John Fortner is a Professor at Yale University within the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, where he is also the Director of Undergraduate Studies. Prior to Yale, Fortner was faculty at Washington University in St. Louis (2010–2018). He held postdoctoral fellowships at Rice University and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ). He recieved a B.S. from Texas A&M University and a Ph.D. from Rice University.
Learn more about Professor Fortner’s teaching, research, and publications.
Appointments
2023–Present • Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Yale University
2019–2022 • Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Yale University
2016–2018 • INCEES Career Development Associate Professor
Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering
International Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability
Washington University in St. Louis
2010–2016 • ICARES Career Development Assistant Professor
Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering
International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability
Washington University in St. Louis
2008–2010 • Intelligence Community (IC) Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Chemistry & Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology
Rice University / U.S. Intelligence Community
2007–2008 • Postdoctoral Fellow
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
2005, 2007 • Visiting Scholar (2005) / Postdoctoral Fellow (2007)
Institute for Geotechnical Engineering
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ)
2004–2006 • Visiting Scholar
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Select Awards & Honors
Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry (2021–present)
Appointee, U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Board on Chemical Science and Technology, 2020–2023
Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize (2020), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Vice Chair (2019) and Chair (2021) of the Environmental Nanotechnology Gordon Research Conference (GRC) (elected 2017)
Graduate Advisor (along with Dr. Pratim Biswas, WUStL), Dr. Yi Jiang (recipient) of CH2M Hill / Association for Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP), Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award (2017)
2016–2017 School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS; WUStL) Dean’s Teaching Award Awarded to one School wide faculty member annually for their outstanding contributions to the School’s educational mission
Mindlin Foundation Scholar (2016–2018)
2015–2016 EECE Faculty Teaching Award Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering (EECE), Washington University in St. Louis
2015 Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization (SNO) Emerging Investigator
U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award (2015)
Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award (2012), Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)
American Chemical Society, Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) Doctoral New Investigator (DNI) Award (2012)
International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability (I-CARES) Career Development Professorship (2011–2018)
Intelligence Community (IC) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2008-2010)
CH2M Hill / Association for Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP), Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award (2007)