SPEAKER'S PROFILES
Nora Savage
Nora obtained her
bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering in 1992 from Prairie View A&M;
University, in Prairie View, Texas. She received two Masters Degrees (in
Environmental Engineering and Environmental Science) from the University of
Wisconsin-Madison, in Madison, Wisconsin in1995, and a doctoral degree in
Environmental Science from the same institution in 2000. She was employed by the Wisconsin Department
of Natural Resources in the Air Monitoring Division while attending graduate
school. In addition, she worked as a mentor/counselor for both high school and
undergraduate students through involvement in various educational programs at
UW-Madison, including serving as a Counselor for the Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program. Upon completion of her doctorate, she
obtained a one-year post-doctoral research associate position at Howard
University, in Washington DC, where she taught a senior-level Civil Engineering
class and worked on various educational initiatives in the graduate
school.
Her current position is that of
environmental engineer at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in
Washington, DC in the Office of Research and Development (ORD). Her focus areas include nanotechnology,
pollution prevention, and life cycle approaches for emerging technologies. She was instrumental in the development of
the Office of Research and Development Nanomaterial Research Strategy (NRS)
published in 2009.
She is currently the Nano Team Lead for the
National Center for Environmental Research within ORD. As Team Lead she manages
the Science To Achieve results (STAR) extramural grant program in
nanotechnology.
Nora is one of the Agency representatives
on the Nanoscale Science, Engineering and Technology (NSET) subcommittee of the
National Science and Technology Council that implements the activities and
strategies of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) and has served in
this role since 2001. Recently she
served as Co-Chair of the NNI’s Strategic Plan Task Force, the inter-agency
work group that developed the 2011 NNI Strategic Plan. Nora has authored and co-authored numerous
articles on nanotechnology in leading journals, including the Journal of
Nanoparticle Research and Toxicological Sciences. She was lead editor for the
book “Nanotechnology for Water Applications” and has contributed chapters to
several other books, including the Oxford Handbook of Nanoscience and
Technology, vol. III.
Nora is currently the Vice Chair of the
Gordon research Conference on Environmental Nanotechnology. The first meeting
for this GRC series will take place in May 2011 with subsequent meetings
occurring every two years. She will serve as Chair of this GRC in 2013 and
hopes to extend the scientific knowledge, identify critical opportunities and
challenges, increase national and international collaborative efforts, and
nurture an environmental consciousness in this field.
Nora is an invited lecturer at numerous
conferences and meetings both in the U.S. and abroad. She also is active in a
variety of scientific and professional organizations.
