About Our Speakers

Dr. Liv Haselbach is chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Lamar University. She previously was at Washington State University and the University of South Carolina. She has authored numerous papers on sustainability and low impact development. Liv is a licensed professional engineer, an American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES) board certified environmental engineer with a specialty in environmental sustainability, a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and a LEED AP. In 2019 she was named Engineer of the Year by the Sabine Chapter of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers. Prior to her academic career she worked for Stauffer Chemical Company and Sohio, and then founded an engineering consulting company in the New York – Connecticut area, specializing in site development for retail petroleum facilities. Her degrees include a BS with Distinction in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Cornell, an MS in Chemical Engineering from UC Berkeley, and a PhD in Environmental Engineering from the University of Connecticut.