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Carl Zipper

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Associate Professor, Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences
Phone: (540) 231-9782
E-mail: czip@vt.edu
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Dr. Zipper has been a member of the Virginia Tech faculty at since 1986. Current activities address a variety of environmental issues, with an emphasis on the interface of environmental science with government policy.

He serves as Director of the Powell River Project, a Virginia Tech program that conducts research to address coal mine restoration and environmental protection (see http://www.cses.vt.edu/prp/). Within the department, he conducts research addressing mine restoration, carbon sequestration, and water quality; and is a co-supervisor of the Geographic Information Systems laboratory. As a past Associate Director of the Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research, he conducted research addressing energy policy issues, including those concerning coal usage and electric power generation. He currently advises Virginia Department of Environmental Quality through leadership of Nutrient Criteria Subcommittee of the agency’s Academic Advisory Committee and serves as a member of Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy re-mining advisory committee and as an Associate of the International Energy Agency’s coal advisory board.

Dr. Zipper received a B.A. from Lehigh University in 1970. He received a B.S. in 1981 and a Ph.D. in 1986 in Agronomy, and an M.S. in Agricultural Economics in 1987.

Courses Taught by This Instructor

  • CSES 5604: Environmental Science Concepts for Professionals

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