Dr. Maya Trotz is a professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of South Florida (USF). She is a 2019-2020 fellow of Drexel University’s Executive Leadership in Academic Technology, Engineering and Science (ELATES at Drexel®) program. Her students are currently investigating reef and marine inspired land-based solutions that include green infrastructure for stormwater management and resource recovery for municipal and onsite wastewater in Tampa, Belize and Barbados. She currently directs STRONG Coasts, a collaborative National Science Foundation (NSF) National Research Traineeship program with the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) to foster food, energy, and water solutions for coastal communities. Prof. Trotz has led NSF, Environmental Protection Agency, and Department of Education grants that support undergraduate researchers, graduate students, K-12 teachers, and community organizations. Since 2015 she has offered a “Water and Women” workshop at the Caribbean Institute in Gender and Development (CIGAD). Dr. Trotz also leads an USF team on the knowledge management component of Green Climate Fund project awarded to the Caribbean Community Climate Change Center for the Barbados Water Authority called, “Water Sector Resilience Nexus for Sustainability in Barbados.” She is the past President of the Association of Environmental Engineering & Science Professors (AEESP) and sits on the board of Fragments of Hope Corp, an NGO committed to coral restoration in Belize.
Prof. Trotz holds a BS in Chemical Engineering with a minor in Theater Arts from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and MS and Ph.D. degrees in Environmental Engineering from Stanford University.