Andrea Dietrich has been an active faculty participant in teaching, research, and outreach at Virginia Tech since 1988. She has been a teacher in the Commonwealth Graduate Engineering Program for several years. She also acts as consultant for the identification and monitoring of tastes and odors in drinking water. Dr. Dietrich earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry and Biology from Boston College, a Master of Science in Environmental Science and Engineering from Drexel University, and a Doctorate in Environmental Science and Engineering at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Her research interests include water quality, water treatment, sensory analysis of taste and odor compounds, understanding the fate and transport of organic and inorganic chemicals, and environmental analytical chemistry.
Andrea Dietrich teaches Techniques for Environmental Analysis, Environmental Monitoring and Sampling, Introduction to Environmental Engineering, and Environmental Chemistry.