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The Interview: Marie-Odile Fortier

Beyond being passionate about researching climate change and its environmental impacts — Marie-Odile Fortier is unobjectively enthusiastic about educating others on the complex topic.

Marie-Odile Fortier is a civil and environmental engineering and construction assistant professor in UNLV's Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering. (Becca Schwartz/UNLV)

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