Catherine Mulligan

Catherine Mulligan is a Canadian environmental engineer. She is a professor of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering and the Research Chair in Geo-environmental Sustainability at Concordia University. She is also the founding director of the Concordia Institute for Water, Energy and Sustainable Systems. Mulligan's work focused on the decontamination of water and sediments.

Biography Mulligan credits a conversation with her mother for triggering her interest in engineering. Mulligan was the vice president of communications for the Canadian Geotechnical Society from 2013 to 2014.

In 2017, Mulligan was featured in a book by the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum titled Women of Innovation: The Impact of Leading Engineers in Canada.

In 2020, Mulligan became the third woman to be president of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering.

As of January 2021, Mulligan has authored or contributed to over 175 publications.

In September 2022, The Royal Society of Canada recognised Mulligan's academic achievements and inducted her as Fellow of the Royal Society. This recognition came from her three decades of work in researching ways to decontaminate the environment.

Awards and recognition 2024 Miroslaw Romanowski Medal 2020 Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering 2018 John B. Stirling Medal, Engineering Institute of Canada 2017 Fellow, Engineering Institute of Canada 2017 feature in Women of Innovation book, Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum 2004 Young Innovator Award, Petro-Canada 2002 Young Innovator Award, Petro-Canada