Dr. Allison MacKay is Professor and Chair of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering (CEGE) in the College of Engineering at The Ohio State University. She joined Ohio State in August of 2015 as a Professor of CEGE. MacKay’s research program is directed toward the fate of contaminants in engineered and natural aquatic systems, including guidance for drinking water plant operators to manage the toxins from algae in reservoirs and molecular computation tools to identify the binding mechanisms of contaminants in sediments and soils. She currently serves on the Board of the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) and is a member of the American Chemical Society.

MacKay was instrumental in creating a national forum within the AEESP for environmental engineering program leaders. She has published a dozen journal articles, four papers, and given over 40 presentations. MacKay has received an Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario scholarship, an AEESP Poster Award, Environmental Science & Technology Reviewer Award, a UCONN Faculty Environmental Policy Advisory Council Award, a Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Chemist Travel Award, and was a United Technologies Corporation Associate Professor in Engineering Innovation (for three years). She received a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Engineering Science (Chemical Option) from the University of Toronto, doctoral and master’s degrees in environmental engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and has conducted postdoctoral research at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.