Current position: Postdoctoral researcher at UC Berkeley, USA
Language: French (native), English (fluent), German (fluent)
Academic age: < 1 year
Ph.D. (2025): ETH Zürich, Switzerland and Eawag, Switzerland. Supervision: Prof. Max Maurer. Dissertation title: Non-contact monitoring of urban wastewater pollution with diffuse reflectance spectrophotometry (link).
M.Sc (2021): Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France and Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany. Double degree in general engineering (ECL) and environmental engineering (TUD).
B.Sc. (2015): Lycée Fabert, Metz, France. “Classes préparatoires”: Two-year undergraduate courses to prepare for entrance exam for the top French engineer School.
Lechevallier, P., Villez, K., Felsheim, C., & Rieckermann, J. (2024). Towards non-contact pollution monitoring in sewers with hyperspectral imaging. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3EW00541K
Lechevallier, P., Gruber, G., Bareš, V., Neuenhofer, N., Waldner, L., Mahajan, A., Mutzner, L., & Rieckermann, J. (2025). Dataset on wastewater quality monitoring with adsorption and reflectance spectrometry in the UV-vis range. Scientific Data, 12(1), 1296. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05459-x
Lechevallier, P., Rieckermann, J., Bertrand-Krajewski, J.-L., Lepot, M., Naves, J., Anta, J., Pimiento, M. A., Moreno Rodenas, A., & Shucksmith, J. (2025). D6.2. Report on emerging monitoring technologies for urban drainage systems. Zenodo. https://zenodo.org/records/15699588
Lechevallier, P., Zhu, W., Shi, L., McCarthy, D., & Rieckermann, J. (2025) Non-contact hyperspectral monitoring of urban wastewater quality: Optimization of model calibration and performance. Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 394,127217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127217
Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)
Building: 410 O'Brien Hall
Location: Berkeley, CA 94720
Contact: pierre.lechevallier@berkeley.edu