{"683819":{"#nid":"683819","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Shane Snyder to Lead New Agilent Center of Excellence at Georgia Tech Focused on Water and the Environment ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAgilent Technologies Inc. and Georgia Tech have announced the establishment of an Agilent Center of Excellence for Environmental Health and Engineering to advance research in environmental sustainability, water recycling, and biologics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInternationally recognized environmental scientist Professor Shane Snyder from the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering will lead the center. The Center of Excellence will foster collaboration and innovation among researchers, serve as a hub for innovation in environmental characterization, and integrate Agilent\u2019s advanced cell analysis instruments and mass spectrometers to support research on rapid evaluation of water and environment safety.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Agilent Center will focus on:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDeveloping novel technologies for municipal and industrial water recycling.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAdvancing waste material upcycling and resource recovery.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EExploring cell-based analysis to rapidly evaluate complex environmental mixtures.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ETraining the next generation of scientists in sustainable environmental solutions.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Agilent is excited to collaborate with Professor Snyder and Georgia Tech on this Center of Excellence,\u0022 said Agilent CEO Padraig McDonnell. \u0022This partnership illustrates Agilent\u0027s objective to empower academic researchers with the tools and support they need to drive meaningful scientific progress - especially in the critical area of environmental health and safety.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESnyder, the Jos\u00e9 Domingo P\u00e9rez Foundation Chair, brings a distinguished background in water technologies. He previously served as President\u0027s Chair Professor at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and executive director of the Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute. His research focuses on sustainable water treatment and safety, waste materials upcycling, and resource recovery.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This partnership with Agilent enables us to push the boundaries of environmental research,\u0022 Snyder said. \u0022With access to state-of-the-art instrumentation and Agilent\u0027s scientific expertise, we will accelerate discoveries that address some of the world\u0027s most pressing sustainability challenges.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Center of Excellence is Agilent\u0027s third in the U.S. and the only one focused on environmental contaminant measurement and toxicity evaluation. It will be unique in exploring cell-based analysis to better understand the health relevance of complex chemical mixtures in environmental systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis collaboration builds on a longstanding relationship between Agilent and Snyder, who received an Agilent Research Catalyst Award in 2017 for his influential work in water-quality research. Among Agilent\u0027s Centers of Excellence, the Georgia Tech center will serve as a model for how industry and academia can work together to address global environmental challenges.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"The Center of Excellence will feature bio-environmental research to facilitate advancements in environmental health and safety."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Center of Excellence will feature bio-environmental research to facilitate advancements in environmental health and safety.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Center of Excellence will feature bio-environmental research to facilitate advancements in environmental health and safety."}],"uid":"35146","created_gmt":"2025-08-13 20:03:51","changed_gmt":"2025-08-13 20:30:39","author":"mweinman3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-08-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-08-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"677693":{"id":"677693","type":"image","title":"Snyder-Shane.JPG","body":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Shane Snyder\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1755115875","gmt_created":"2025-08-13 20:11:15","changed":"1755115875","gmt_changed":"2025-08-13 20:11:15","alt":"Professor Shane Snyder ","file":{"fid":"261625","name":"Snyder-Shane.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/08\/13\/Snyder-Shane_0.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/08\/13\/Snyder-Shane_0.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":15685667,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/08\/13\/Snyder-Shane_0.JPG?itok=tuSCFQ5e"}}},"media_ids":["677693"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMelissa Fralick\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["melissa.fralick@ce.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}