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Rainer Lohmann

Rainer Lohmann

Professor of Oceanography, The University of Rhode Island

Rainer is a Professor at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography; he has a degree in Chemical Engineering and Doctorate in Environmental Science.  He is Director of the URI-led Superfund Research Program Center on the Sources, Transport, Exposure and Effects of PFAS (STEEP). His research focuses on the detection, fate and transport of anthropogenic pollutants in the environment, often relying on passive samplers in the process.