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Debra Laefer
Director of Citizen Science program within NYU's Center for Urban Science + Progress and Associate Professor of NYU's Tandon School of Engineering, formerly Professor at University College, Dublin. Her research in geotechnical and structural engineering has resulted in advances in preserving architecturally significant buildings from sub-surface construction.

She leads the Urban Modelling Group which released the densest LiDAR dataset ever to faciliate urban development. . She was also featured in a showcase of eight leading female scientists of Ireland in an exhibition in 2016.

Education
Laefer earned her PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Geotechnical Civil Engineering, following receiving both a B.A. in Art History and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Columbia University.