Profile
Bio-Brief
Dr. Ong is a Consulting Associate Professor at Stanford University where he is also the Executive Director of the Singapore Stanford Partnership (SSP) program in Environmental Engineering & Science (EES), Assistant Director at the Center for Sustainable Development & Global Competitiveness (CSDGC), Executive Director of the Stanford Environmental & Water Studies Summer Program (SEWSS). Dr. Ong received his BS degree in Chemistry (1985), MS degree in Water Science (1990), and PhD degree in Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry (1992) from the University of California, Davis. He came to Stanford in 1992 as a postdoctoral scholar to investigate the adsorption of uranyl ions onto mineral surfaces through laboratory experiments and chemical modeling. From 2000 to 2002, he was on the Worldwide Support Specialists team in the Customer Relations and Operations group at Handspring, the leading innovator in handheld devices, where he helped develop and sustain the Handspring Treo and other handheld devices. In 2003, he returned to Stanford to lead the resident and distance learning components of the SSP program. Presently, Dr. Ong teaches a graduate course on Environmental Toxicants in the Stanford EES program, handles the day-to-day operations of the SSP and SEWSS programs, and assists with the development of youth and executive leadership programs for the CSDGC.
Current Appointments
Consulting Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental EngineeringExecutive Director, Singapore Stanford Partnership
Executive Director, Stanford Environmental & Water Studies Summer Program
Assistant Director, Center for Sustainable Development & Global Competitiveness
Specialty Areas
Aqueous Solid-Solution Chemistry ModelingGraphical & Interactive Software Design
Environmental Toxicology & Reactivity
Favorite Reads
The Poison Paradox by John TimbrellProject Management by Gary R. Heerkens
Writing a Compelling Executive Summary by Garage Technology Ventures
CONTACT
Colin Ong
473 Via Ortega, Y2E2 159Stanford, CA 94305-4020
cgong@stanford.edu
650-736-0823 v
650-725-3164 f
LINKS
CEE 373 Modeling Aqueous Chemical Environments
CEE 276E Environmental Toxicants
CEE 277E Environmental Informatics
