Dr. Kartik Chandran

Columbia University

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Dr. Kartik Chandran is Asst. Professor and Director of the Environmental Health Engineering and CUBES Programs at Columbia University.  The main focus of Dr. Chandran’s work is on understanding the microbial transformations of the global N cycle at the molecular mechanism, structural and functional ecology and metabolic modeling levels.  Dr. Chandran leads the multiagency supported Wastewater Treatment and Climate Change program at Columbia University. 

Dr. Chandran serves on the Board of Directors of the New York Water Environment Association Met Chapter and was previously the technical lead on the BNR Applied Research Program of New York City.  Select awards received by Dr. Chandran include

• National Science Foundation CAREER award, 2009,
• Invited professor at the Kluyver Labs, Delft University of Technology, 2008
• Fellow of the National Academies of Science, 2007. 

More details on Dr. Chandran’s work can be found at www.columbia.edu/~kc2288.