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SPEAKERS

Ameet Pinto

Assistant Professor - Northeastern University Boston, Massachusetts United States

Biography

Dr. Ameet Pinto is an environmental engineer and assistant professor in civil and environmental engineering at Northeastern University in Boston, USA. Ameet is a chemical engineer with post-graduate degrees in environmental engineering from the University of Alaska (2005) and Virginia Tech, USA (2009). Prior to joining Northeastern University in 2016, he was a lecturer/senior lecturer at the University of Glasgow where his research was supported through prestigious grants like EPSRC’s Bright IDEAS Award and NSF CAREER Award. Ameet’s research focuses on the application of state-of-the-art molecular and modelling tools to tailor the microbiology of drinking water systems to improve the sustainability of treatment processes and enhance the safety and security of drinking water.