Deborah Swackhamer

Deborah Swackhamer
Swackhamer as a finalist for the MIT Disobedience Award in 2019
Born(1954-06-23)June 23, 1954
Raritan, New Jersey
DiedApril 23, 2021(2021-04-23) (aged 66)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Alma materGrinnell College, AB in Chemistry, 1976
University of Wisconsin, Madison, MS in Water Chemistry, 1981
University of Wisconsin, Madison, PhD in Oceanography and Limnology, 1985
AwardsFellow, Royal Society of Chemistry
Scientific career
FieldsEnvironmental Chemistry, Oceanography and Limnology
InstitutionsIndiana University
University of Minnesota
ThesisRole of water-particle partitioning and sedimentation in controlling the fate and transport of PCBs in lakes (1985)
Doctoral advisorDavid E. Armstrong

Deborah Liebl Swackhamer (June 23, 1954 – April 23, 2021) was an environmental chemist and professor emerita at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Swackhamer applied her expertise in studying the effects of exposure to toxic chemicals, as well as the processes that spread those chemicals, to developing policies that address exposure risks.

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