Bio/CV
Lisa Alvarez-Cohen is the Vice Provost for Academic Planning, Fred and Claire Sauer Professor, and past Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and of the Faculty Senate at UC Berkeley. Cohen’s research focuses on biotransformation and the fate of environmental water contaminants, environmental microbiology and ecology, bioremediation, biological wastewater nutrient removal, and the application of molecular and isotopic techniques for studying environmental microbial communities. She has won many awards, including the China 1,000 Talents National Award, the ASCE Simon W. Freese Environmental Engineering Award, the W.M. Keck Foundation Award for Engineering Teaching Excellence, and the National Science Young Investigator Award. She is also a member of several professional organizations, including the National Academy of Engineering, the American Academy of Microbiology, and the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors.
