Position Title
Member, Environmental Health Sciences Center
Dr. Thomas Young is a professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and an Associate Director of the Superfund Research Program. His research uses chemical principles to improve understanding of natural and engineered systems and to contribute to solving important environmental problems.
Positions at UC Davis
- Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Associate Director, Superfund Research Program
Major Research Papers
Abrahamsson, Dimitri & Siddharth, Adi & Young, Thomas & Sirota, Marina & Park, June-Soo & Martin, Jonathan & Woodruff, Tracey. (2022). In Silico Structure Predictions for Non-targeted Analysis: From Physicochemical Properties to Molecular Structures. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. 33. 10.1021/jasms.1c00386.
Hattaway, Madison & Black, Gabrielle & Young, Thomas. (2023). Batch correction methods for nontarget chemical analysis data: application to a municipal wastewater collection system. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 415. 10.1007/s00216-023-04511-2.
Budd, Robert & Teerlink, Jennifer & Alaimo, Christopher & Wong, Luann & Young, Thomas. (2023). Sub-sewershed Monitoring to Elucidate Down-the-Drain Pesticide Sources. Environmental science & technology. 57. 10.1021/acs.est.2c07443.
Ragbir, Prabhash & Kaduwela, Ajith & Passovoy, David & Amin, Preet & Ye, Shuchen & Wallis, Christopher & Alaimo, Christopher & Young, Thomas & Kong, Zhaodan. (2023). UAV-Based Wildland Fire Air Toxics Data Collection and Analysis. Sensors. 23. 3561. 10.3390/s23073561.
Mauduit, Florian & Segarra, Amélie & Sherman, Julia & Hladik, Michelle & Wong, Luann & Young, Thomas & Lewis, Levi & Hung, Tien-Chieh & Fangue, Nann & Connon, Richard. (2023). Bifenthrin, a Ubiquitous Contaminant, Impairs the Development and Behavior of the Threatened Longfin Smelt during Early Life Stages. Environmental science & technology. 57. 10.1021/acs.est.3c01319.
- BS, with Honors, Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University, 1985
- MP, Graduate School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley, 1987
- PhD, Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, 1996
- Alumni Distinguished Scholarship, Michigan State University (1981-1985)
- Harry S. Truman Scholarship, Truman Scholarship Foundation (1983-1987)
- Berkeley Policy Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley (1985-1987)
- Benton Fellowship, University of Michigan (1990)
- Certificate of Merit for First Presentation, American Chemical Society (1994)
- Outstanding Environmental Engineering Graduate Student, University of Michigan (1995)
- Graduate Student Award, American Chemical Society, Environmental Chemistry Division (1996)
- NSF Career Award Recipient (1998)
- Distinguished Service Award, Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (2004)