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 a 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 Osmania University, India, and MS (Civil Engineering) at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. Before joining UIC, he worked for three years for a consulting company as a Civil and Environmental Engineer.

Dr. Reddy specializes in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, along with Sustainable and Resilient Engineering, with a particular emphasis on environmental remediation, waste management/circular economy, landfill design, AI/ML/DL applications, and development and application 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 and Resilient 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 335 journal papers, 47 edited books/conference proceedings, 27 book chapters, and 287 full conference papers (with an h-index of 83 with over 24,000 citations). Dr. Reddy has given 342 invited presentations in the USA and 25 other countries (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Macedonia, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Turkey, Thailand, Taiwan, 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 the Technical Coordinating Council of the Geo-Institute (GI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), as well as the Environmental Geotechnics Committee of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE).

Dr. Reddy has received several awards for excellence in research and teaching, including the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award, ASCE     Wesley W. Horner Award, ASTM Hogentogler Award, UIC Distinguished Researcher Award, University of Illinois Scholar Award, University of Illinois Award for Excellence in Teaching, and IIT Roorkee Distinguished Alumnus Award. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (FASCE), a registered Professional Civil Engineer (PE), and an Envision Sustainability Professional (ENV SP).