Colorado State University

Thomas Borch is a Professor at Colorado State University (CSU). Dr. Borch received a B.S. and a M.S. from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Copenhagen and a Ph.D. from Montana State University. Dr. Borch was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University in the group of Dr. Scott Fendorf.   He is internationally recognized as an authority on soil and water processes that affect the fate and transport of emerging contaminants, metals and soil organic matter (SOM). He currently studies the effects of permafrost thaw and wildfires on the molecular chemistry of soil organic matter and water quality.   Dr. Borch’s research group, in collaboration with sociologists, economists, engineers, chemists, microbiologists, and toxicologists, have also been pioneering research related to multiple aspects of oil and gas production, and sustainable treatment and reuse of industrial/domestic wastewater and solids. Dr. Borch's research has resulted in 117 peer-review publications and nearly 200 invited talks nationally and internationally.   Dr. Borch’s research has been published in high impact journals such as Nature Communications, Nature Microbiology, Nature Communications Earth & Environment, and Environmental Science & Technology. Dr. Borch has received the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 2009, the 2015 (Mid-Career) SSSA Marion L. and Chrystie M. Jackson Soil Science Award by the Soil Science Society of America for outstanding contributions in the areas of soil chemistry and mineralogy, and was elected Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America in 2022.