Erica DiFilippo

Affiliation

S.S. Papadopulos & Associates, Inc.

Track

Biography

Erica DiFilippo, Ph.D. Associate, Geochemist S.S. Papadopulos & Associates, Inc. Dr. DiFilippo has extensive experience addressing the fate and transport of organic and inorganic chemicals in the environment. She has conducted numerous studies of groundwater transport, statistical geochemical analysis, groundwater age-dating, dense non-aqueous phase liquid (DNAPL) dissolution, enhanced DNAPL remediation technologies, and the use of innovative technologies for measuring in-situ concentrations of organic contaminants in sediment pore-water. An active member of the Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS) team with the Interstate Technology Regulatory Council (ITRC), Dr. DiFilippo has contributed to the Physical and Chemical Properties and Fate and Transport sections of the main document and its associated fact sheets. She also provided support for ITRC’s web-based PFAS expert roundtables. Dr. DiFilippo has worked with the National Ground Water Association’s (NGWA) PFAS working group. She is also a contributor to the ITRC team on Performance-Based Optimization of Pump & Treat Systems and authored sections of the document pertaining to methods for evaluating pump-and-treat performance.