Alexandria Boehm

Alexandria Boehm is an American scientist whose field of study is civil and environmental engineering. She studies sources, fate and transport of pathogens outside the human body, and coastal water quality. Boehm is a senior fellow at Stanford University's Woods Institute for the Environment, faculty fellow at Stanford University's Center for Innovation in Global Health, and an associate professor in Stanford University's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Early life and education Boehm grew up in Oahu, HI. Growing up, she swam, surfed, and snorkeled at the beaches which helped build her admiration for the ocean.

Career and research Boehm is currently a full professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University. The U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium brings together a group of leaders in engineering to interact and share the technology and advances in their different fields. She was selected as a co-chair panelist for the West Coast Panel for Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia for the states of California, Washington, and the Province of British Columbia and served from 2013 to 2016. 2016, ASCE Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering prize. 2019, senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University.