EVEN Prof. Mark Hernandez hosted the Conference on the Microbiology of the Built Environment
CU-Â鶹ӰԺ hosts fourth Microbiology of the Built Environment Conference
While environmental engineering has historically focused on the natural environment, a growing number of researchers, including CU-Â鶹ӰԺ’s Mark Hernandez, are beginning to look at the environment where people spend the majority of their days – the indoors.
For the fourth year in a row, Hernandez and adjunct professor Alina Handorean hosted the , which highlights Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-funded research into the way ecosystems are influenced by their occupants and design.
The conference’s 120 attendees represented 20 universities and 10 organizations, which included the FDA, NOAA, Sherwin Williams and Boeing. Overall, the Sloan Foundation funds 117 grants to scientists, engineers and companies studying the microbiology of the built environment.