Dr. Amy Pickering

Biography

Amy J. Pickering, Ph.D. is the Blum Center Distinguished Chair for Global Poverty Practice, jointly appointed in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Blum Center for Developing Economies at UC Berkeley. Her research is interdisciplinary, integrating engineering, economics, microbiology, and epidemiology to identify low-cost, scalable interventions for interrupting disease transmission in low-income countries. With over 15 years of collaborative experience in countries such as Benin, Kenya, Tanzania, Mali, Mexico, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and India, she focuses on improving human health and well-being. Dr. Pickering has been recognized as an investigator for the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub and is a recipient of the NSF CAREER award. She holds a B.S. in Biological and Environmental Engineering from Cornell University, an M.S. in Environmental Engineering from UC Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in the Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources from Stanford University. Her previous roles include Tiampo Family Assistant Professor at Tufts University, senior fellow and research engineer at Stanford University, and environmental engineer at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. She was also a Fulbright Fellow in Malaysia.

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