Jennifer Schneider

Dr. Jennifer Schneider serves as Senior Director of Integrated Curriculum and Eugene H Fram Chair in the Provost Office at Rochester Institute of Technology, holding a professorship in the Department of Civil Engineering Technology, Environmental Management & Safety within the College of Engineering. She leads the Collaboratory for Resiliency & Recovery @ RIT, a multidisciplinary research group focused on data-to-decision pipelines for community resilience.

• BA, Roberts Wesleyan College
• MS, University of Rochester (Industrial Hygiene)
• Sc.D., University of Massachusetts Lowell (Engineering)

Her research spans hazardous material control, critical infrastructure emergency planning, disaster management, and risk analysis systems for community resilience. She specializes in exposure assessment modeling for hazardous material emergencies, multidimensional sustainability analysis, and corporate sustainability management systems. Her work integrates industrial hygiene principles with emergency response frameworks to develop practical community-level solutions.

Dr. Schneider's recent publications demonstrate growing emphasis on pandemic response systems, sustainable building practices without formal certification, and organizational resilience through standards integration. Her work increasingly connects occupational health with community disaster management, particularly through wastewater surveillance and critical infrastructure interdependencies.

• 2014 Board of Trustees Scholar
• RIT million dollar PI
• NIH peer review panelist
• NY Respond Commission appointment by Governor Cuomo

She has chaired over ninety graduate theses/projects and developed twelve courses while maintaining active industry engagement through certifications in risk analysis, PCII, border security, incident command, and HAZWOPER. Her grant portfolio includes interdisciplinary projects spanning RIT colleges and external partnerships with NSF, FEMA, and EPA. Dr. Schneider directs the Collaboratory for Resiliency & Recovery, which develops frameworks for translating corporate sustainability practices into community resilience strategies through data-driven decision systems.