PFAS

Jun 17, 2022

CCEE’s Dr. Detlef Knappe selected for DEQ Applied Research Fellowship

CCEE professor Dr. Detlef Knappe was chosen as the Spring 2023 Fellow of the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Applied Research Fellowship. The award, which was recently launched by the… 

Jun 14, 2022

CCEE’s Dr. Detlef Knappe honored by City of Wilmington for GenX research

CCEE’s Dr. Detlef Knappe’s work discovering and tracing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) compounds in the Cape Fear River basin in eastern North Carolina was recognized by a grateful city… 

Jun 7, 2022

CCEE’s Dr. Detlef Knappe’s research on Cape Fear River contamination highlighted in WRAL

CCEE professor Dr. Detlef Knappe’s work discovering and tracing GenX, a man-made chemical compound, and other per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) compounds in eastern North Carolina’s Cape Fear River was… 

May 11, 2022

Dr. Detlef Knappe’s water testing research featured in NC Health News article

A recent article from health care nonprofit NC Health News highlights CCEE professor Dr. Detlef Knappe’s work with water testing and and research on filters designed to remove per- and polyfluoroalkyl… 

Oct 25, 2021

CCEE’s Dr. Detlef Knappe’s PFAS research highlighted in “New York Times” article

Dr. Detlef Knappe, a S. James Ellen Distinguished Professor in the CCEE Department, was recently highlighted in a “New York Times” article for his research on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).… 

Oct 20, 2021

EPA Administrator Michael Regan, Gov. Roy Cooper, other officials tour CCEE labs, discuss PFAS efforts

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan, N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper and other federal and local officials stopped by Fitts-Woolard Hall for a tour of CCEE’s environmental labs and to discuss…