Dr. Yu is an environmental engineer with 15 years of experience focused on municipal water/wastewater treatment and reuse, desalination, large water infrastructure and resource planning, energy and greenhouse gas management for treatment plants, and sustainability. She has published more than 20 technical and review papers on water reuse, conservation, and desalination in peer-review journals, professional magazines, and conference proceedings. She is a co-author of the AWWA M61 Manual for Seawater Desalination, a member of the Desalination of Seawater Committee of the American Water Works Association, a member of the Project Advisory Committee for Evaluation of Tier 3 Validation Protocol for Membrane Bioreactors for Potable Reuse, a member of the Steering Committee of Southern California Water Dialogue, and C200 Scholar of the Committee of 200 Foundation.