Dr. Emily Poynter Jenkins

Dr. Emily Poynter Jenkins is the Water Resources Group Lead and Champaign, Illinois Civil Engineering Manager at Farnsworth Group. Dr. Jenkins specializes in sustainable and ecological designs to manage stormwater and improve water quality, such as stream restorations and bank stabilizations, green infrastructure, and multi-functional stormwater detention. Other projects of hers include modeling rivers and storm sewers, assisting clients with development of stormwater master plans and rainwater management programs, and restoring ecosystems, such as wetlands and floodplains, to protect river health. She earned a Civil Engineering degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.S.), an Ecological Engineering degree from the University of Maryland (M.S.), and a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Biological Engineering from the University of Illinois. Dr. Jenkins was a Forty under 40 recipient in Champaign County in 2021 and was recently appointed by the governor to the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission.