His research examines interfacial processes in environmental systems, especially contaminant sorption to and desorption from soils, sediments and atmospheric particulate matter. Professor Young has been at U.C. Davis since receiving his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1996. Immediately before coming to Michigan, he worked in the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Underground Storage Tanks in Washington, D.C. He has also received a Master's degree in Public Policy from U.C. Berkeley and a B.Ch.E. from Michigan State University.