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P. Lee Ferguson

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Box 90287, 121 Hudson Hall, Durham, NC 27708-0287
534 Research Dr., Wilkinson Building, Room 205, Durham, NC 27708

Awards & Honors


Applied Research Fellowship

State North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality · 2022

Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow

National National Academy of Sciences · 2011

Outstanding Performance Award

National Fundamental Science Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory · 2003

President's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students

National Stony Brook University · 2002

Honorable Mention

National National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship Competition · 1998

U.S. EPA STAR Graduate Fellowship

National Environmental Protection Agency · 1998

Belle W. Baruch Outstanding Undergrduate in Marine Science Award

National University of South Carolina · 1997

Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Fellow

National University of South Carolina · 1996

Senior Scholars Scholarship

National University of South Carolina · 1996

Undergraduate Research Fellow, South Carolina EPSCoR

National National Science Foundation · 1995

In the News


Published April 7, 2025
Duke Researcher Strives to Keep ‘Forever Chemicals’ Out of North Carolina Water Supply
Published February 3, 2025
Celebrating Duke’s New Full Professors
Published July 11, 2024
Lithium-Ion Batteries: A Growing Source of Pollution
Published April 8, 2024
How Mass Spectrometers Clean Our Drinking Water
Published October 9, 2023
Lee Ferguson Works to Shed Light on Risks of Lithium-ion Batteries
Published November 30, 2022
Engineering the End of ‘Forever Chemicals’
Published February 22, 2022
Dipping Into Sri Lanka's Rural Wells
Published February 7, 2020
What's in North Carolina Drinking Water?
Published February 5, 2020
Contaminated Water in North Carolina Backyards
Published September 4, 2019
Hurricanes: How to Prepare and Why They’re Getting More Dangerous
Published August 8, 2018
Duke Expert Helps Spearhead State's New Water-Testing Program