
David Jassby
PROFESSOR
CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
5732G Boelter Hall
Email: jassby@ucla.eduPhone: (310) 825-1346
Websites
RESEARCH AND INTERESTS
Water treatment and desalination, membrane separation processes, membrane material fabrication, electrochemistry, and environmental applications of nanotechnology.
NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS
IN THE NEWS
- Lithium Startups Bet on High Demand in Battery-Powered Future | Bloomberg, August 2024
- Singapore to Build World’s Largest Facility to Boost Carbon-Removal Power of the Ocean | TIME, February 2024
- PUB to build world’s largest facility to help remove CO2 from ocean | The Straits Times, February 2024
- Equatic unveils plans for largest ocean-based carbon removal plant | GasWorld, February 2024
- World’s largest ocean-based carbon dioxide removal plant to be built in Singapore | CNA, February 2024
- LA Tech Week: Local Climate Investors Assess and Vet Green Startups | dot.LA, June 2023
- As the Colorado River Shrinks, Water Managers See Promise in Recycling Sewage | Wyoming Public Radio, September 2022
EDUCATION
- Ph.D. (2011), Duke University
- M.S. (2005), University of California, Davis
- B.Sc. (2002), Hebrew University of Jerusalem
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
- 2016 National Science Foundation, CAREER Award
- ACS Petroleum Research Fund’s Doctoral New Investigator Award
COURSES
C&EE 255A: Physical and Chemical Processes for Water and Wastewater Treatment