Speaker Bio

Mike Hightower

Mike Hightower

Mike is currently Director of the New Mexico Produced Water Research Consortium, a joint effort of the NM Environment Department and New Mexico State University. Mike is retired from Sandia National Laboratories where he worked in aerospace, weapons, energy, and natural resources research and engineering. Mike holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in civil and environmental engineering from New Mexico State University. For the past three decades he has focused on approaches to enhance critical infrastructure and natural resource stewardship and security through the research and development of innovative technologies and approaches.