Elizabeth Casman
Associate Research Professor Emeritus, Engineering and Public Policy
Elizabeth Casman is an Associate Research Professor, Emeritus in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy and a member of the Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation at Carnegie Mellon University. Casman's research encompasses the evaluation of the regulatory framework for emerging technologies, such as hydraulic fracturing, genetic engineering, and manmade nanomaterials. She also works in the areas of water and health connections in developing countries, protection of water resources, infectious disease transmission dynamics, biotechnology policy, and microbial risk assessment.
Education
1985 Ph.D., Geography and Environmental Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University
1976 MS, Microbiology, Northern Arizona State University
1971 BS, Microbiology, Syracuse University
Affiliations
- Center for Climate and Energy Decision Making
- Center for Water Quality in Urban Environmental Systems
- Center for the Environmental Implications of NanoTechnology
- Engineering Research Accelerator
- Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education and Research
- Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation