Kofi Christie

Assistant Professor

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
3240F Patrick F. Taylor Hall
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803

Phone: (225) 578-1523 / Fax: (225) 578-4945
Email: kchristie@lsu.edu
Twitter – https://twitter.com/cleanwaterkofi
LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/kofi-christie/

 

Educational Background

  • B.S. Physics, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA, 2014
  • M.S. Environmental Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 2016
  • Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 2020
  • Post-Doc, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 2020-2022

Employment History:

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 08/2022 to present.
  • Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08/2020 to 08/2022.
  • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 08/2014 to 05/2020

Research Interests:

Dr. Kofi Christie’s research focuses on interdisciplinary approaches to improve sustainability at the water-energy nexus. His work spans areas such as wastewater treatment and reuse, desalination, resource recovery, remediation and pollution control, and carbon capture and utilization. His research interests include:

  • Elucidating the complex thermodynamic stabilities of highly saline wastewater solutions
  • Designing and fabricating novel membrane materials and processes for resource recovery
  • Process optimization for membrane-based liquid separations
  • Thermo-responsive soft materials for water treatment
  • Valorization of waste materials for long-term CO2 storage

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Professional Service:

·         National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)

·         National Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE)

·         North American Membrane Society (NAMS)

·         American Chemical Society (ACS)

·         Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP)

·         International Water Association (IWA)

·         Water Environment Federation (WEF)

 

Media and Press:

Episode 2 of the Seasoned & STEAMed Podcast (2020)

Episode 22 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast (2020)

Travel Journal from Summer Research Program at Kyoto University (2012)

 

Awards:

DuPont Growth Opportunities Leading in Diversity Program (2021)

Dow Building Engineering & Science Talent Symposium (2021)

Princeton Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2020)

National Science Foundation Innovation Corps Grant (2020)

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (2015)

IBM-Vanderbilt Graduate Student Fellowship (2014)

United Negro College Fund Jack H. Skirball Scholarship (2013)

Society of Physics Students Quadrennial Conference Poster Award (2012)

Morehouse College Full TRB Academic Scholarship (2011)

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