Engineers.[41] Previously he was an Associate Editor of the journal, Water Environment Research, published by the Water Environment Federation, and a member of the International Advisory Board of the journal, Perspectives in Public Health, published by the Royal Society for Public Health.

Oerther is a Visiting Professor at the Institute of Science and Technology for Advanced Studies and Research, Gujarat, India; an adjunct professor in the School of Life Sciences, Manipal University in Karnataka, India; a Faculty Consultant at Future University in Egypt. He was previously an adjunct professor at UFOPA and a visiting scholar at King's College London.

Oerther was a member of the Board of Directors and the Chief Information Officer of the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (2007-2010).[42]

From 2013 to 2021, Oerther was a member of the Board of Directors of the Sigma Theta Tau International Building Corporation.[43] He served as Treasurer from 2019 to 2021.

Selected work

Oerther co-led studies to address food deserts in urban Cincinnati,[44] and rural Missouri. And he has worked to eliminate childhood stunting in Brazil, Guatemala, and South Africa through the Global Research on WaSH - water, sanitation, and hygiene - to Eliminate childhood Stunting (GRoWES) project.[45]

Oerther helped to design, finance, construct, and equip community health clinics in Tanzania[46] and Ghana.

Oerther helped bring clean drinking water and community latrines to villages in Kenya,[47] Tanzania, and India.

Oerther co-founded PulaCloud, LLC to bring entry-level jobs in human computation supporting the knowledge-economy to Kenya and to rural Missouri.[48]

Oerther and his family demonstrated small-home living in Missouri.[14]

Oerther helped to design and launch a parametric insurance product, which aims to formalize the artisanal fishing sector throughout the Caribbean as a way of improving governance and sustainable management of catch fisheries via COAST - the Caribbean Ocean and Aquaculture Sustainability faciliTy.[49][50]

Scholarly activities

Environmental biotechnology

Oerther is part of a team of faculty working in the field of environmental biotechnology – where 16S ribosomal RNA-targeted techniques and microbial genomics are used to advance the understanding of ecology in engineered and natural systems used by environmental engineers and scientists to treat water, soils, and gases.[51] His contributions have included:

Interprofessional environmental health

Oerther works with teams of engineers, nurses, and other health care professionals to work alongside developing communities around the world as part of community-based participatory research (CBPR).[55] His contributions have included:

Scholarship of teaching and learning

Awards

Oerther's awards include:

Daniel Oerther thanking the crowd at the AWWA annual meeting 2018 in Las Vegas
Daniel Oerther addressing the 2019 NLN Convocation

Bibliography

Oerther has more than 130 publications listed on Scopus. These publications have been cited more than 2,500 times, and Oerther has an h-index of more than 20. Examples of his most-cited articles include:

  • Alm, Elizabeth; Oerther, Daniel; Larsen, Neils; Stahl, David; Raskin, Lutgarde (1996). "The oligonucleotide probe database". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 62 (10): 3557–3559. Bibcode:1996ApEnM..62.3557A. doi:10.1128/aem.62.10.3557-3559.1996. PMC 168159. PMID 8837410.
  • Choi, H.; Zhang, Kai; Dionysiou, Dionysious; Oerther, Daniel; Sorial, George (2005). "Effect of permeate flux and tangential flow on membrane fouling for wastewater treatment". Separation and Purification Technology. 45 (1): 68–78. doi:10.1016/j.seppur.2005.02.010.
  • Lamendella, Regina; Santo Domingo, Jorge; Ghosh, Shreya; Martinson, J.; Oerther, Daniel (2011). "Comparative fecal metagenomics unveils unique functional capacity of the swine gut". BMC Microbiology. 11: 103. doi:10.1186/1471-2180-11-103. PMC 3123192. PMID 21575148.

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