Edward Apraku

Edward Apraku is a PhD candidate in Environmental Engineering at Stanford University. His dissertation examines the tandem removal of eutrophic pollutants and recovery of commodity chemicals from wastewater using polymeric materials and electrochemical techniques. While his primary focus lies in the technical dimensions of environmental remediation, he is equally intrigued by the policy and regulatory intricacies, especially those impacting communities of color. As a Partnerships for Climate Justice in the Bay Area Fellow, he worked with Belle Haven Action, a local environmental-focused grassroots organization in Menlo Park, to identify the marginalized community's environmental injustices and research investment strategies to move towards equitable remediation. He continued his public service passion as a Graduate Public Service Fellow and is currently the first graduate student to sit on the Haas Center’s National Advisory Board. He’s interested in the intersection of community-based research, public policy and advocacy, and engineering.

Edward was born in Kumasi, Ghana, and raised in the suburbs of Phoenix, Arizona. He holds a B.S.E. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Arizona State University. At ASU, he was a NASA Space Grant Scholar and completed research programs at UMass Boston and Stanford on topics from stormwater hydrology to environmental biotechnology. The culmination of these research experiences earned him the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. In his free time, Edward enjoys playing volleyball, consuming and subsequently reviewing media on Letterboxd and Goodreads, attending concerts, and exploring San Francisco's libraries and parks.