Lily Young
Lily Young is a distinguished professor of environmental microbiology at Rutgers New Brunswick. She is also a member of the administrative council at Rutgers University. She is the provost of Rutgers New Brunswick. She is a member of the Biotechnology Center for Agriculture and the Environment (Biotech Center) and has her academic appointment in the Department of Environmental Sciences. For 5 years she served as the Associate Dean for Graduate Programs at the School and she is also chair of the Department of Environmental Sciences. Education Lily Young obtained her bachelor's degree in microbiology at Cornell University in 1965 and her master's in 1967, also in microbiology. She did her PhD in environmental biology in Ralph Mitchell's lab at Harvard University, where she obtained her degree in 1972. Professional career 1972–1980: Assistant Professor, Environmental Engineering Program, Department of Civil Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California. 1980–1989: Research Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine and Department of Microbiology, joint appointment, New York University Medical Center. 1990–1992: Research Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine and Department of Microbiology, joint appointment, New York University Medical Center. 1992– present: Professor, Center for Agricultural Molecular Biology and Department of Environmental Sciences, Cook College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick,