Dr. Kerry L. Sublette is Professor of Chemical Engineering and Geosciences and Sarkeys Professor of Environmental Engineering at The University of Tulsa and has worked at the university since 1986.  Since 1986, he has addressed a wide variety of bioengineering and soil remediation problems including biodegradation of hydrocarbons, chlorinated hydrocarbons and fuel oxygenates in soil and groundwater, environmental forensic analysis using molecular biological tools, and remediation of brine-impacted soil. Kerry has 13 patents and over 110 publications in bioprocessing, bioremediation, brine spill remediation, and restoration of soil ecosystems.  He chairs the annual International Petroleum Environmental Conference and serves on the Oklahoma Board of Environmental Quality. He earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, AR in 1971; a master’s degree in biochemistry from The University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK in 1974; and a doctoral degree in chemical engineering from The University of Tulsa in Tulsa, OK in 1985.