Please join CEE in their first 2025 winter seminar series on Wednesday, February 19, 2025!
Lutgarde (Lut) Raskin is the Vernon L. Snoeyink Distinguished University Professor of Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan. She was previously a professor at the University of Illinois. 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 drinking 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. Past honors include the International Society for Microbial Ecology-International Water Association BioCluster Award, the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors Frontier Award in Research, and the Water Research Foundation Paul L. Busch Award for Innovation in Applied Water Quality Research. She was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering in 2021.