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Meet the Faculty - Yaqi You
SUNY ESF stands out as a national leader in environmental research — and in this video, Dr. Yaqi You shares why its all-environment focus is so rare. With a background in environmental engineering, microbiology, and biotechnology, she brings an interdisciplinary lens to some of today’s most pressing environmental challenges. As a faculty member in the Department of Environmental Resources Engineering, she explains how solving complex problems like pollution, contamination, and climate change requires crossing traditional academic boundaries and looking deeper — sometimes at what we can’t even see.
Viewers will get a glimpse into courses and research that explore emerging contaminants, environmental microbiomes, and the hidden role microorganisms play in soil, water, agriculture, and aquatic ecosystems. From investigating antibiotic resistance in agricultural soils to studying microbial communities in the Great Lakes, Dr. You’s work highlights how microscopic systems can have massive environmental impacts.