Dr. Yeghiazarian is a Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the University of Cincinnati. She holds degrees in Electrical and Industrial Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute and the American University of Armenia. Dr. Yeghiazarian obtained her PhD from the Cornell University Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering for her work on microbial dynamics in complex environmental systems. She studied active polymer materials at the Cornell University Department of Materials Science and Engineering as a postdoctoral fellow.Dr. Yeghiazarian is a recipient of numerous awards, including a Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), a Ruth L. Kirschstein award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an InterPore Rosette Award from the International Society for Porous Media, and an NSF Convergence Accelerator award on Urban Flooding. Her research portfolio covers topics ranging from watershed processes, sustainability, and environmental sensing to porous media and multifunctional materials.