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Andrea Silverman is an Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering in the Department of Civil and Urban Engineering at the New York University Tandon School of Engineering. Her research focuses on water quality, wastewater treatment, and urban flooding, with an overarching goal of protecting public health and environmental quality. She works on topics such as waterborne pathogen detection, wastewater-based epidemiology, and the design of natural wastewater treatment systems. She conducts field research in diverse settings, including New York City, Ghana, and Kenya, and collaborates with governmental and community organizations on applied urban projects. Silverman co-directs the FloodNet project aimed at developing low-cost sensors for real-time urban flooding monitoring, and has partnered with the NYC Department of Environmental Protection to launch a wastewater surveillance program for COVID-19. Her contributions to the field are documented through numerous publications.
Administered by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.