Alexandria B. Boehm

Alexandria B. Boehm is the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Professor of Environmental Studies, Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University. She also holds roles as a Sugden Family University Fellow in Undergraduate Education and Faculty Fellow of the Center for Innovation in Global Health. Her research focuses on pathogen transmission in environmental systems, coastal water quality, and wastewater-based epidemiology. She earned her BS from Caltech (1996), MS from UC Irvine (1997), and PhD in Environmental Engineering from UC Irvine (2000).

Boehm’s research investigates pathogens in natural and engineered systems, aiming to reduce disease burden in both high- and low-income countries. Her work on coastal biocolloids addresses fecal indicator organisms, DNA, and nitrogen dynamics. She has pioneered projects like WastewaterSCAN, a national dashboard tracking pathogens in wastewater solids. Her teaching includes interdisciplinary courses such as CEE 41Q (Clean Water Now!), CEE 275A (Water, Climate & Health), and CEE 175A (California Coast: Science, Policy, and Law).

• State & National Service: Associate Editor for Environmental Science & Technology, Member of California Ocean Protection Council Science Advisor Team, Co-Chair of West Coast Science Panel on Ocean Acidification.
• Awards: NAE Membership (2024), Open Science Champion Prize (2024), NSF Career Award (2007).

Her labs and teams, including the Boehm Research Group, focus on wastewater surveillance, coastal health, and global environmental solutions. Current projects span viral persistence, sustainable flooring for low-resource settings, and eDNA applications in marine ecosystems.