Emanuele Sozzi

Emanuele Sozzi, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering at the University of North Carolina's Gillings School of Global Public Health. His research focuses on water treatment technologies, environmental justice, antimicrobial resistance, and global public health resilience. He has consulted for organizations including the WHO, MSF, and Oxfam.

Education: PhD in Global Public Health and Microbiology (University of Brighton, UK); MSc and BEng in Environmental Engineering (Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy).

Research interests include physico-chemical water treatment methods, water reuse strategies, and pandemic response systems. His work addresses global challenges like Ebola/cholera outbreaks and climate-resilient infrastructure. Key projects involve developing disinfection protocols for high-risk human waste and improving water safety planning in vulnerable communities.

Publications emphasize wastewater surveillance, antimicrobial resistance mitigation, and emergency response systems. He collaborates internationally on projects like MONOPOLI (a pandemic forecasting model) and WHO guidelines for Ebola-related sanitation.

Awards: None explicitly listed.

Advising/grants: No specific advisees or grants detailed, though his work involves collaborative research funding. Active in Gillings School's environmental health initiatives and innovation labs.