Dr. Robert Delatolla

Professor Robert Delatolla is a Full Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Ottawa and CIHR Applied Public Health Chair in Environment, Climate Change and One Health. He is the Director of the national CoVaRR-Net Wastewater Surveillance Research Group, co-Chair of the Ontario Wastewater Surveillance Consortium, Director of the Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Environmental Engineering and Graduate Coordinator of the University of Ottawa Environmental Engineering Graduate Program. Professor Delatolla has recently been awarded the 2022-2023 Ontario Society of Professional Engineers Engineering Excellence Medal for his contributions to Ontario during the COVID-19 pandemic. He has also received the 2022-2023 Covid-19 Public Health Innovation Fund Award awarded by the Ontario Ministry of Health and the Ontario Medical Association. He was recognized for his research in 2023-2024 with the Faculty of Engineering George S. Glinski Award and was recognized for his commitment and contribution to teaching in 2017-2018 with the University of Ottawa Excellence in Education Prize and in 2016-2017 with the Faculty of Engineering John V. March Award for Excellence in Teaching.