Assistant Professor of Law Contact, Suffolk University Law School
Sharmila L. Murthy is an Assistant Professor at Suffolk University Law School, where she teaches property law, environmental law, international environmental law, and a course on global poverty and human rights. Her research focuses on the intersection of human rights, poverty, and the environment. She is particularly interested in examining legal and policy barriers to equitable water access and sustainable water management and a list of her scholarly publications is available here. In 2014, Sharmila was selected as a finalist for the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation.

Previously, Sharmila was a Visiting Scholar at Harvard Kennedy School of Government, where she served as the lead investigator for water for the Project on Innovation and Access to Technologies for Sustainable Development through the Sustainability Science Program. She also co-founded the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Program as a Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. In addition, Sharmila has taught as part of the Water Diplomacy Workshop since 2013.