Sanitation

Isha Ray joined the faculty of the Energy and Resources Group in 2002. She has a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Somerville College, Oxford University, and a PhD in Applied Economics from the Food Research Institute at Stanford University. She is the Co-Director of the Berkeley Water Center and a Faculty member of the Institute for South Asia Studies.

Professor Ray’s research interests are water, sanitation and development; water and gender; technology and development; and common property resources. Her research projects focus on access to water and sanitation for the rural and...

Of Microbes and Membranes: Towards more Efficient Wastewater Reclamation Results from a Pilot Study and an Assessment of Water Reuse Planning Issues. (00 MS)

Yoshika has a B.S. and M.S. in Environmental Engineering from Stanford University. She combines methods from environmental engineering and public health to study safe water and sanitation, with a focus on South Asia.

My principal interests are the development of sustainable urban systems that improve quality of life for people and work in harmony with the natural environment through the utilization of clean and renewable energy, the application of technology, and the design of circular economic systems.

Annika is a Master’s student specializing in sustainable transitions and industrial and political ecology. Her research on commodity chain analysis examines the environmental health and labor practices in Southeast Asian textile and apparel production and global textile waste.

Before ERG, Annika worked at the intersection of fashion design, sustainability, and supply chain in New York and China. Her efforts included sustainable-related grant-making, educational events, and research reports. She graduated from Parsons The New School, where she studied Fashion Design and Environmental Studies.

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