Robert Delatolla

Professor Robert Delatolla is a full professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Ottawa. 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 was recently 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 from the Ontario Ministry of Health and the Ontario Medical Association. In 2017-2018, his commitment and contribution to teaching were recognized 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.