Cassandra Thiel is an Assistant Professor at New York University and the founder and CEO of Clinically Sustainable Consulting, where her work centers on healthcare sustainability, life cycle assessment, and improving the environmental performance of healthcare systems. Her current roles reflect the sustainability science and interdisciplinary training she developed at Pitt through her PhD and MCSI. Thiel earned a PhD in Civil Engineering in 2013. She was also an MCSI IGERT Fellow.
In her own words:
I graduated from Pitt with my PhD in 2013. Afterward, I had three, one-year postdocs. One was a Fulbright-Nehru award in India; the other two were back at Pitt.
In 2016, I took an assistant professor position at NYU (joint appointments in SOM, Tandon engineering, and Wagner public service), and I've been building my lab in healthcare sustainability research.
Dr. Melissa Bilec was my PhD and postdoctoral advisor/mentor. She and others at MCSI trained me in the science of sustainability (particularly LCA) while also teaching me key parts of being a successful academic.