Dr. Lutgarde Raskin is the Goizueta Foundation Professor of Chemical & Environmental Engineering at Yale University. She earned her Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and holds degrees in Bioscience Engineering and Economics from KU Leuven in Belgium. Her research focuses on understanding and managing microbial communities in engineered water systems, with applications in drinking water microbiome management, anaerobic resource recovery, and microbial ecology. Her work aims to improve water quality, recover valuable products from waste streams, and promote environmental sustainability.