Dr. James Malley

Davison Professor of Environmental Engineering

344 Environmental Technology Building
Civil Engineering, UNH
Durham, NH 03824

Research Overview

Dr. Malley has over twenty years experience in the environmental engineering field including physical and chemical treatment of drinking water, domestic and industrial wastewater and hazardous and solid wastes. Both Dr. Malley's MS and Ph.D. research were in the area of physical/chemical treatment of drinking water. Dr. Malley is a national and international advisor to water utilities in the areas of coagulation, dissolved air flotation, and disinfection using UV irradiation, chlorine, chloramines, chlorine dioxide or ozone.

Dr. Malley has directed numerous pilot plant studies on disinfection of waters to minimize disinfection by-products (DBPs) and control protozoan (Giardia and Cryptosporidium) cysts, viruses, Legionella and other bacteria. Since 1992, Dr. Malley has received about $5.3 million dollars in research funding to study and optimize alternative disinfection technologies for drinking water that minimize disinfection by-products and optimize inactivation of cysts and viruses. Dr. Malley is a technical advisor on disinfection processes to the USEPA, AWWA, AWWARF, WERF, EPRI and NSF International.

Dr. Malley was the fouding President of the International Ultraviolet Association (IUVA). During his tenure as president, the IUVA has grown from twenty to six hundred members representing twenty countries.

Dr. Malley has been the invited key note speaker on UV disinfection at conferences in five countries. Dr. Malleys research involves both his graduate students and his undergraduate students in projects on the selection, design and operation of disinfection systems for cities in the U.S. and around the world including Atlanta, Boston, New York, Paris, Rotterdam, Seattle, And Sydney.

Selected Publications

Malley, J.P., Jr., Snicer, G.A. and Doucette, A.M. "Alternative Disinfection Strategies for Small Systems," Journal New England Water Works Association, Vol. 115, No. 1, pp. 41-59 (The 2002 NEWWA Past President's Award winner for best paper by multiple authors).

Malley, J.P., Jr., "UV Disinfection-Theory to Practice" (Refereed) Chapter in Encyclopedia of Microbiology, John Wiley & Sons, NY, NY January 2002.

Malley, J.P., Jr., Petri, B.A., Hunter, G.L, Moran, D. , Nadeau, M. and Leach, J (2001) "Full-Scale Implementation of UV in Groundwater Disinfection Systems," AWWARF Final Report, Denver, CO.

Snicer, G.A., Malley, J.P., Jr., Margolin, A.B. and Hogan, S.A., (2000) "UV Inactivation of Viruses in Natural Waters," AWWARF Final Report, Denver, CO.

Shaw, J.P., Malley, J.P., Jr., and Willoughby, S.A. "The Effect of Ultraviolet (UV) Irradiation on Organic Matter in Natural Waters", Journal American Water Works Association, Vol. 92, No. 4, pp. 157-167 (2000)

Malley, J.P., Jr., Chapter 11. "Control of Disinfection By-Product Formation Using Ultraviolet Light" Formation and Control of Disinfection By-Products in Drinking Water (Singer, P.C., editor). AWWA Publishing, Denver, CO pp. 223-235 (1999).

Selected Grants

Evaluation of Disinfection Effectiveness for Cedar Rapids, IA - Effects of Synergistic Disinfection on Adenovirus Inactivation," funded by City of Cedar Rapids, IA to CH2M Hill to UNH (2002-2003; $46,000) PI. J.P. Malley, Jr.

Disinfection Design for the MWRA-CVA Supply" funded by MWRA to CH2M Hill to UNH (2002-2004; $87,000) PI. J.P. Malley, Jr.

"Evaluation of the Synergistic Effects of Ozone and UV for Surface Waters (Boston, Concord (MA) and LasVegas)" funded by AWWARF Tailored Collaboration and MWRA, Boston, MA (2001 - 2003; $720,000) PI: R.L. Hulsey - Black & Veatch Engineers, Co-PI: J.P. Malley, Jr. [UNH Budget is $205,000].

"UV Disinfection and Disinfection ByProduct Characteristics of Unfiltered Waters" funded by AWWARF Tailored Collaboration and City of Winnipeg, Canada (2001 - 2003; $518,000) PI: W.P. Bellamy - CH2M Hill, Inc. , Co-PI(s): J.P. Malley, Jr.[UNH Budget is $84,000] and David A. Reckhow (UMASS/Amherst).

"Innovative UV Disinfection Technologies for Emerging Pathogens" funded by AWWARF, WERF and USEPA (2000-2003; $1,300,000) PI: UNH (J.P. Malley, Jr. and Aaron B. Margolin), CoPI(s): John Carollo Engineers (Gil Crozes and Bob Cushing), CIRSEE-Lyonnaise des Eaux (Jean Michel Laine), MWDSC (Alex Mofidi), and Duke University (Karl Linden). Includes the collaborating water utilities Atlanta, Austin, Phoenix, Santa Clara Valley, St. Louis, Sydney Water and the Utah Water Alliance.

"Evaluation of UV Disinfection for Reduction of Microbial and Chemical Risks to Our National Estuaries", funded by NOAA (1997-2000, $300,000). PI. J.P. Malley, Jr.

Awards

Mr. And Mrs. Robert C. Davison Professorship in Environmental Engineering - UNH, Awarded for Three Years 2001 through 2004.

Past President's Award Winner for Best Multiple Author Paper in 2002 (Malley, Snicer and Doucette) in New England Waterworks Association.

Thesis Advisor to the 2002 AWWA Academic Achievement Award Winner - Laurel B. Passantino, First Place Master's Thesis Entitled: "Impacts of Turbidity and Algal Content on the Ultraviolet Disinfection Process and its Application for Unfiltered Drinking Water Supplies."

UNH Outstanding Assistant Professor Award -- 1992-1993 Academic Year.

Current Graudate Students