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Faculty
Faculty

Kimberly L. Jones

Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs

  • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, CEA
  • College of Engineering and Architecture (CEA)
  • Initiative Lead
    Howard Forward: Enhance Academic Excellence

Biography

Dr. Kimberly L. Jones is Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs and Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Howard University. She holds a B.S in Civil Engineering from Howard University, a M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Illinois and a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University. She is a Fellow of the Association of Environmental Science and Engineering Professors (AEESP), a board-certified environmental engineer member, and a member of the International Women’s Forum. Her research interests include water and wastewater quality, environmental policy, membrane separations, global water treatment, environmental justice, risk evaluation and environmental nanotechnology.

In 2023, Dr. Jones was appointed chair of the Chartered Science Advisory Board (SAB) of the US EPA. She previously chaired the Drinking Water Committee and was liaison to the National Drinking Water Advisory Council of the SAB.  Dr. Jones also serves as a Presidential Appointee to the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS).  She serves as chair of the NSF Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education and on the NSF Engineering Advisory Committee, and the Committee to Advise the U.S. Global Change Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM).  She is an alternate Commissioner of the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin in Washington, DC., where she chairs the committee on justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. She also serves on the Management Board of the Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation (CRESP).

Dr. Jones has served on the Water Science and Technology Board of the National Academy of Sciences, and the Board of AEESP, where she was Secretary of the Board.  She has served on several committees of the NASEM, including the Committee on Environmental Engineering for the 21st Century: Addressing Grand Challenges.  She also served as the Deputy Director of the Keck Center for Nanoscale Materials for Molecular Recognition at Howard University and on the Center Steering Committee of the Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (CEINT). She also served as Associate Director for Diversity in the Urban Water Innovation Network (UWIN).

Dr. Jones has received the Researcher of the Year award from Howard University, a Top Women in Science Award from the National Technical Association, the Outstanding Young Civil Engineer award from University of Illinois Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, a NSF CAREER Award, an Outstanding Leadership and Service and Outstanding Faculty Mentor award from Howard University, and Top Women Achievers award from Essence Magazine.

Education & Expertise

Education

Environmental Engineering

Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University

Civil and Environmental Engineering

MS
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Civil Engineering

BS
Howard University

Expertise

Research, Teaching, Professional Development

Dr. Jones’ research interests include developing membrane processes for environmental applications, physical-chemical processes for water and wastewater treatment, remediation of emerging contaminants, global drinking water quality, environmental justice, and environmental nanotechnology.

Research

Research

Specialty

Environmental Engineering, water quality, wastewater treatment, membrane processes,

Funding

Dr. Jones' research interests include water and wastewater quality, environmental policy, membrane separations, global water treatment, environmental justice, risk evaluation and environmental nanotechnology. She has received funding from the National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, W.M. Keck Foundation, and D.C. Water. 

Accomplishments

Accomplishments

Honors and Awards, Synergistic Activities

Chair, Chartered Science Advisory Board of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2023 – present.
Board Member (Presidential Appointee), National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS), 2021 – present.
U.S. Global Change Research Program Committee Member, National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, 2021 – present.
Chair, Advisory Committee on Environmental Research and Education (AC-ERE; liaison to AC-Eng), National Science Foundation, 2020 – present.
Advisory Committee for Engineering (liaison to AC-ERE), National Science Foundation, 2021 – present.
Board Member, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Research Leadership Institute, (2021 – present)
Department Heads Coordinating Council (DHCC) of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) (2021-2022)
Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Chair, and Alt. Commissioner, Washington DC, Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin (ICPRB) (2016 – present)
Chair, Academic Sub-Committee, Program Prioritization Task Force, Howard University, 2017 – 2021.
Diversity Chair and Management Board Member, Urban Water Innovation Network (UWIN) 2015 – present.
Management Board Member, Center for Risk Evaluation and Stakeholder Participation (CRESP) 2012 – present.
Chair, Drinking Water Committee, Chartered Science Advisory Board, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2012 – 2017.
Chartered Science Advisory Board, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2011 – 2017.
Chartered Science Advisory Board Liaison, National Drinking Water Advisory Committee (2012 – 2017)
National Academy of Science Water, Science and Technology Board Member (2006 – 2012)
Steering Committee Member, Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (2008 – 2020)
Chair, Presidential Commission on Academic Renewal Undergraduate Subcommittee (2009 – 2010)
Expert Panel Member, Washington Aqueduct (2009 – 2010)
Associate Editor, ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering (2004 – 2008)
Board of Directors, Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (2003 – 2006; Secretary of Board of Directors, 2004 - 2006)
Deputy Director of Keck Center for the Design of Nanoscale Materials for Molecular Recognition
Planning Committee, Annual Nanotechnology Symposium, Howard University (2007 – 2011)
Executive Committee and Howard University Coordinator of Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates of ALS NSCORT Program (2002-2007)
Director of Graduate Programs, Department of Civil Engineering, 2001 – 2009
Mentor for NNIN Summer Experience for Undergraduates (1998- 2007, 2010, 2012)