Rittmann is director of the Biodesign Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology. He is an international leader in the use of microbial communities to provide services to society.

Halden's research interests are public health engineering, sustainable cities, urban water cycle, green chemistry and engineering, urban metabolism and exposure assessment.

Delgado’s research focuses on natural and synthetic microbiomes for treatment of contaminants and production of high-value biochemicals.

Salifu leads interdisciplinary (Ag-Env-Bio-Geotech) engineering research in the development of sustainable nature-based solutions to mitigate risks associated with soil systems in civil infrastructure and agriculture.