University of Toronto Professor Elizabeth Edwards is an outstanding educator, engineer and researcher, whose research has been instrumental in finding feasible and effective ways to remove industrial pollutants from our soil and water. Professor Edwards has developed a microbial culture called KB-1, which destroys some of the world's most widespread groundwater contaminants at less than half the cost of traditional methods. Her research has garnered a NSERC Synergy Award for Innovation and a Killam Fellowship from the Canada Council, among other prestigious awards.