Lutgarde Raskin

Lutgarde Raskin is a Professor of Chemical & Environmental Engineering at Yale University, affiliated with the Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering. Her research focuses on understanding and improving the engineered water cycle microbiome to advance human and environmental health through sustainable design approaches. Her team develops technologies for drinking water treatment and distribution, as well as for recovering resources from waste streams. Current focus areas include drinking water microbiome management, resource recovery from organic waste streams, and microbial ecology in engineered systems. She is also involved in projects related to anaerobic biotechnologies and microbial community dynamics in engineered environments.

Lutgarde Raskin is a researcher at the University of Michigan, focusing on microbial ecology and biotechnology. Her work explores the dynamics of microbial communities in engineered environments, such as wastewater treatment systems and anaerobic digesters. She investigates the role of microbial populations in processes like methanogenesis, anaerobic co-digestion, and the impact of environmental factors on community structure. Her research also addresses the challenges of quantifying microbial diversity using molecular tools and the implications of these findings for sustainable resource recovery. Raskin's studies contribute to understanding the ecological and functional stability of microbial communities in bioreactors and drinking water systems.