Two new faculty members — Lydia Bourouiba and Benjamin Kocar — joined CEE in January. “The department welcomes Lydia and Ben, and we are excited about the strengthening of key strategic directions,” says Professor Markus Buehler, head of CEE. “The influx of new research and educational initiatives defines the future of the department.” Bourouiba is an applied mathematician who works on problems at the interface of fluid dynamics and disease transmission. Kocar is a biogeochemist who studies chemical, physical and biological processes governing the cycling of elements in ecosystem. Read a news release.