Aviv Kolakovsky has a B.S. in Biotechnology from Mikhmoret School of Marine Sciences, Israel and a M.S. in Environmental Engineering from San Diego State University. His work experience at Trussell Tech includes operation and maintenance of various water reuse demonstration facilities and pilots; design, construction and testing of water treatment pilots for several research projects; project engineer on design and…

Elise Chen has a B.S. and M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles and is a registered Civil Engineer in the State of California. Since joining Trussell Technologies in 2014, Ms. Chen has worked in the field on numerous demonstration and full-scale Advanced Water Treatment (AWT) facilities in the Southern California area. Ms. Chen…

Brett Faulkner has a B.S in Civil Engineering from University of Colorado, Boulder, and an M.S. in Environmental Engineering from San Diego State University. Mr. Faulkner is a registered professional engineer in the state of California with over 12 years of professional experience. Mr. Faulkner operated the City of San Diego’s Pure Water Demonstration Facility (PWDF) as a certified Grade…

Luciana Pereyra has a B.S. in Food Engineering from National University of Mar del Plata and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Colorado State University. She performed her doctoral research on the biomolecular characterization of the microbial communities responsible for the remediation of mining-influenced water in passive anaerobic treatment systems. An important contribution of her research was the development of…

Aleksey (Aleks) N. Pisarenko has a B.S. in Chemistry from York College of PA and Ph.D. in Chemistry from Miami University. Aleks has over 13 years of experience in the water industry and is a certified Grade V Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator with over 9 years of experience with operation and maintenance of Advanced Water Treatment (AWT) processes. Aleks was…

Dr. Eileen Y. Idica is a Principal Engineer at Trussell Technologies with over 15 years of experience in civil and environmental engineering. Eileen’s recent experience has focused on supporting utilities in regulatory permit development, compliance, and reporting for the California Division of Drinking Water and Regional Water Quality Control Boards, particularly for potable reuse via surface water augmentation (under the…