Dr. Claudia Gunsch

Biography

Claudia Gunsch is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Duke University, with secondary appointments in the Nicholas School of the Environment and the Department of Biomedical Engineering. She joined Duke's faculty in 2004 after earning her PhD from the University of Texas at Austin and holds an MS from Clemson University and a BS from Purdue University. Gunsch directs the PreMiEr Engineering Research Center, focusing on Precision Microbiome Engineering, a joint initiative among several universities, including North Carolina A&T and UNC-Chapel Hill. She is also the Associate Director of the Duke Microbiome Center. Her research addresses the ecological impacts of emerging contaminants on environmental microbiomes and the development of microbiome engineering techniques for bioremediation. Gunsch has received numerous awards for her research and teaching, including the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award and the ASCE Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize. She has mentored a significant number of graduate and undergraduate students, guiding their research and professional development. Gunsch serves on editorial boards and has held leadership roles in professional societies, emphasizing her commitment to advancing the field of environmental engineering and microbiology.

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