Professor Alexandria Boehm appointed Richard and Rhoda Goldman Professor in Environmental Studies

We’re delighted to announce that Ali Boehm was appointed Richard and Rhoda Goldman Professor in Environmental Studies. 

Ali joined the faculty at Stanford in 2002 in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; in 2022, she was a founding faculty member in Stanford’s new Department of Oceans. Ali has made major contributions to understanding the link between environmental contamination and human health through her study of pathogens in the environment. This work has had a significant impact on decision-making and policies globally.  Professor Boehm’s work received even greater prominence in 2020 as her work on pathogens in wastewater provided essential tools for monitoring COVID and other infectious diseases, including mpox and avian influenza, via wastewater surveillance. Ali also works on problems related to coastal water quality and ecosystem health, and has helped to advance environmental DNA for marine organism biomonitoring.

This past year, Ali was elected to the US National Academy of Engineering. In addition, she is a Senior Fellow of the Woods Institute for the Environment, a Faculty Fellow of the Center for Innovation in Global Health, and a member of Bio-X and the Maternal & Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI). In addition, Ali has been recognized for her contributions to undergraduate education including her appointment as The Sugden Family University Fellow in Undergraduate Education in 2022.  

The Richard and Rhoda Goldman Professorship in Environmental Studies was established in 1992 to reward contributions to environmental science and to the Goldman Honors Program (now inactive) in environmental science for undergraduates. Professor Boehm follows Pamela Matson, the inaugural appointment to this endowed chair.