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Lisa Colosi Peterson

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Associate Chair for Research & Strategic Initiatives
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About

Lisa Colosi Peterson is a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and director of the UVA Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Lab. Her work focuses on systems-based approaches to evaluating new technologies and policies meant to deliver clean water, low-carbon energy, climate change mitigation, and/or other environmental benefits. Her group conducts life cycle assessment (LCA), techno-economic analysis (TEA), and related systems analyses. She has produced more than 60 peer-reviewed publications (h-index = 28). Active research grants include awards from National Science Foundation, Department of Energy (BETO, EERE), Federal Highway Administration, VA Department of Forestry, and others. She serves on UVA's Faculty Senate and its Committee on Sustainability. She is also CEE's Associate Chair for Research and Strategy. She has directed three GAANN doctoral traineeship programs from the US Department of Education. She holds an MS and PhD in Environmental Engineering from the University of Michigan and a BS in Biological Engineering from Cornell University. 

 


 


 

Education

B.S. ​Biological Engineering, Cornell University, 2003

M.S. ​Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, 2004

Ph.D. ​Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, 2007

"Decision-makers need the best possible data and tools to navigate the interlinked challenges of water, energy, and climate change."

LISA COLOSI PETERSON, PROFESSOR

Research Interests

Climate Change
Energy Sustainability
Life Cycle Assessment
Water and Wastewater Treatment

Selected Publications

Geospatially explicit technoeconomic assessment of sustainable aviation fuel production: A regional case study in Virginia C DAVIS, S SREEKUMAR, R ALTMAN, AF CLARENS, JH LAMBERT, LM COLOSI (2024)
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Building-level wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in occupied university dormitories as an outbreak forecasting tool: one year case study SM KOTAY, et al. (2022)
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Is hydrothermal treatment coupled with carbon capture and storage an energy-producing negative emissions technology? Energy Conversion and Management 203, 112252; F CHENG, M PORTER, LM COLOSI (2020)
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Evaluating the efficacy of an algae-based treatment to mitigate elicitation of antibiotic resistance. Chemosphere 237, 124421; K GRIMES, LJ DUNPHY, EM LOUDERMILK, AJ MELARA, GL KOLLING, JA PAPIN, LM COLOSI (2019)
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Capture or curtail: The potential and performance of direct air capture powered through excess renewable electricity U SINGH, LM COLOSI (2018)
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Courses Taught

CE 4160/6260, Environmental Microbiology & Biological Waste Treatment
CE 6030, Green Engineering
CE 2001, Sustainability Science

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