Xuan Luo, Ph.D.,P.E.

Experience

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  UC Santa Barbara

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2005

  PhD Researcher

  Transport of Hydrophobic Organic Chemicals in Surface Water and Bottom Sediment (EPA Great Lakes National Program)• Designed and conducted experiment to analyze transport and fate of hydrophobic organic contaminants (PCBs, PAHs, and etc) due to molecular diffusion and bioturbation with benthic organisms (lumbriculus variegatus, chironomus tentans, and hyalella azteca).• Built numerical models to predicted the fate and transport of contaminants and their effects on water quality, and to determine environmental-effective and cost-effective remedial actions. Show less

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  Tetra Tech

  Jan 2006 - Feb 2011

  Environmental Engineer

  Water Resource Quality Control

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  California Department of Pesticide Regulation

  Aug 2013 - Feb 2014

  Environmental Scientist
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  California Department of Toxic Substances Control

  Mar 2014 - Aug 2014

  Environmental Scientist

  Safer Consumer Products

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  State Water Resources Control Board

  Sept 2014 - now

  Oversee Compliance and Enforcement for Waste Discharges to Surface Water (NPDES), Forest Activities, and Utility Vegetation Management Programs at the Central Valley Water Board Permitting-Waste Discharge to Surface Water and Ground WaterPlanning- Water Quality Control Plans

  • Senior Water Resources Control Engineer

    Jan 2019 - now

  • Water Resource Control Engineer

    Sept 2014 - Dec 2018