Dr. Heriberto Cabezas is the acting director of the Sustainable Technology Division in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development. Dr. Cabezas joined the National Risk Management Research Laboratory (NRMRL) of the Office of Research and Development at the EPA in October 1994.

At NRMRL, he is the chief of the Sustainable Environments Branch, a multidisciplinary research group of approximately 20 scientists and engineers, with 15 at the doctoral level. Dr. Cabezas served as chair of the Environmental Division at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in 2006. He was the recipient of the Sustainable Technology Division 1997 Individual Achievement Award, the 1998 EPA Science Achievement Award in Engineering, and the EPA Office of Research and Development’s 2003 Diversity Leadership Award.

Dr. Cabezas earned his bachelor’s degree from New Jersey Institute of Technology, and his master’s degree and Ph.D. from the University of Florida, all in chemical engineering. His principal area of research is the sustainable management of complex environmental systems. Dr. Cabezas is a past Chair of the Environmental Division of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). He is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a board certified member of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers.

 
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