Title: Director, WSLH Environmental Health Division
Professor, University of Wisconsin College of Engineering

Phone Number: (608) 224-6200

E-mail:sonzogni@mail.slh.wisc.edu

Education

• BS, University of Rhode Island MS, University of Wisconsin-Madison PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Fields of Interest

• fate and transport of toxic contaminants
• analytical chemistry of pollutants
• chemical limnology
• water resources management
• environmental toxicology

Selected Awards, Honors, and Societies

• International Association for Great Lakes Research
• Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
• American Water Resources Association
• North American Lake Management
• Society Wisconsin Laboratory Association
• Anderson-Everett Award-International Association for Great Lakes Research
• Tau Sigma Award-University of Rhode Island
• Trout Unlimited Education Award

Summary

I am interested in environmental research that can be applied to better manage our resources. In my faculty position at the UW College of Engineering, some specific problems my students and I have been working on involve the biological degradation of contaminants and the relative risks of various pollutants. We have also studied the analytical chemistry of detecting pollutants, including ways to lower detection limits. I am also interested in using various bioassays to assess the toxic potential of pollutants. Finally, applying research results to better manage our natural resources, such as Wisconsin's surface and ground waters, has always been a long-term goal of mine and of the WSLH Environmental Health Division.