Since summer 2020, Covid-WEB has been tracking the spread of the coronavirus by monitoring wastewater sites across California, including within the San Francisco Bay Area. Covid-WEB samples wastewater for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which can indicate the presence of the COVID-19 disease in a community. This early detection can help communities respond to the virus or new variants before an outbreak. 

Professor Paolo D'Odorico has been elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), recognized for his contributions to atmospheric and hydrospheric science.

Election as an AAAS Fellow honors members whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications in service to society have distinguished them among their peers and colleagues. Within the 2021 cohort of elected fellows, D'Odorico is one of nine UC Berkeley affiliates selected for this honor. 

Congratulations, Paolo!

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded over $500k to Professor Cesunica Ivey, Principal Investigator of the Air Quality Modeling and Exposure Lab, to support better communication of wildfire smoke exposure threats to at-risk groups in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The California Transportation Foundation (CTF) has named Professor Susan Shaheen, co-director of the Transportation Sustainability Research Center, to its 2022 Board of Directors. Shaheen is one of six distinguished transportation leaders from across California selected this year to serve a three-year term on the CTF Board.