Director

University Scholar, Distinguished Researcher, and Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Phone: (312)996-4755
Fax: (312)996-2426
E-Mail: kreddy@uic.edu

Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, 1990 (GPA: 4.0/4.0)
M.S., Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India, 1985 (University First, Gold Medal)
B.S., Civil Engineering, Osmania University, India, 1983 (University First, Gold Medal)

Dr. Krishna R. Reddy is University Scholar, Distinguished Researcher, and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and the Director of both the Sustainable Engineering Research Laboratory (SERL) and the Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Laboratory (GAGEL) in the Department of Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering (CME) at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC).

Dr. Reddy received PhD in Civil Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. He received gold medals for being first in both BS (Civil Engineering) at the Osmania University, India, and MS (Civil Engineering) at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. Prior to joining UIC, he worked for three years in consulting as a Geotechnical/Geoenvironmental Engineer.

Dr. Reddy specializes in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, along with Sustainable and Resilient Engineering, with a particular emphasis on environmental remediation, waste management & landfill design, AI/ML/DL applications, and the development and applications of sustainability and resilience frameworks. His research is funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, several prominent state and local government agencies, and industries. His research includes laboratory studies, field experiments, and computer modeling, ultimately leading to fundamental advances and practical solutions to real-world problems.

Dr. Reddy is the author of four major books: (1) Geoenvironmental Engineering: Site Remediation, Waste Containment, and Emerging Waste Management Technologies, (2) Sustainable Engineering: Drivers, Metrics, Tools, and Applications, (3) Sustainable Remediation of Contaminated Sites, and (4) Electrochemical Remediation Technologies for Polluted Soils, Sediments and Groundwater. He is also the author of 317 journal papers, 37 edited books/conference proceedings, 27 book chapters, and 267 full conference papers (with an h-index of 77 with over 20,000 citations). Dr. Reddy has given 327 invited presentations in the USA and 21 other countries (Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Macedonia, Mexico, Spain, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Turkey, Thailand, and the U.K.).

Dr. Reddy has served or currently serves as an Associate Editor or Editorial Board Member of over ten different journals, including ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASCE Journal of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste, Journal of Hazardous Materials, among others. He has also served on various professional committees, including the Geoenvironmental Engineering Committee and Technical Coordinating Council of Geo-Institute (GI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the Environmental Geotechnics Committee of International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE).

Dr. Reddy has received several awards for excellence in research and teaching, including the Fulbright US Scholar Award, ASCE Wesley W. Horner Award, ASTM Hogentogler Award, UIC Distinguished Researcher Award, University of Illinois Scholar Award, and University of Illinois Award for Excellence in Teaching. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (FASCE), a Board-Certified Geotechnical Engineer (BC.GE), and a Board-Certified Environmental Engineer (BCEE). He is also a registered Professional Civil Engineer (PE) and an Envision Sustainability Professional (ENV SP).