Amanda Carneiro Marques, PhD

Marques studies the effects of development, infrastructure and climate change on water quality. She has developed methods for using hydrologic modeling and machine learning to pinpoint sources of contamination — such as runoff from urban infrastructure and agricultural areas, and the use of road salt and deicing chemicals — within a watershed; and she uses this data to design mitigation solutions.

Her work also centers on projecting how climate change will affect water supply and quality. Drawing on her professional experience in water treatment and watershed management, Marques provides research-based guidance for municipalities and water management companies that are working to address these challenges.

Marques leads the Water, Sustainability and Climate Research Group in Drexel’s College of Engineering, which is dedicated to translating scientific findings into action to promote water sustainability and environmental conservation. She has published research and presented extensively on techniques for identifying and tracing contamination patterns in surface and groundwater and exploring the link between the two.

Marques holds degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Universidade Federal Fluminense (Brazil). She is also a native speaker of Portuguese.