Xingmao ‘Samuel’ Ma
Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
TWRI Emerging Contaminants Thematic Lab Director
Xingmao ‘Samuel’ Ma, Ph.D., P.E., was a 2022 TWRI Faculty Fellow and is an associate professor in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University. His research interests span from studying the fate and transport of emerging environmental contaminants such as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and micro/nanoplastics to developing effective treatment technologies for different environmental pollutants.
He is actively exploring novel new materials and advanced oxidation/reduction technologies to address the widespread PFAS challenges and other pollution problems in U.S. water and soils.
Ma is a three-degree environmental engineer and received his Ph.D. from the Missouri University of Science & Technology. He has been an assistant and then associate professor at Southern Illinois University Carbondale before he Joined Texas A&M University as a tenured associate professor.
Read more about Ma’s work in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
