Dr. Hawkins is a Program Director in the Office of Partnerships at North Carolina State University. While at Duke University, Dr. Hawkins oversaw multiple research and development programs and coordinated technology partnerships with other academic institutions and companies. His research interests include processes for household-scale water treatment and reuse, nutrient remediation, and energy recovery. Within the Smart Toilet Lab, Dr. Hawkins was the PI on the Duke University portion of a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant awarded to Coprata, Inc. from the National Institutes of Health. Prior to joining Duke, he worked at RTI International and the University of Washington School of Medicine, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Dr. Hawkins holds a B.S. in Chemistry from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Arizona. He is a co-author of more than 40 peer-reviewed research publications, review articles, and book chapters, and serves as an Associate Editor of Water and Environment Journal.
Contact Information
- Email Address: brian.hawkins@duke.edu