Elizabeth Crafton, PhD
Water Quality Protection and Restoration Specialist
Liz's research and technical experience are focused on source water and watershed management. She is experienced in water resources and master planning to combat emerging pollutants, eutrophication, harmful algal blooms (HABs), and carbon loading as correlated to disinfection by-product (DBP) formation potential. Her research includes a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded project for DBPs, work for the National Oceanic Atmosphere Association, and Ohio Department of Higher Education’s Harmful Algal Bloom Research.
- Areas of Expertise
- • Reservoir management and remediation
- • Watershed management
- • Stormwater management
- • Phycology and harmful algal blooms (HABs)
- • Botany, ecology, and limnology
- • Disinfection by-products (DBPs)
- • Phytoremediation and biological treatment
- • Emerging contaminants
- Education
- PhD, Civil Engineering, University of Akron
- MS, Civil Engineering, University of Akron
- BS, Civil Engineering, University of Akron
