With over 35 years experience as an environmental engineer, Dr. Jackson provides technical and managerial leadership on a wide variety of water and wastewater engineering projects. His experience includes the design and operation of advanced technology water and wastewater treatment facilities, and the use of innovative low-technology solutions for low-cost sustainable applications. Dr. Jackson's responsibilities range from giving expert testimony in civil lawsuits to providing program management and technical direction on major projects, including those for large corporations and the Department of Defense.

Complementing his consulting assignments, Dr. Jackson also teaches graduate course work at the University of California, San Diego, in water and wastewater treatment. In addition, he has lectured internationally with the Air and Waste Management Association, and with the American Society of Civil Engineers. Dr. Jackson has testified before Congress on environmental issues, and has traveled with the US Secretary of Commerce on international trade missions representing the US environmental industry.

Dr. Jackson's technical papers have included many innovative water and wastewater treatment processes; examples are: Treating Industrial Wastewaters Using Artificial Wetlands, presented in Denver (2008), Treatment of Arsenic Contaminated Water Using Aquatic Macrophytes presented in New Delhi, India (2006), Industrial Wastewater Reuse Using Soft Technology, presented in Florida (2001), and Border Environmental Compliance Issues in Mexico, presented in Arizona (1998). His master's thesis involved the use of the eurohaline unicellular alga Platymonas as an indicator of nutrient load in water; his doctoral dissertation involved the optimization of aquatic macrophytes in the treatment of wastewater.

Dr. Jackson has been on the faculty of six universities in the United States and overseas, is a licensed professional civil engineer in six States, and is an avid runner, surfer, sky diver, and pilot.

Come to the monthly Chapter meeting to also hear about the Marine Life Protection Act and how it is being implemented in Southern California . Stefanie Sekich from the Surfrider Foundation HQ will give a brief overview of what the law requires and how local citizens can get involved in the process of identifying special places for inclusion in the statewide network.

The Marine Life Protection Act -- or MLPA -- is a state law that requires establishing a "network" of marine protected areas in our near-shore waters from Oregon to the Mexican border. These marine protected areas offer heightened protection for special places – much like our National Parks protect special places on land. Click Here to learn more about the MLPA and the process for implementing this law in Southern California.