Professor Tamar Kohn | |
|---|---|
 Portrait of Tamar Kohn at EPFL, 2020 | |
| Born | 1973 (age 50–51) |
| Occupation | Professor at EPFL |
| Years active | 2014 - present |
| Awards | Grand Challenges Exploration Grant |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | ETH Zurich Johns Hopkins University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Environmental Chemistry |
| Institutions | EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) |
| Website | https://www.epfl.ch/labs/lce/ |
Tamar Kohn (born 1973) is an Associate Professor of Environmental Chemistry in the School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). She is also an adjunct researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology previously known as EAWAG.[1][2]
Kohn has made major contributions concerning the elimination and degradation of chemical pollutants and biological agents and pathogens in aquatic systems. Her results support worldwide efforts to ensure the quality of drinking water and waterborne diseases[1].
Early life and education
editKohn completed her M.Sc. in Environmental Sciences at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich), Switzerland 1999.[3] She got her PhD (2000-2004) in Environmental Engineering from Johns Hopkins University. Kohn then became a Postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Berkeley[4]. She became an Assistant professor at EPFL from (2007-2013) before taking the position of Associate professor at EPFL.
Prof. Tamar Kohn was awarded the "Grand Challenges Exploration Grant [1]" by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to conduct a preliminary study on Poliovirus detection and differentiation[5]. Along with Peter Vikesland of Virginia Polytechnical Institute and Krista Wigginton of the University of Maryland, Baltimore, their aim is to develop a low-cost device that could be used for point-of-use poliovirus screening, which would detect the presence of different strains.
Career and research
editAt EPFL, Kohn currently leads the Environmental Chemistry Laboratory (LCE) where the goal is to understand the fundamental principles and processes that lead to improved water quality in natural and engineered systems[6].
Awards and honors
edit- 2011 Grand Challenges Exploration Grant[5]
Select media
edit- 2020 Swiss researchers see sewage as early warning sign for COVID flares[7]
Selected works
edit- . doi:10.1021/es051236b.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help)
References
edit- ^ a b "7 new professors at the two Federal Institutes of Technology".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Tenure for Prof. Tamar Kohn".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Tamar Kohn". EPFL - Online People Directory. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Introducing Associate Editor, Tamar Kohn". Sep 11, 2014. Retrieved Feb 11, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b ""Grand Challenges Exploration Grant" for Prof. Tamar Kohn".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Environmental Chemistry Laboratory LCE". Retrieved Feb 11, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Swiss researchers see sewage as early warning sign for COVID flares".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)