Onja Davidson Raoelison
Graduate Student, Water Resources Group Executive Committee
Ph.D. Candidate in Environmental Engineering, UCLA Samuel School of Engineering
Onja Davidson Raoelison is a Ph.D. Candidate in Environmental Engineering at UCLA Samuel School of Engineering. She previously earned a joint M.Sc. in Civil and Environmental Engineering at UCLA and in Civil Engineering at ESTP Paris, France. She was born in Madagascar and moved to France when she was three years old.
Her passion for water is the reason that she has become part of the leadership for the Graduate Student Water Resources Group. She hopes to have a meaningful career path by developing solutions for providing safe water for vulnerable communities. Her doctoral research focuses on mitigating the negative impacts of wildfires on surface water quality using green infrastructure. Her leadership positions in different organizations at UCLA center on advocating for diversity by improving the persistence of underrepresented minorities in STEM fields.
