Sonia N. Aziz

Sonia N. Aziz serves as Dean of the School of Business & Economics and Professor of Economics at Moravian University. Her research focuses on environmental economics, water resources, and socio-environmental systems, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary approaches to coupled human-natural systems. She leads projects funded by NASA, including studies on socio-economic valuation of remote sensing technology for tracking pathogen-contaminated drinking water.

• Education: B.A. & M.Sc., University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D., University of Maine
• Grants: Principal Investigator for NASA-funded projects on cholera prediction and early warning systems (2016–2019, 2020–2022).

Her work bridges economics, environmental science, and public health, particularly addressing cholera epidemiology in Bangladesh. Recent activities include speaking engagements at global conferences such as the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economies (2022) and the American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting (2021).

Publications focus on socio-economic dimensions of environmental challenges, including mobile technology adoption for disease prevention and longitudinal water insecurity analysis in rural regions.