Derya Dursun, PhD
Senior Associate
Derya leads Hazen’s West Region Residuals and Biosolids Group as well as the Residuals Practice Applied Research Group. Her expertise spans from biosolids management to wastewater treatment technologies as well as process design and solid/liquid separation techniques. Derya has taught multiple courses on wastewater treatment, physicochemical principles of environmental engineering and solid waste management, and is also co-author of the Water Environment Federation’s Manual of Practice.
- Areas of Expertise
- Biosolids management
- Process evaluations
- Wastewater/biosolids modeling
- Professional Activities
- California Water Environment Association (CWEA)
- International Water Association (IWA)
- Water Environment Federation (WEF)
- Education
- PhD, Civil/Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware
- MS, Environmental Engineering, Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey
- BS, Environmental Engineering, Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey
- Certification/License
- Professional Engineer (PE)
