AC21 - PFAS: What's the Word?

Jaramillo is a Drinking Water / Reuse engineer with Jacobs based out of Tempe, AZ. He has a broad experience including water and wastewater treatment, conveyance, and startup and commissioning. Prior to his three years in industry, Jaramillo earned a bachelors degree in Civil Engineering from Rutgers University, and a PhD from Yale University focused on the prevention of fouling/scaling of reverse osmosis membranes.

Dr. Allegra da Silva is Brown and Caldwell’s Research Deputy Director and PFAS National Municipal Leader. She works directly with clients and subject matter experts to develop innovative and efficient technical solutions that protect public health and benefit the environment. Allegra tends to be a big-picture thinker and she enjoys working at the interface of science and policy. She also enjoys mentoring rising staff in technical aspects of engineering as well as in career path development. She holds a PhD in environmental engineering from Yale University and a B.S. in chemical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She is a Professional Engineer, licensed in Colorado.

Linda S. Lee is a Purdue University Professor in the Department of Agronomy and Division of Environmental Ecological Engineering. She joined the Purdue faculty in 1993 with degrees in chemistry (BS), environmental engineering (MS), and soil chemistry/contaminant hydrology (Ph.D.) from the University of Florida. She has a well-funded research program focused on quantifying the environmental fate of contaminants in various media along with the development of remediation technologies with application to contamination mitigation, decision tools, and management guidelines in both industrial and agricultural settings. PFAS fate and mitigation have been a primary focus of her research group over the last 15 years. She has served on multiple national and international advisory groups and as an expert reviewer addressing water quality-related issues and chemical and consumer product regulations and policies.

Eva Steinle-Darling is a Vice President and Principal Technologist with Carollo Engineers. She has a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Stanford University, where she studied the removal of PFAS using nanofiltration membranes. Her work with Carollo focuses on advanced water treatment and reuse, including research, planning, feasibility studies, and design. Eva is leading Carollo's efforts to address clients' needs in responding to PFAS contamination in drinking water, wastewater, and recycled water. She also is working on several of Carollo’s Water Research Foundation projects in which she is looking at, among many other things, the removal of PFAS through advanced treatment.