Short Bio
Kartik Chandran is a global leader in sustainable wastewater treatment and engineered resource recovery. Chandran’s work is enabled through understanding and harnessing the biochemical potential and metabolism of microbial communities and developing appropriate technologies towards addressing global environmental and societal needs. The key insight of Chandran’s research and applications thereof is that certain combinations of mixed microbial communities, similar to those that occur naturally, can be used to mitigate the harmful environmental impacts of wastewater and to extract useful products. This approach also involves reduced chemical and energy inputs relative to traditional treatments.
Through his groundbreaking research and its practical applications, Chandran is demonstrating the hidden value of wastewater, conserving vital resources, and protecting public health.
Chandran received his B.E. in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (formerly the University of Roorkee) in 1995 and his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Connecticut in 1999. He received a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in 2015 and was named a Fellow of the Water Environment Federation in 2013.
Motivation/Commitment to the GSC
I have been fortunate to work with several diverse stakeholders in the overall sanitation sector, many of who are already actively contributing to the SUSANA network. Nevertheless, there are still relevant stakeholders who could benefit from and in turn provide valuable knowledge to the greater SUSANA community. If provided the opportunity to serve the on the GSC of SUSANA, I will work with SUSANA leadership and colleagues and use my working knowledge and understanding of the sustainable sanitation sector needs, to help position SUSANA as the overall integrator and the pre-eminent contributor and leader in global sustainable sanitation.
Links to personal website, social media
https://www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-2015/kartik-chandran#searchresults
Twitter: @kartikchandran1
