Ramesh Goel 

is Professor of Environmental Engineering at the University of Utah. Prior to joining the U, he was a Research Associate at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Dr. Goel obtained his Ph.D. In Environmental Engineering from the University of South Carolina in 2003. Dr. Goel's multidisciplinary research integrates environmental microbiology, sustainable process engineering, and ecosystem resilience to address grand challenges related to water scarcity, climate change-induced harmful algal blooms, nitrogen cycling, microbiome, emerging pollutants, and environmental health. Dr. Goel's work has appeared in leading journals such as Nature Communications, Environmental Science & Technology, Water Research, and Bioresource Technology.