Kyana Young

Dr. Kyana Young is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Marquette University Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering. Dr. Young manages the Marquette University Global Water Center laboratory and industrial collaboration facility. Her research focuses on water treatment and water quality, where her previous work has included water treatment technology projects in Haiti, Sierra Leone, China, and Hong Kong. Dr. Young received her doctorate in Environmental Engineering from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. As a McNair Scholar, Dr. Young earned a National Science Foundation (NSF) fellowship from the East Asia Pacific Summer Institute, the NSF Integrative Graduate Education Research Traineeship Certificate for Humans and the Global Environment, as well as the NSF Graduate Engineering Research fellowship from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Dr. Young, is also co-chair of the Water and Health Committee with the American Public Health Association, and serves as an executive editor for the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization – Michigan State University Global Water Pathogen Project.

Education

• Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• B.S. Civil Engineering, University of Arizona
• Associate in Science, Mesa Community College

Research Project

• Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Water Innovation Network for Sustainable Small Systems (WINSSS) Emerging Technologies Program. Electrocoagulation and electrooxidation to treat microbial and chemical contaminants in small drinking water systems (July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018), PI: Mayer, B., Co-PI: McNamara, P., Co-PI: Young, K.
• National Science Foundation (NSF). RAPID: Waterborne Elizabethkingia disinfection studies in response to ongoing U.S. outbreak, (Jan. 1, 2017 – Dec. 31, 2017), PI: Mayer, B., Co-PI: Young, K.