Harry Beller

Harry has pursued his interest in environmental issues by studying the cycling and fate of organic and inorganic pollutants in surface and subsurface aquatic environments. He received a BA degree in Environmental Science from Wesleyan University and an MS degree in Chemical Oceanography from Oregon State University. His MS research was in the field of environmental organic geochemistry. After completing his PhD in Civil/Environmental Engineering at Stanford University, Harry continued at Stanford as a postdoctoral researcher studying the biochemistry of anaerobic alkylbenzene degradation, which has relevance to the intrinsic biodegradation of gasoline contamination in aquifers. After completing his postdoctoral work, Harry was a Senior Environmental Scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where he applied tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) to a range of environmental studies and led genome-enabled research (including whole-genome transcriptional studies and development of a genetic system) on uranium and iron biogeochemistry in anaerobic environments. He is currently a Staff Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where he also serves as a Director of Biofuels Pathways in the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI). In addition, he is an Adjunct Professor of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry at the University of Toronto and serves on the Executive Committee of the University of California Toxic Substances Research and Teaching Program.