Department Faculty
Yanna Liang
Professor and Chair
Dr. Yanna Liang joined the University at Albany as Professor and Chair in the newly minted Department of Environmental and Sustainable Engineering in Summer 2017. Before Dr. Liang started her academic career in 2007 at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC), she worked for the Environmental Protection Agency in China and the United States for more than eight years.
Rixiang Huang
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Wastes to resources conversion via material, technology, and process innovations; Cycling of critical elements and contaminants in natural environment
Kyoung-Yeol Kim
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Energy recovery from wastewater, Microbial electrochemical technologies for resource recovery, Developing energy-efficient wastewater treatment process, Membrane technology for wastewater treatment
Lu Li
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Extreme climate, air quality, thermal comfort, applications of artificial intelligence and control in the built environment, building energy, human health and smart and healthy cities
Yaoze Liu
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Water resources, hydrology, water quality, green infrastructure, best management practices, land use change, climate change, optimization
Paul Millard
Professor of Practice and Director of New Program Development
Research Interests: Biosensor design, fluorescence technology, immune response to infectious disease
Weilan Zhang
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Environmental and agricultural risk assessment of emerging contaminants; Transport and fate of emerging contaminants; Environmental treatment and remediation technologies
Staff