Mark Hernandez

Colorado Diversity Initiative Director
University of Colorado, Boulder

After several years of professional civil engineering practice, Mark Hernandez joined the University of Colorado faculty in 1996, and was tenured in 2001. He currently serves as a faculty director of the Colorado Diversity Initiative, which coordinates major diversity efforts among major science, math, and engineering departments with focus on promoting underrepresented students through graduate schools and into the professorate.

Dr. Hernandez maintains an active environmental microbiology research program which focuses on the ecology, disinfection and remediation of polluted air and water. He won the Water Environment Foundation's Canham Award to support technology transfer between the US and England, and was a recent recipient of a National Science Foundation early CAREER award. Dr.Hernandez holds a US patent for wastewater reclamation and serves as an expert witness in the remediation field.

During his tenure at Colorado, Professor Hernandez has mentored numerous undergraduate, graduate and post-doctoral fellows from student groups that have been historically underrepresented in engineering and the sciences.

Academic Disciplines:
Civil & Environmental Engineering