Nancy G. Love

CEEAA Distinguished Alumni Award, 2020

For outstanding leadership and pioneering contributions in assessing and advancing human and environmental health through water systems using chemical, biological, and systems analysis approaches; and for emerging work at the interface of water quality and children’s livelihoods across the globe.

Biography

Dr. Nancy G. Love is the Borchardt and Glysson Collegiate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University Michigan, and an adjunct Professor at the Institute of Biotechnology at Addis Ababa University. She has advised over 70 graduate students and post-doctoral research associates. Her research focuses at the interface of water, infrastructure and both environmental & public health. She and her students evaluate the fate, detection and treatment of chemical and biological contaminants in water systems, and advance technologies to establish the efficient management of nutrients, energy and water resources. Their work is centered on identifying and translating fundamental understanding into practical solutions for water utilities and communities. 

Love has co-authored over 100 peer reviewed papers, chapters and reports; over 250 conference presentations; and a textbook on biological wastewater treatment. She has held leadership positions in multiple organizations, including with the Water Environment Federation, the International Water Association, and the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors, and is a Fellow of all three organizations. Love is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Michigan and a Board Certified Environmental Engineer.