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Jana B. Milford

Jana B. Milford

Professor Emerita, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Environmental Engineering Program, University of Colorado

Jana Milford holds a master’s degree in civil engineering and a PhD in engineering and public policy, both from Carnegie Mellon University, and a JD from the University of Colorado School of Law. She was a faculty member at the University of Colorado Boulder from 1994 until her retirement in 2022. Her research interests include mathematical modeling and design of control strategies for photochemical air pollution, air pollution exposure assessment and source apportionment, and environmental law and policy. Milford previously worked as a Congressional Fellow and analyst at the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, an assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Connecticut, and a senior scientist and staff attorney at the Environmental Defense Fund. She has served on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Science Advisory Board and the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission, and as a member of the National Research Council’s Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology and several National Academies committees.