Jeannie Darby is an American engineer and professor at theUniversity of California, Davis, specializing in Civil and Environmental Engineering. From 2005 to 2010 she was the Gerald T. and Lillian P. Orlob Professorship in Water Resources Engineering.
Darby joined the faculty at the University of California, Davis in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in 1989. From 2004 to 2009, she served as Department Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering. She held the Gerald T. and Lillian P. Orlob Professorship in Water Resources Engineering from 2005 to 2010.[3] In 2022 she was selected as the associate dean for academic personnel and planning.[4]
Darby is known for her work in the field of water treatment, covering topics ranging from water quality management to sustainable infrastructure design. Her research includes investigations of the application ofUV disinfection as a water treatment options.[5][6] She has researched iron-based adsorbents for arsenic removal from groundwater,[7] and is developing technologies for nitrate removal from drinking water sources.[8][9]
