Teaching

Whether in a packed lecture hall or an intimate seminar, my teaching style highlights the relevance of course material, and rapidly scaffolds students to higher-order learning in Bloom’s Taxonomy. I apply my award-winning presentation skills to each lecture, and engage students with an enthusiasm that I actively encourage them to adopt.

Teaching Experience

Instructor

Iowa State University                                                                                            

  • CE 5230: Physical-Chemical Treatment Processes (2022, 2023,2024)—Instructor of record, course developer             

  • ENVE 2010: Environmental Engineering Measurements and Analysis (2022,2024)—Instructor of record

University of California, Berkeley                                                                                            

  • CEE 115: Water Chemistry (2019)—Instructor of record                               

  • CEE 115: Water Chemistry (2016)—Graduate student instructor*

    *Outstanding graduate student instructor award

Mt. Tamalpais College/Patten University, San Quentin, CA

  • Developmental Math 50A (2019, 2020)—Lead instructor, co-instructor

  • Introduction to Public Health (2019)—Guest lecturer, “Environmental Toxicology”


Guest Lecturer

University of California, Berkeley

  • CEE 115: Water Chemistry (2016)—Guest lecturer, “Equilibrium modeling with Visual MINTEQ”

University of New Orleans                                                     

  • ENCE 4323: Design of Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants (2022)—Guest lecturer, “PFAS in Wastewater Treatment Plants”

University of Iowa                                                

  • CEE 5095: Career Paths in Sustainable Water Dev. (2022)—Guest lecturer, “Academic Job Market”

Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO

  • CEEN 551: Environmental Organic Chemistry (2021)—Guest lecturer, “Indirect Photolysis”

Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA

  • CENG 5136 (G) Watershed Management (2021)—Guest lecturer, “Stormwater & Runoff”                

Presentations

Whether speaking to an academic conference or to a lay audience, my presentations communicate the importance and wonder of science, engineering, and water.

 

Presentation & Keynote Videos

 

University of California, Berkeley graduate student, Joe Charbonnet, delivers a 3-minute summary of his research that earned him the win at UC's 2018 Grad Slam.

Joe Charbonnet addresses the 2018 graduation ceremony for masters and doctoral degree candidates from the College of Engineering.

“PFAS: Synthesis of Practice and Research Needs” Transportation Research Board AMS20 Resource Conservation and Recovery Committee; Washington, DC (virtual meeting). January 10, 2024

“Protecting Ourselves from Forever Chemicals” Iowa Ideas Conference; Cedar Rapids, IA (virtual meeting). October 12, 2023

“PFAS 101” 31st Annual Iowa Water Environment Association Biosolids Conference; Ankeny, IA. March 15, 2023

“PFAS – A Scientific Overview” Iowa Association of Water Agencies Conference; Ames, IA. May 19, 2022

“School So Nice You Do It Twice: Everything to Know About Graduate School” Colorado School of Mines SHPE Chapter Meeting; Golden, CO. November 6, 2020

“(I Want to Be in) The Room Where It Happens: Private Code Making” Flame Retardant & PFAS Dilemma. Berkeley, CA. February 7, 2020.

“Better than an Elevator Deal: The Value of Pitch Contests” University of California GradSlam, Campus Finals; University of California, Berkeley. April 3, 2019 

“Mind in the Gutter: Radically Rethinking Stormwater” California Water Environment Association Pretreatment, Pollution Prevention, Stormwater Conference; Seaside, CA. February 11, 2019

“Radically Reimagining a Less Toxic Word” Science Leadership and Management Club; University of California, Berkeley. September 9, 2019

“Water You Talking About? Myths and facts about our world's most vital resource” Pint of Science Festival-San Francisco; Martinez, CA. May 20, 2019

“Student Address: Why We Are Called Bears” Graduate Engineering Commencement; University of California, Berkeley. May 15, 2018 (See video above)

“A Stormwater Solution” University of California GradSlam, System-Wide Finals; San Francisco, CA. May 3, 2019* (See video above)

“A Stormwater Solution” University of California GradSlam, Berkeley Campus Competition; Berkeley, CA. May 3, 2019*†

“Start Using Stormwater” California Science Translators Showcase; State Capitol, Sacramento, CA. April 13, 2018

“Stormwater: From Pollution to Solution” NSF National Perfect Pitch Competition, ERC Biennial Meeting; Arlington, VA. November 21, 2014*

*Judges’ first place award; †audience first place award

Invited Talks and Keynote Addresses

Doctoral Dissertation Seminar

Joe Charbonnet’s PhD Exit Seminar.

Scholarly Presentations

Charbonnet, J. A., Teixido, M., LeFevre, G.H., Luthy, R. & Sedlack, D.L. Pilot scale biofiltration with engineered geomedia: Successes and Challenges in Stormwater Treatment. 266th National Meeting of the ACS. San Francisco, CA. August 16, 2023. Oral Presentation

Charbonnet, J. A., McDonough, C.A., Xiao, F., Schwichtenberg, T., Cao, D., Kaserzon, S., Thomas, K.V., Dewapriya, P. Place, B.J., Schymanski, E.L., Field, J.A., Helbling, D.E. & Higgins, C.P. PFAS Identification: Communicating Confidence in HRMS Applications. Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors Research and Education Conference. Boston, MA. June 21, 2023. Oral Presentation

Charbonnet, J. A., Rodowa, A., Higgins, C., Helbling, D., Houtz, E. Current and Future Techniques for Environmental Source Tracking of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl substances. 264th National Meeting of the ACS. Chicago, IL. August 21, 2022. Oral Presentation

Charbonnet, J. A., Rodowa, A., Higgins, C., Helbling, D., Houtz, E. Current and Future Techniques for Environmental Source Tracking of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl substances. Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors Research and Education Conference. St. Louis, MO. June 29, 2022. Oral Presentation

Charbonnet, J. A. Persistent, Perfluorinated, Perplexing: PFAS Forensics. Environmental Engineering, University of Iowa. Iowa City, IA. April 22, 2022. Departmental Seminar

Charbonnet, J. A. Persistent, Perfluorinated, Perplexing: PFAS Forensics. Environmental Engineering and Water Resources Group, Iowa State University. Ames, IA. March 22, 2022. Departmental Seminar

Charbonnet, J. A., Rodowa, A., Helbling, D., Houtz, E., Higgins, C. Source Tracking for PFAS Forensics: Current and Future Techniques. GRA Western Groundwater Congress. Burbank, CA. September 14, 2021. Oral Presentation

Charbonnet, J. A. I Want to Be in the Room Where It Happens: Environmental Engineers Shaping Policy. Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines. Golden, CO. September 25, 2020. Departmental Seminar

Charbonnet, J. A., Duan Y., Van Genuchten, C. & Sedlak, D. L. Manganese oxide-coated sand for the removal of trace metal ions from stormwater. 260th National Meeting of the ACS. San Francisco, CA (virtual meeting). August 19, 2020. Oral Presentation

Charbonnet, J. A. Sewers to Slabs: radically Re-imagining a Less Toxic World. California Department of Toxic Substances Control. Berkeley, CA. July 10, 2019. Environmental Chemistry Lab Departmental Seminar

Charbonnet, J.A., Babrauskas, V., Diamond, M. & Blum, A. How to limit flame retardant use: the class concept or code reform? 9th International Symposium on Flame Retardants. Montréal, QC. May 14, 2019.

Charbonnet, J. A. Mind in the Gutter: Radically Rethinking Stormwater with Environmental Chemistry. Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley. Berkeley, CA. April 27, 2018. Departmental Seminar (see video above)

Charbonnet, J. A., Duan Y., Van Genuchten, C. & Sedlak, D. L. Chemical regeneration of Mn-oxide coated sand for oxidation of organic stormwater contaminants. 255th National Meeting of the   ACS. New Orleans, LA. March 20, 2018. Oral Presentation

Charbonnet, J. A., Grebel, J. E., Lammers, L. N. & Sedlak, D. L. Manganese Oxide Geomedia and its Regeneration for Passive Treatment of Urban Stormwater Contaminants. 2015 AEESP Research and Education Conference.New Haven, CT. June 15, 2015. Poster Presentation 

Charbonnet, J. A., Grebel, J. E., & Sedlak, D. L. Novel Manganese Oxide Geomedia for Passive Treatment of Urban Stormwater Contaminants. 248th National Meeting of the ACS. San Francisco, CA. August 13, 2014. Oral Presentation

Charbonnet, J. A., Grebel, J. E., & Sedlak, D. L. Manganese Oxide Geomedia for Passive Treatment of Urban Stormwater Contaminants. Gordon Research Seminar on Environmental Sciences: Water. Holderness, NH. June 21, 2014. Poster Presentation