Christie Chatterley, PhD

Dr. Chatterley is an Assistant Professor of Engineering at Fort Lewis College (FLC) in Durango, Colorado. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from CU Boulder with an emphasis on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) service provision in low-resource settings. She has worked with multilateral and non-governmental organizations as well as national Ministries to assess the sustainability of water treatment and sanitation systems, and develop and use monitoring data to improve service provision, particularly in the school setting.

Christie lived abroad (in Peru and Uganda) for six years before joining Fort Lewis College in 2016. She currently collaborates with the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (JMP) to support global monitoring of WASH-related UN Sustainable Development Goals. She is also working with FLC students and Computer Engineering and Biology faculty to better understand microbiological water quality in urban and wild streams and develop an in-field rapid detection system for fecal contamination in surface waters.

Research Interests

• Water Quality Analysis and Treatment
• On-Site Water and Sanitation for Low-Income Country Applications
• Contextual Factor Influence on Technology Uptake
• Monitoring and Evaluation of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Interventions

Education

• Ph.D., Civil/Environmental Engineering, University of Colorado - Boulder, 2013
• M.S., Civil/Environmental Engineering, University of Colorado - Boulder, 2009
• B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Idaho State University, 2003

Recent Publications

• Bain, R.; Johnston, R.; Mitis, F.; Chatterley, C.; Slaymaker, T. Establishing Sustainable Development Goal Baselines for Household Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Services. Water 2018, 10, 1711.

• Chatterley, C. & Bain, R. Advancing WinS monitoring: promoting improved coverage of WASH in schools through global monitoring. Water and Health Conference. Chapel Hill, NC: Oct 27, 2015.

• Chatterley, C., Javernick-Will, A., Linden, K.G., Alam, K., Bottinelli, L., et al. (2014) A qualitative comparative analysis of well-managed school sanitation in Bangladesh. BMC Public Health 14:6.

• Chatterley, C., Gonzalez, O. Microfinanzas como un catalizador potencial para mejorar el saneamiento. Inter-American Development Bank. Washington, D.C.: Feb 27, 2014. (Spanish)

• Chatterley, C., Linden, K.G., & Javernick-Will, A. (2013) Identifying Pathways to Continued Maintenance of School Sanitation in Belize. J Water Sanit Hyg Dev 3(3):411-422.

• Chatterley, C. El rol de la tecnología en el crisis mundial de agua y saneamiento. (The role of technology in the global water & sanitation crisis) San Pablo University. Peru: Apr 27, 2013. (Spanish)

• Chatterley, C. & Linden, K.G. (2010) Demonstration and Evaluation of Germicidal UV-LEDs for Point- of-Use Water Disinfection. Journal of Water and Health 8(3): 479-486.