Lisa B. Axe is an American chemical and environmental engineer who chairs the Otto H. York Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the

New Jersey Institute of Technology New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is a Public university, public research university in Newark, New Jersey, United States, with a graduate-degree-granting satellite campus in Jersey City. Founded in 1881 with the support of local indust ...

, where she is a professor. Her research concerns

surface chemistry Surface science is the study of physics, physical and chemistry, chemical phenomena that occur at the interface (chemistry), interface of two phase (matter), phases, including solid–liquid interfaces, solid–gas interfaces, solid–vacuum int ...

contamination Contamination is the presence of a constituent, impurity, or some other undesirable element that renders something unsuitable, unfit or harmful for the physical body, natural environment, workplace, etc. Types of contamination Within the scien ...

, and applications of chemical engineering to environmental systems.

Education and career

Axe is a 1984 graduate of

Purdue University Purdue University is a Public university#United States, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded ...

. After working in industry for several years, she went to the

Illinois Institute of Technology The Illinois Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Illinois Tech and IIT, is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Tracing its history to 1890, the present name was adopted upon the m ...

for graduate study, earning a master's degree in environmental engineering in 1992 and completing her Ph.D. in 1995, at the same time earning a second master's degree in chemical engineering. During her studies at the Illinois Institute of Technology, she also worked as a researcher and environmental engineer at the

Argonne National Laboratory Argonne National Laboratory is a Federally funded research and development centers, federally funded research and development center in Lemont, Illinois, Lemont, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1946, the laboratory is owned by the United Sta ...

. In 1995, Axe joined the New Jersey Institute of Technology as an assistant professor. She was promoted to associate professor in 2000 and to full professor in 2006, served as associate dean from 2009 to 2015, and became department chair in 2015. As well as her appointment in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, she is also affiliated with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering there, and with the NJIT Institute for Future Technologies.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Axe, Lisa Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American chemical engineers 21st-century American women engineers 21st-century American engineers Purdue University alumni Illinois Institute of Technology alumni New Jersey Institute of Technology faculty