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Dr. Yanna Liang joined the University at Albany as Professor and Chair in the newly minted Department of Environmental and Sustainable Engineering in Summer 2017. Before Dr. Liang started her academic career in 2007 at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC), she worked for the Environmental Protection Agency in China and the United States for more than eight years. She has secured more than $5 million external research funding from Federal and state agencies, industry and foundation and participated in over $4.63 million projects funded by NSF. She has published over 70 peer-reviewed journal papers and invited book chapters and presented her research through more than 81 conference presentations. As a result of her multidisciplinary work, Dr. Liang has been a regular panelist for NSF, DOE, DoED, NIH, EPA, DOD, USDA and a frequent reviewer for more than 40 scientific journals. Additionally, she is a registered professional engineer, a board certified environmental engineer, an ABET Program Evaluator, an ASCE ExCEED Teaching Fellow, and has won various awards from ASCE, AWRA, and AWMA. Her research interests are tied strongly to sustainable environment and energy. Besides working on conventional environmental research topics, such as remediation of organic and inorganic contaminants, water and wastewater treatment, she is passionate about research and development on renewable energy. In addition, to be proactive on protecting our environment, she is interested in understanding the fate and transport of emerging contaminants in different environmental matrices. Specifically, her research interests are: Biodegradation and phytoremediation of organic contaminants in subsurface and groundwater Nanomaterials for environmental clean-up Microbial ecology in engineered and natural systems Fate and transport of engineered nanoparticles and emerging contaminants in aquatic and soil environments Microbial electrochemical cells for CO2 reduction Biochemical and thermochemical conversion of renewable feedstocks to biofuels and bio-products Water reuse and wastewater treatment

Dr. Boving is a Professor of Environmental Hydrogeology in the University of Rhode Island College of the Environment and Life Sciences with a join appointment in the College of Engineering Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geosciences. His research focuses on the fate, transport, and remediation of organic and inorganic pollutants from point- and non-point sources. He is specifically interested in water treatment, soil and groundwater remediation and water resources in developing countries - including attenuating the adverse effects of stormwater runoff from roads and urbanized areas. Boving is a recipient of a prestigious Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Award sponsored by the U.S. State Department’s United States-India Educational Foundation. He is currently teaching at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, one of the oldest and most renowned technical institutions in South Asia, while conducting research on technologies aimed at cleaning up polluted groundwater and soil.

Matt leads operations for the Good Food Institute’s Science and Technology Department, guiding U.S. and global strategies to accelerate alternative protein innovation. With 20 years of experience in research, academic publishing, and science leadership, he specializes in the environmental impacts of the food system, nanotechnology, and water treatment. He holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Notre Dame, a master’s in environmental engineering from Rice University, and a doctorate in environmental engineering from Duke University. Matt is passionate about advancing science to improve the taste, nutrition, and affordability of alternative proteins while building a more sustainable food system.