Michael J. Barcelona is a professor and former chair of the Chemistry Department at Western Michigan University. He is also an associate editor for Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, an NGWA publication. He has authored or co-authored numerous papers, book chapters, and reports, and served as a reviewer and consultant on a wide variety of ground water and hazardous waste-related cleanup efforts in the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East. He is a member of the American Chemical Society, the American Geophysical Union, and the National Ground Water Association. Barcelona has received a number of awards throughout the United States.