Dr. T. Prabhakar Clement from Auburn University will discuss “Are Groundwater Models Reliable Tools for Reconstructing Historical Contamination Scenarios?” at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 30, in Room 209 Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Hall. The seminar is presented by the Environmental Research Center.

Clement is an Arthur H. Feagin Professor of civil engineering at Auburn. He earned a Ph.D. in civil engineering from Auburn in 1993, specializing in the areas of environmental engineering and groundwater hydrology. He earned a master of technology degree in environmental science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay, a master’s degree in physics from the American College at Madurai University in India, and a bachelor’s degree in physics from Loyola College at Madras University. Clement has won numerous honors and awards, and has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed journal articles.