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Professor Selma Mededovic Thagard

Selma Mededovic Thagard is the Richard and Helen March professor of chemical engineering at Clarkson University.

Thagard received her BS in chemical engineering from the University of Zagreb in Croatia and her Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Florida State University. Before coming to Clarkson, Thagard held post-doctoral appointments at Toyohashi University of Technology in Japan and at Colorado State University.

Her expertise is in electrical discharge plasma processes and plasma reactor design with a focus on environmental remediation. Thagard has co-authored over 50 peer reviewed journal articles and has successfully supervised research projects from industrial sources and State and Federal Agencies.

Thagard serves on the Editorial Boards of Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing and Plasma Sources Science and Technology. She is an Associate Editor of Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy.