Sabrina Spatari

Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, Drexel University

Dr. Sabrina Spatari’s research and expertise focuses on the development and application of life cycle assessment (LCA) and other systems analysis methods for guiding engineering decision making and public policy. Her specific interests include industrial ecology, biomass and bioenergy, biofuels, and urban infrastructure. Dr. Spatari studied chemical engineering and received her Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Toronto. She currently represents Drexel in the NEWBio Consortium led by Penn State, which focuses on researching and producing the non-food biomass resources in the Northeast region. Her research on biomass resources and renewable energy extends to multiple U.S. and international projects, including in Uruguay and Israel. Her research group is currently investigating the sustainability of multiple biomass-to-fuel and chemical conversion pathways as low-carbon substitutes for fossil-energy based products. In 2013, she was an invited speaker at the National Academy of Engineering’s Frontiers of Engineering meeting to speak on LCA of biomass conversion and she was the 2014 recipient of Drexel University’s Louis and Bessie Stein Family Fellowship.