Indira Nair Bio

Indira Nair holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Northwestern University. She has designed and teaches several interdisciplinary courses including engineering ethics; environmental science, technology and decision making; and, radiation, health and policy. Her research interests include risk assessment, green design, science education, and bioelectromagnetics. Dr. Nair is a consultant to the National Science Foundation's Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering. She is co-author of a book, Journeys of Women in Science and Engineering: No Universal Constants (1997). She was voted a Women of Distinction in 1999 by the National Association of Women in Higher Education (NAWE). She received the Doherty Prize for excellence in education in 1993 and the Undergraduate Advising and Mentoring Award in 1994. She founded the Carnegie Mellon chapter of Student Pugwash to encourage students to think about the social responsibility of science and technology.

	*Indira Nair, Professor of Engineering and Public Policy, and Vice Provost for Education*
	Indira Nair holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Northwestern University. She has designed and teaches several interdisciplinary courses including engineering ethics; environmental science, technology and decision making; and, radiation, health and policy. Her research interests include risk assessment, green design, science education, and bioelectromagnetics. Dr. Nair is a consultant to the National Science Foundation's Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering. She is co-author of a book, Journeys of Women in Science and Engineering: No Universal Constants (1997). She was voted a Women of Distinction in 1999 by the National Association of Women in Higher Education (NAWE). She received the Doherty Prize for excellence in education in 1993 and the Undergraduate Advising and Mentoring Award in 1994. She founded the Carnegie Mellon chapter of Student Pugwash to encourage students to think about the social responsibility of science and technology.