Nature-inspired microbiome engineering to retool anaerobic digestion

Dr. Lutgarde Raskin is a Professor in the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at Yale University. Before this, she was a Professor of Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Raskin is a pioneer in molecular microbial ecology applied to engineered water systems. She and her team are developing anaerobic bioprocesses for resource recovery from waste streams and studying microbial aspects of urban water systems to assist water utilities. She has a strong interest in graduate education and mentoring and has advised approximately 20 postdocs and 100 graduate students, including about 30 Ph.D. students. She is an elected Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, the International Water Association, the Water Environment Federation, and the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors. She was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering in 2021.