Dr. Banu Örmeci is an Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Wastewater and Public Health Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carleton University. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Duke University (Durham, NC), and served as an Assistant Research Professor at Duke for two years before joining Carleton University in 2005 …

She was named a Canada Research Chair in 2007. She is the recipient of several awards including the Ontario Early Researcher Award, Carleton University Research Achievement Award, Carty Research Fellowship, and Carleton University Students’ Association Teaching Excellence Award.   Her main research areas include sludge treatment and disposal, water and wastewater disinfection, removal of endocrine disrupting compounds and pharmaceuticals from wastewater, and fate and persistence of chemicals and pathogens through treatment processes.   As well as fundamental research, she is interested in research that has practical applications in the field and is engaged in research project partnerships with the public and private sectors. She has two patents.

Canada Research Chair in Wastewater and Public Health Engineering – Profile of Banu Örmeci

Canadian Water Network funding research into producing safer drinking water and wastewater