Rula Deeb

Principal Engineer - Geosyntec Consultants Oakland, California, United States

Biography

Rula A. Deeb, Ph.D., is a senior principal at Geosyntec Consultants in Oakland, California. Her expertise includes groundwater and soil remediation with an emphasis on site closure strategies, in-situ technologies, and the environmental fate, transport and treatment of emerging contaminants. Rula has developed and implemented research programs in collaboration with scientists and engineers at universities, consulting firms and the federal government to address remedial issues at complex sites. Her research has been recognized with awards from the National Science Foundation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Water Environment Federation, American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society for Microbiology, American Association of University Women, Air and Waste Management Association, and the American Chemical Society. She is the 2007 recipient of the UC Berkeley Engineering Innovation Award in the category of Outstanding Young Leader. Rula is a Board Certified Environmental Engineering Member of the American Association of Environmental Engineers.