EXPERTISE
Soil and Groundwater Remediation
Remedial Design
Permitting
Contaminated Site Management
Industrial Wastewater Treatment
Air Quality
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Aegean University
M.S., Chemical Engineering, Osmangazi University
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Anatolia University
Yasemin Kunukcu is a Technical Director at Roux in Somerset, New Jersey. She has more than 20 years of experience in the design and implementation of site-specific remedial solutions in soil and groundwater contaminated with emerging contaminants. Her focus on emerging contaminants over the last two decades has promoted awareness and improved the understanding of the sources, occurrence, fate and transport, and behavior of these compounds (including PFAS, microplastics, 1,4-dioxane, MTBE, and other fuel oxygenates, perchlorate, PPCPs, and others) in natural and treatment environments. Her expertise areas are: design, implementation and management of site-specific in situ soil and groundwater remediation technologies including Enhanced In Situ Bioremediation (EISB), In Situ Chemical Reduction (ISCR), In Situ Chemical Oxidation (ISCO), In Situ Thermal Treatment (ISTT), biosparging, bioslurping, and bioventing for industrial, petrochemical, and commercial clients (refineries, chemical processing plants, manufactured gas plants [MGPs]), and Brownfield sites under various state and federal regulatory programs; pre-design investigations, treatability studies and pilot tests; innovative site investigations using high resolution site characterization; management of large-scale excavations including dewatering, waste characterization, and construction activities; water and wastewater treatment and regulatory compliance; air quality compliance and permitting; and characterization and monitoring of sites where the emerging contaminants per- and polyfluoralkyl substances (PFAS) are of concern.
She is a current member of the Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council [ITRC] PFAS and Microplastics teams. Starting in 2007, she was heavily involved as a co-leader for the PFAS treatment technologies subgroups during the development of the National Groundwater Association (NGWA), ITRC In Situ Injection Optimization Strategies, and ITRC PFAS guidance documents. She routinely provides litigation support services including forensic investigations, source identification, and expert opinions regarding treatment technologies of emerging contaminants including PFAS, as well as cost allocation and remedial cost estimates. Yasemin holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and is a registered P.E. in New York.
Yasemin Kacar Kunukcu, “In Situ Bioremediation of Groundwater Contaminated with Petroleum Constituents Using Oxygen Release Compounds,” Journal of Environmental Science & Health, Part A. Vol. 42, No. 7, 2007.
Hilla Shemer, Yasemin Kacar Kunukcu, and Karl G. Linden, “Degradation of pharmaceutical Metronidazol via UV, fenton and photo fenton processes,” Chemosphere. Vol. 63, No. 2, 269-276., 2006.
Yasemin Kacar Kunukcu, Kinetics of wet air oxidation (WAO) of alcaloide factory wastewater., Journal of Environmental Science & Health, Part A. Vol. 40, No.4, 793-805, 2005.
Kacar Kunukcu, Y., Wiesmann, U., and Alpay, E., Aerobic biological degradation and anaerobic digestion of opium alkaloid factory wastewater. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin. Vol. 13, No. 4, 341-345, 2004.
Kacar, Y., Alpay, E. and Ceylan, V.K., Pretreatment of Afyon alcaloide factory’s wastewater by wet air oxidation (WAO), Water Research. Vol. 37, No. 5, 1170-1176., 2003.