Key Staff...

Dr. Fam is considered a national expert on site remediation issues. He is a co-author of “In-Situ Treatment Technology” (Lewis Publishers, 1996), which is intended as an undergraduate text for state of the art remedial technologies.

Dr. Fam serves as a technical advisor, and project manager on assignments primarily related to site remediation and facility engineering. Dr. Fam offers a diversified background in the environmental field including expertise in hazardous waste site remediation, analytical chemistry, site investigation, industrial waste treatment and energy efficiency. His experience and expertise has focused on the evaluation, design, development, and implementation of conventional and innovative in situ and on-site technologies for remediation of contaminated sites. Dr. Fam is considered a leader within the environmental consulting industry in enhanced bioremediation, and natural attenuation.

Dr. Fam has been involved in some the first and largest full-scale enhanced anaerobic (reductive) dechlorination system designs and installations in the world. He is also experienced in conducting laboratory and pilot-scale feasibility studies to evaluate the applicability of conventional and emerging technologies. His expertise spans the best management strategies for controlling industrial runoff as well as urban stormwater runoff as well as work on industrial energy efficiency. His strong analytical chemistry and biochemistry background in GC, GC/MS, extraction, and separation techniques provides him with unique capabilities to interpret and analyze chemical data for engineering applications.

Dr. Pon has 13 years experience as an environmental chemist and microbiologist. For nine years he served as a research assistant with the Oregon State University directing and participating in research projects funded by both private and public funding, developing mechanisms on the biodegradation of chlorinated solvents, and other recalcitrant compounds both by anaerobic reductive dechlorination and by aerobic degradation. His work resulted in developing an anaerobic reactor for chlorinated VOCs and new analytical techniques for organic chemical analysis by GC, GC/MS, and HPLC.

Dr. Pon’s activities include providing laboratory and consulting support for pilot and field scale remediation of chlorinated, petroleum and related chemicals. He has extensive experience in microcosm testing for aerobic and anaerobic degradation of chlorinated VOCs and other chemicals. The results of microcosm testing are useful for driving field treatment strategy and maximizing the effects of natural attenuation. Dr. Pon continues to research a broad-range of contaminants’ biodegradation, such as MTBE, BTEXs etc., and new technologies for field clean-up.

Raquel Robertson works as an environmental laboratory technician in the Bioremediation and Treatablitiy Center laboratory at IESI. Raquel is involved in the chemical analysis of groundwater samples from remediation sites and works with various instruments such as colorimeters, spectrophotometers, digital titrators and other instruments used in laboratory testing. Raquel has a B.S, in Environmental Biology from California State University, Northridge. She also has Leadership & Management Certificate from the University of New Hampshire.

Susan Davis works as a project chemist in the Bioremediation and Treatability Center laboratory that primarily tests groundwater samples from remediation sites. She offers a diversified background in the laboratory technology field. Her expertise includes environmental testing, analytical chemistry, municipal waste treatment, industrial waste pretreatment inspection, supervisory work in a clinical laboratory setting, and testing in a quality control laboratory in the biotech industry.

Susan has a BS in Biology from Framingham State College. She also has a Massachusetts Grade 4 Municipal Waste Water Treatment Operator license, a Medical Laboratory Technology Certificate from Northeastern University and is registered with the American Society of Clinical Pathologists.

She has many years experience in the use of various laboratory instruments such as gas chromatographs, ion chromatographs, spectrophotometers, combustion/non-dispersive infrared gas analyzers, and many automated analyzers used in diagnostic testing. After many years Susan has acquired superior skills in laboratory technique. She maintains instrument calibrations and performs instrument maintenance and troubleshooting. Other areas of expertise are the creation of SOP’s and reporting documents, data entry and record keeping.