Robin L. Autenrieth
Dr. Robin Autenrieth is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University with a joint appointment in the Department of Environmental & Occupational Health of the Health Science Center’s School of Rural Public Health. Dr. Autenrieth earned a B.S. in biological sciences from the University of Maryland, and a M.S. and Ph.D. in environmental engineering from Clarkson University. She holds a professional engineering license in the state of Texas. Much of her research has focused on microbial systems for the degradation of target compounds (crude oil, petroleum products, explosives, chemical warfare agents, chlorinated agents, among a few others) contaminating soils and waters. Recently she has adopted a risk assessment framework to link contaminant concentrations to human exposures for predicting the potential for adverse health effects. Dr. Autenrieth serves or has served on several national committees, including the Council for the Water Environment Research Foundation which develops requests for proposals and funds research in natural systems and wastewater treatment processes. She was the President of the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors in 2000 and served on the board for six years. Dr. Autenrieth has been selected as a Fellow for the 2004 Aldo Leopold Leadership Program and was recently name the A.P. and Florence Wiley II Professor in Civil Engineering.