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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
2026 Perry McCarty Distinguished Lecture
"Antibiotic Resistance Genes as Environmental Contaminants: An Odyssey of Navigating Research, Policy, and Practice to Protect Public Health"
Amy Pruden
W. Thomas Rice Professor and University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech
Bio: Prof. Amy Pruden earned her B.S. in Biological Sciences and her PhD in Environmental Science, both at the University of Cincinnati. Her research and teaching focus on bringing a microbial ecological perspective to advancing control of pathogens and antibiotic resistance in the design and management of water, wastewater, and recycled water systems. Pruden is widely known for her research on antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) as environmental contaminants and is currently engaged in research aimed at advancing metagenomic approaches for surveillance of pathogens and antimicrobial resistance in sewage. Pruden has served on several USA National Academy of Sciences Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) committees and currently serves on the Water Science and Technology Board (WSTB).