Maru Colbert

Professor Colbert is an engineer, educator, performer and activist. Her research areas in industry and academia are chemical, environmental and materials engineering and include small-scale process chemistry, reactionware, phytoremediation, nanosensors and atmospheric modeling.  She meets professional challenges as she continually adds research and practice elements to her chemical engineering, STEM education and social justice endeavors.  Work she began decades ago as multiculturalism and relational education is included in her DEI emphasis with respect to general working and specific learning environments and related policies that reinforce equity.